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Go from muddy pastures to riverside views to rocky summits on this 26-mile segment.

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Author: Backpacker Magazine
Activity: Backpacking
State: Vermont (VT)
Distance: 26.15 mi 
Difficulty: 8 / 10
Rating:   1 rating(s)
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Shelters: Minerva Hinchey Shelter; sleeps 10. Clarendon Shelter; sleeps 10. Governor Clement Shelter; sleeps 12. Churchill Scott Shelter; sleeps 8.

TO TRAILHEAD: Start: From Wallingford, VT, take US 7 south to VT 140. Turn left on VT 140/School St. and continue 2.7 miles to trailhead on left.

End: From Killington, VT, take US 4/VT 100 northwest for 2 miles. Bear right to stay with VT 100 for another .5 miles before turning right onto Kent Pond Access Rd. Trailhead on left.

DIRECTIONS + WAYPOINTS: helping you find your way

Position Format: Datum:
Tracks

VT 140 to Kent Pond

Distance: 25.90 mi Points: 2442
Total Time: none Speed: 0.0 mph Pace: 0:00 / mi
Active Time: none Speed: 0.0 mph Pace: 0:00 / mi

Trail to Killington Peak Restaurant

Distance: 0.25 mi Points: 25
Total Time: none Speed: 0.0 mph Pace: 0:00 / mi
Active Time: none Speed: 0.0 mph Pace: 0:00 / mi
Trail to Killington Peak Restaurant

Points of Interest

POI 69

Location: 43.646351, -72.851875
Churchill Scott Shelter

WPT001

Location: 43.533199, -72.876465
Small stream

WPT001

Location: 43.674435, -72.809334
AT

WPT001

Location: 43.646172, -72.852798
AT

WPT002

Location: 43.534199, -72.873787
Middle Road

WPT002

Location: 43.674885, -72.807732
Kent Pond; parking

WPT002

Location: 43.666367, -72.850487
River

WPT003

Location: 43.666752, -72.849869
US 4

WPT003

Location: 43.537067, -72.871452
Cold River Rd

WPT004

Location: 43.673649, -72.847069
Beautiful forest; Stark white birch reaching out of lush growth of jewelweed

WPT004

Location: 43.541115, -72.859596
Gould Brook

WPT005

Location: 43.675632, -72.838654
Maine jct. AT veers R at Y; Long Trail to L

WPT005

Location: 43.550049, -72.856834
Upper Cold River Road

WPT008

Location: 43.676552, -72.835617
Blue-blazed Deer Loop Trail

WPT008

Location: 43.557167, -72.852814
Small road; Sargent Brook

WPT009

Location: 43.669334, -72.827698
Deer Leap Trail to overlook

WPT010

Location: 43.668900, -72.827637
Sherburne Pass Trail

WPT010

Location: 43.564850, -72.849586
Stream (Sargent Brook)

WPT011

Location: 43.674652, -72.809608
VT 100

WPT011

Location: 43.456783, -72.932915
Parking adjacent to VT 140

WPT011

Location: 43.669201, -72.824799
View to S

WPT011

Location: 43.564716, -72.849403
Jeep road

WPT012

Location: 43.673351, -72.817047
Kent Brook Trail

WPT012

Location: 43.564751, -72.848366
Governor Clement Shelter

WPT012

Location: 43.464268, -72.935501
Blue-blaze trail

WPT013

Location: 43.477150, -72.932480
Patch Hollow

WPT013

Location: 43.564850, -72.847801
Jeep road, leads to Gov. Clement Shelter

WPT013

Location: 43.674683, -72.814301
Gifford Woods State Park

WPT014

Location: 43.482601, -72.927483
Trail to Lake Loop Trail

WPT014

Location: 43.675049, -72.812119
Shower

WPT014

Location: 43.578400, -72.833267
Stream & spring

WPT015

Location: 43.586700, -72.822830
Spring

WPT015

Location: 43.675083, -72.811401
Picnic Area

WPT016

Location: 43.487301, -72.925583
Yellow Baze trail

WPT016

Location: 43.676182, -72.811081
Park Office

WPT017

Location: 43.589466, -72.817268
Blue-blaze Shewsbury Peak Trail; near Little Killington Peak

WPT017

Location: 43.666832, -72.808968
Deli/resupply store

wpt017

Location: 43.675007, -72.810364
AT turns E crossing VT 100 into parking lot. To reach park office, turn L onto road

WPT017

Location: 43.487633, -72.925331
Trail to Minerva Hinchey Shelter

WPT018

Location: 43.605885, -72.822426
Tent platform; trail to Killington Peak (4,226 ft.)

WPT018

Location: 43.487835, -72.924568
Minerva Hinchey Shelter

WPT019

Location: 43.604588, -72.818741
Killington Peak Restaurant; gondola

WPT020

Location: 43.604782, -72.819664
Fire/radio tower (may be closed)

WPT020

Location: 43.511116, -72.927498
View to WNW; Airport lookout

WPT021

Location: 43.606018, -72.822517
Cooper Lodge (decrepit, leaky Shelter) 7400, 7401

WPT021

Location: 43.516701, -72.926498
Dirt rd

WPT022

Location: 43.606934, -72.823967
Bucklin Trail

WPT022

Location: 43.520065, -72.925400
Clarendon Gorge - Mill River suspension bridge

WPT023

Location: 43.633434, -72.830002
Sherburne Pass Trail to Pico Camp

WPT023

Location: 43.521099, -72.925285
VT 103; parking; trail continues straight across road.

WPT024

Location: 43.644466, -72.850319
Mendon Lookout; view to the SW

WPT025

Location: 43.525566, -72.922150
Clarendon Lookout; 280 degree views including a great airport view

Wpt026

Location: 43.645901, -72.851517
Trail to Churchill Scott Shelter

WPT026

Location: 43.524517, -72.913651
Jeep road

WPT027

Location: 43.524467, -72.913315
Trail to Clarendon Shelter

WPT028

Location: 43.524632, -72.905319
Beacon Hill; Beacon Tower on top

WPT029

Location: 43.527966, -72.899849
Lottery Road

WPY003

Location: 43.674492, -72.808868
AT turns out of parking lot here (not at the pond)

DSCF7309

Location: 43.585617, -72.823868

DSCF7318

Location: 43.602749, -72.823120

DSCF7322

Location: 43.604965, -72.821198

DSCF7340

Location: 43.604782, -72.819984

DSCF7400

Location: 43.606018, -72.822746

DSCF7408

Location: 43.639084, -72.845337

DSCF7424

Location: 43.645016, -72.853485

DSCF7235

Location: 43.511234, -72.927437

DSCF7280

Location: 43.520233, -72.925484

DSCF7284

Location: 43.525715, -72.922417

DSCF7298

Location: 43.525551, -72.921982

DSCF7306

Location: 43.564816, -72.848320



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