Branch Pond Trail

Vermont

Vermont

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0.3 mi

Distance

106 ft

Gain

9 min

Time

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What we do know

  • Inside Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests

    3 managing-area boundaries mapped — agency alerts for them feed this page automatically.

    Boundary data

What's missing

  • No access route mapped

    We don't yet know which road reaches this trailhead, so we can't tell you if it's gated.

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Quick trip — under 2 mi
Out & back

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Elevation & route

Distance
0.3 mi
Elevation gain
106 ft
Elevation loss
106 ft
Highest point
2,606 ft
Lowest point
2,560 ft
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Managing agency
Forest Service

About this trail

Branch Pond Trail is a 0.7-mile out-and-back route in Vermont with 106 feet of elevation gain and loss. The trail reaches a maximum elevation of 2,606 feet.

Facts about this trail

The climb

Starts at
2,568 ft
High point
2,606 ft
Total climbing
106 ft
Total descent
106 ft
Steepest stretch
3% grade right from the start
Length (round trip)
0.7 mi
Shape
Out and back

Most of the climbing comes early, so the second half is easier.

Source: Roamze elevation profile and trail geometry (DEM samples along the mapped route)

When to go

Typical monthly averages (not a forecast) from the Peru, VT weather station, 12 mi away. High / low in °F.

  1. Jan27° high8° low
  2. Feb31° high10° low
  3. Mar38° high17° low
  4. Apr50° high30° low
  5. May64° high42° low
  6. Jun70° high51° low
  7. Jul75° high56° low
  8. Aug73° high55° low
  9. Sep67° high47° low
  10. Oct56° high37° low
  11. Nov43° high26° low
  12. Dec32° high16° low

Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020

Where it is

Managed by
Forest Service

Source: Wilderness.net boundaries; USFS EDW boundaries; USGS PAD-US 4.1

Conditions

Active alerts for Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests as of Oct 9, 2026:

Source: USFS forest alerts

Nearby

Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)

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