Hiking Trails

NORTHWEST | NORTHEAST | SOUTHWEST | SOUTHEAST

Vermont State Parks offers a wide variety of hiking opportunities. Whether you're looking for an easy, family-friendly hike or searching for outstanding views from a summit hike, or something in between, there is a trail nearby waiting for you. Here is our list of hiking trails for some ideas. Click on each map for a detailed description of the hiking available at that park or print out our Hiking Trails PDF for an easy-reference guide to all of our hiking trails.

NORTHWEST

Burton Island

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Trail Name	Mileage	Loop or One Way	Difficulty	Hiking Time	Description	Kid-Friendly
West Shore Trail	0.75	One way or loop to other trails	Easy	1 hour	Woodland, Lakeside	Yes
North Shore Trail	0.50	One way or loop with Eagle Bay Trail	Easy	30 mins.	Woodland, Lakeside	Yes
Eagle Bay Trail	0.50	One way or loop with North Shore Trail	Easy	30 mins.	Woodland, Lakeside	Yes
Island Farm Nature Trail	1.00	Loop	Easy	1 hour	Woodland, Meadow	Yes
Southern Tip Trail	1.00	One Way	Easy	1.5 hours	Woodland, Meadow, View	Yes

Knight Island

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Trail Name	Mileage	Loop or One Way	Difficulty	Hiking Time	Description	Kid-Friendly
West Trail	1.00	Loop when combined with East or Cross Trail	Easy	1 hour	Woodland, Lakeside	Yes
East Trail	1.00	Loop when combined with West or Cross Trail	Easy	1 hour	Woodland, Lakeside, Views	Yes
Cross Trail	0.50	Connector Trail	Easy	30 mins.	Woodland	Yes

Knight Point

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Trail Name	Mileage	Loop or One Way	Difficulty	Hiking Time	Description	Kid-Friendly
Point Trail	1.00	One way or loop through park	Easy	30 mins.	Woodland, Lakeside	Yes

Lake Carmi

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Trail Name	Mileage	Loop or One Way	Difficulty	Hiking Time	Description	Kid-Friendly
Marsh Brook Nature Trail	1.50	Loop	Moderate	1.5 hours	Woodland, Meadow, Lakeside	No

Niquette Bay

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Trail Name	Mileage	Loop or One Way	Difficulty	Hiking Time	Description	Kid-Friendly
Mulhley Trail	1.30	One way or loop with other trails	Moderate	45 mins.	Woodland, Views	No
Burns Trail	1.00	One way or loop with other trails	Easy	20 mins.	Woodland, Views	Yes
Allen Trail	0.50	One way or loop with other trails	Easy	15 mins.	Woodland	Yes
Ledges Trail	0.90	One way or loop with other trails	Moderate	30 mins.	Woodland, Views	No
Island View	0.25	Loop	Moderate	15 mins.	Woodland, Views	No

Underhill

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Trail Name	Mileage	Loop or One Way	Difficulty	Hiking Time	Description	Kid-Friendly
Ccc Road to Sunset Ridge	1.00	One Way	Easy	1 hour	Woodland	Yes
Cantilever Rock Trail	0.90	One Way	Moderate	1 hour	Woodland, Cliffs, Views	No
Sunset Ridge Trail to Chin	2.30	One Way	Difficult	2.5 hours	Woodland, Cliffs, Views	No
Laura Cowles to Chin	1.70	One Way	Very Difficult	2.5 hours	Woodland, Cliffs, Views	No
Halfway House to Nose	1.50	One Way	Difficult	2 hours	Woodland, Cliffs, Views	No
CCC Road to Maple Ridge Trail	1.10	One Way	Moderate	1 hour	Woodland, Cliffs, Views	No
Maple Ridge to Nose	2.10	One Way	Difficult	3 hours	Woodland, Cliffs, Views	No
Long Trail Nose to Chin	1.20	One Way	Moderate	1.5 hours	Cliffs, Views	No

Woods Island

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Trail Name	Mileage	Loop or One Way	Difficulty	Hiking Time	Description	Kid-Friendly
Island Loop	2.00	Loop	Easy	2 hours	Woodland, Lakeside	Yes
Cross Trail	0.50	One Way, Connector	Easy	30 mins.	Woodland	Yes

