Vermont · Hiking · Near Randolph

North Branch

5.2 mi
round trip
1,467 ft
climb
1,534 ft
high point
Out and back
route
Aug–Sep
best months

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Closure in the area

There's a closure order in Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests. It doesn't name North Branch, so check the source for the area it covers (3 listed).

As of · Source: USFS · Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.

North Branch is a 5.2-mile out-and-back trail in the Middlebury Ranger District of the Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests in Vermont, managed by the Forest Service. The route is rated moderate, with an elevation gain of 582 feet one way and a total round-trip climb of 1,467 feet. The steepest section comes at about 1.9 miles, with a grade of 16 percent. The trail is on natural surface, and bikes are allowed. Moosalamoo Campground sits just 0.1 mile away, with the Moosalamoo Campground Loop and Moosalamoo National Recreation Area both about 0.2 mile off. For a change of pace, Sucker Brook offers canoeing roughly 0.9 mile from the trail.

Around this trail

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  • Sleep close

    Moosalamoo Campground

    Campground

    Campground · < 0.1 mi from the trail
  • If it rainsSMHCNorwich, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

    Norwich University Museum

    Museum

    Museum · 24 mi from Randolph

Places © OpenStreetMap contributors · Photos: SMHCNorwich, CC BY-SA 4.0 (commons)

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