Long Trail

Long Trail: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: heavy on weekends and holidays; arrive early morning. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this trek: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Long Trail

Season: October to February.

Busiest days: Weekends, public holidays, Sankranti and Dasara breaks.

Crowd: Heavy on weekends and holidays; arrive early morning.

Typical week: Mon busy · Tue light · Wed light · Thu light · Fri busy · Sat packed · Sun packed.

How to reach Long Trail — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 43.87624, -72.82173. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Long Trail

• Mount Horrid · viewpoint · Windsor · ~15 km · Must-see
• Middlebury Gap · viewpoint · Addison · ~15 km · Must-see
• Mount Wilson · viewpoint · Addison · ~21 km · Must-see
• Bread Loaf Mountain · viewpoint · Addison · ~21 km · Must-see
• Moosalamoo National Recreation Area · sanctuary · Addison · ~22 km · Must-see
• Chittenden Reservoir · lake · Rutland · ~22 km · Must-see
• Mount Roosevelt · viewpoint · Addison · ~22 km · Must-see
• Dwight D Eisenhower National Fish Hatchery · park · Rutland · ~25 km · Must-see
• Mount Cleveland · viewpoint · Addison · ~25 km · Must-see
• Ripton Community Church · church · Addison · ~26 km · Must-see
• Lake Dunmore · lake · Addison · ~26 km · Must-see
• Mount Grant · viewpoint · Addison · ~27 km · Must-see
• Braley Covered Bridge · viewpoint · Orange · ~28 km · Must-see
• Salisbury Congregational Church · church · Addison · ~28 km · Must-see
• Salisbury Fish Culture Section · sanctuary · Addison · ~29 km · Must-see
• Leicester Meeting House · fort · Addison · ~29 km · Must-see
• Middlebury Gorge Concrete Arch Bridge · attraction · Addison · ~29 km · Must-see
• Sherburne Pass Trail · viewpoint · Rutland · ~31 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Long Trail

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• Sucker Brook Trail · trek · Addison · ~17 km
• Sucker Brook - Blueberry Hill Trail · trek · Addison · ~18 km
• Stewart Trail · trek · Addison · ~19 km
• Elsie's Loop Trail · trek · Addison · ~20 km
• Widow's Clearing Trail · trek · Addison · ~20 km
• Goshen Dam Trail · trek · Addison · ~21 km
• Water Tower Trepidation Trail · trek · Addison · ~21 km
• Water Tower North Star Trail · trek · Addison · ~21 km

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