NORTHEAST

Brighton

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Trail Name	Mileage	Loop or One Way	Difficulty	Hiking Time	Description	Kid-Friendly
Red Pine Trail	0.33	Loop with Main or Shore Trail	Easy	20 mins.	Woodland	Yes
Main Trail	0.50	Loop with Red Pine or Shore Trail	Easy	45 mins.	Woodland	Yes
Loggers Loop	0.25	Loop	Easy	15 mins.	Woodland	Yes
Shore Trail	0.40	Loop with Red Pine or Main Trail	Easy	20 mins.	Woodland, Lakeside	Yes

Elmore

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Trail Name	Mileage	Loop or One Way	Difficulty	Hiking Time	Description	Kid-Friendly
Beaver Trail	0.50	One Way	Easy		Woodland, Wetland	Yes
Elmore Mtn Trail	1.25	One way to tower	Moderate to difficult		Woodland, Firetower, Views	No
Balancing Rock Trail	0.50	One Way	Moderate to difficult		Ledges, Woodland	No

Groton Forest Trails — Kettle Pond

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Trail Name	Mileage	Loop or One Way	Difficulty	Hiking Time	Description	Kid-Friendly
Kettle Pond Trail	3.00	Loop	Easy	2.5 hours	Woodland, Lakeside	Yes
Kettle Pond Portage Trail	0.25	One Way	Easy	20 mins.	Woodland, Lakeside	Yes

Groton Forest Trails — New Discovery

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Trail Name	Mileage	Loop or One Way	Difficulty	Hiking Time	Description	Kid-Friendly
New Discovery to Osmore Pond	0.50	One Way	Easy	30 mins.	Woodland, Lakeside	Yes
Osmore Pond Hiking Loop	2.00	Loop	Easy	2 hours	Woodland, Lakeside	Yes
Little Deer Trail	0.50	One Way	Moderate	30 mins.	Woodland, Views	Yes
Big Deer Mtn Trail	0.90	One Way	Moderate	45 mins.	Woodland, Views	No
Hosmer Brook Trail	1.30	One Way	Moderate	1 hour	Woodland, Stream	Yes
Nature Trail	0.60	One Way	Easy	45 mins.	Woodland	Yes
Coldwater Brook	1.90	One Way	Moderate	2 hours	Woodland	No
Owls Head	1.50	One Way	Easy	1 hour	Woodland, Views	Yes
Peacham Bog	4.50	Loop	Moderate	3.5 hours	Woodland, Bog	No
Silver Ledge Trail	0.60	One Way	Moderate to difficult	30 mins.	Woodland, Views	No
Peacham Bog Nordic Trail	5.00	One Way	Moderate	1.5 hours	Woodland, Bog	No

Groton Forest Trails — Ricker Pond

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Trail Name	Mileage	Loop or One Way	Difficulty	Hiking Time	Description	Kid-Friendly
Cross Vermont Trail	10.00	One Way	Easy		Rail Trail, Woodland	Yes

Little River

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Trail Name	Mileage	Loop or One Way	Difficulty	Hiking Time	Description	Kid-Friendly
Nature Trail	0.40	Loop	Easy	45 mins.	Woodland, Stream	Yes
Stevenson Brook Trail	1.00	One way or loop with other trails	Moderate	1.5 hours	Woodland, Stream	No
Sawmill Loop Trail	0.30	Loop	Moderate to difficult	45 mins.	Woodland, Stream	No
Dalley Loop Trail	2.80	Loop	Moderate	3 hours	Woodland, Stream	No
Hedgehog Loop Trail	2.00	Loop	Moderate	2 hours	Woodland	No
Ricker Lot Trail	0.10	One Way Connector	Moderate	15 mins.	Woodland	No
Kelty Loop	1.50	Loop	Moderate	1.75 hours	Woodland	No
Cotton Brook Multi-Use	8.00	Loop	Moderate	7 hours	Woodland, Stream	No

Seyon Lodge

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Trail Name	Mileage	Loop or One Way	Difficulty	Hiking Time	Description	Kid-Friendly
Noyes Pond Loop	1.00	Loop	Easy	1 hour	Woodland, Lakeside	Yes

Smuggler's Notch

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Trail Name	Mileage	Loop or One Way	Difficulty	Hiking Time	Description	Kid-Friendly
Sterling Pond Trail	1.40	One Way	Moderate to difficult	2 hours	Woodland, Lakeside	No
Hell Brook to Chin	1.80	One Way	Difficult	3 hours	Woodland, Mountain	No
Long Trail N to Sterling Pond	2.40	One Way	Difficult	4 hours	Woodland, Mountain	No
Long Trail S to Chin	2.30	One Way	Difficult	4 hours	Woodland, Mountain	No
Long Trail Nose to Chin	1.20	One Way	Moderate	2 hours	Woodland, Mountain, Views	No
Haselton to Mt. Mansfield Nose	1.20	One Way	Moderate	2 hours	Woodland, Mountain, Views	No
Bingham Falls	0.80	One Way	Easy	1 hour	Woodland, Waterfall	Yes

Waterbury Center

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Trail Name	Mileage	Loop or One Way	Difficulty	Hiking Time	Description	Kid-Friendly
Peninsula Trail	0.50	Loop	Easy	15 mins.	Woodland, Lakeside	Yes

SOUTHWEST

Bomoseen

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Trail Name	Mileage	Loop or One Way	Difficulty	Hiking Time	Description	Kid-Friendly
Bomoseen Hiking Loop	1.50	Loop	Moderate	1 hour	Woodland, Pond	Yes
Slate History Trail	0.75	One Way	Easy	1 hour	Wodland, Slate	Yes
Glen Lake Trail	4.50	One Way	Moderate	4 hours	Woodland, Lakeside, Views	No
Daniel Coffey Memorial Trail	0.75	One Way	Easy	1 hour	Woodland, Pond	Yes

Branbury

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Trail Name	Mileage	Loop or One Way	Difficulty	Hiking Time	Description	Kid-Friendly
Nature Trail	0.50	Loop	Easy	45 mins.	Woodland	Yes
Rattlesnake Point	1.50	One Way	Moderate to difficult	3-4 hours	Woodland, Views	No
Falls of Llana	1.00	One Way	Easy	45 mins.	Woodland, Waterfalls	No
Silver Lake	1.60	Loop	Moderate	2 hours	Woodland, Lakeside	No
Mt. Moosalamoo Campground Trail	6.80	Loop	Moderate to difficult	5-6 hours	Woodland, Brooks	No

Button Bay

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Trail Name	Mileage	Loop or One Way	Difficulty	Hiking Time	Description	Kid-Friendly
Button Bay Point Trail	0.30	Loop	Easy	15 mins.	Lakeside	Yes
Dog Walk Trail	0.25	One Way	Easy	15 mins.	Open, Lakeside	Yes

Emerald Lake

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Trail Name	Mileage	Loop or One Way	Difficulty	Hiking Time	Description	Kid-Friendly
Vista Trail	0.75	One Way	Moderate	1 hour	Woodland, Lakeside	Yes

Half Moon

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Trail Name	Mileage	Loop or One Way	Difficulty	Hiking Time	Description	Kid-Friendly
Glen Lake Trail	4.50	One Way	Moderate	1 hour	Woodland, Lakeside, Views	No
Shore Trail	0.30	One Way	Easy	20 mins.	Lakeside
Daniel Coffey Memorial Trail	0.75	One Way	Easy	1 hour	Woodland, Pond	Yes

Mt. Philo

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Trail Name	Mileage	Loop or One Way	Difficulty	Hiking Time	Description	Kid-Friendly
Summit Trail	1.00	One way to summit trails	Moderate	1 hour	Woodland, Summit	Yes
Devils Chair	0.50	One way to summit trails	Moderate	45 mins.	Woodland, Summit	No

Lake Shaftsbury

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Trail Name	Mileage	Loop or One Way	Difficulty	Hiking Time	Description	Kid-Friendly
Healing Springs	0.75	Round Trip	Easy	1 hour	Lakeside, Woodland, Wetland	Yes

Lake St. Catherine

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Trail Name	Mileage	Loop or One Way	Difficulty	Hiking Time	Description	Kid-Friendly
Nature Trail	0.50	Loop	Easy	45 mins.	Woodland, Meadow, Stream	Yes

Woodford

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Trail Name	Mileage	Loop or One Way	Difficulty	Hiking Time	Description	Kid-Friendly
Atwood Trail	0.50	Loop	Easy	30 mins.	Woodland, Lakeside	Yes
Reservoir Trail	2.70	Loop	Easy		Woodland, Lakeside	Yes

SOUTHEAST

Allis

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Trail Name	Mileage	Loop or One Way	Difficulty	Hiking Time	Description	Kid-Friendly
Bear Hill	0.75	Loop	Moderate to difficult	1 hour	Woodland	No

Camp Plymouth

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Trail Name	Mileage	Loop or One Way	Difficulty	Hiking Time	Description	Kid-Friendly
Echo Lake Vista	1.00	Round Trip	Moderate	40 mins. - 1 hour	Woodland, Lake view	Yes

Fort Dummer

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Trail Name	Mileage	Loop or One Way	Difficulty	Hiking Time	Description	Kid-Friendly
Sunrise Trail	1.00	Loop	Easy	45 mins.	Woodland, Views	Yes
Sunset Trail	0.50	One Way	Easy	25 mins.	Woodland, Views	Yes

Gifford Woods

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Trail Name	Mileage	Loop or One Way	Difficulty	Hiking Time	Description	Kid-Friendly
Old Growth Interpretive Trail	0.10	Loop	Easy	10-15 mins.	Woodland	Yes
Kent Brook Trail	1.10	Loop	Easy to moderate	45 mins.	Woodland	Yes
Appalachian Trail			Moderate to difficult		Woodland	No
Pond and Waterfall Loop	3.50	Loop	Easy	2.5 hours	Woodland, Brooks, Pools	Yes
Deer Leap Overlook	4.00	Round Trip	Moderate	2.5 hours	Woodland, Views	No

Jamaica

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Trail Name	Mileage	Loop or One Way	Difficulty	Hiking Time	Description	Kid-Friendly
West River Trail	2.50	One Way	Easy	2.5 hours	Woodland, Riverside	Yes
Overlook Trail	2.00	One Way	Moderate	2 hours	Wodland, Views	No
Hamilton Falls Trail	6.00	Round Trip	Moderate to difficult	4 hours	Woodland, Falls	No

Lowell Lake

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Trail Name	Mileage	Loop or One Way	Difficulty	Hiking Time	Description	Kid-Friendly
Lowell Lake Trail	3.00	Loop	Easy	2 hours	Woodland, Lakeside	Yes

Molly Stark

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Trail Name	Mileage	Loop or One Way	Difficulty	Hiking Time	Description	Kid-Friendly
Mt. Olga	1.70	Loop	Moderate	1.5 hours	Woodland, Views, Firetower	No
Nature Center Spur	0.20	One Way	Easy	20 mins.	Woodland	Yes

Mt. Ascutney

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Trail Name	Mileage	Loop or One Way	Difficulty	Hiking Time	Description	Kid-Friendly
Brownsville	3.20	One way to other parking area	Moderate to difficult	3 hours	Woodland, Mountain, Views	No
Futures	4.60	One way to other parking area	Moderate to difficult	4 hours	Woodland, Mountain, Views	No
Weathersfield	2.90	One way to other parking area	Moderate to difficult	3 hours	Woodland, Mountain, Views	No
Windsor	2.70	One way to other parking area	Difficult	3 hours	Woodland, Mountain, Views	No
Summit Trail	1.40	Round Trip	Moderate	2 hours	Woodland, Mountain, Views	Maybe

Quechee

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Trail Name	Mileage	Loop or One Way	Difficulty	Hiking Time	Description	Kid-Friendly
Quechee Gorge Trail	1.00	Round trip from bridge to bottom of gorge	Moderate	1 hour	Woodland, Gorge	Yes
	1.50	Round trip from Visitor Center to bottom of gorge	Moderate	1.5 hours	Woodland, Gorge	Yes
	1.50	Round trip from bridge to Dewey's Pond	Moderate	1 hour	Woodland, Falls	Yes
	2.00	Round trip from Visitor Center to Dewey's Pond	Moderate	1.5 hours	Woodland, Falls	Yes

Townshend

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Trail Name	Mileage	Loop or One Way	Difficulty	Hiking Time	Description	Kid-Friendly
Bald Mountain Trail	2.75	Round Trip	Moderate to difficult	3 hours	Woodland, Summit, Views	No

Wilgus

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Trail Name	Mileage	Loop or One Way	Difficulty	Hiking Time	Description	Kid-Friendly
Pinnacle Trail	1.00	Loop	Moderate	1 hour	Woodland, View	No