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There are over 70 miles of well-maintained trails for hiking, skiing, snowshoeing, as well as biking, horseback riding, and snowmobiling. Hiking in the Moosalamoo Region offers everything from wilderness solitude to views of waterfalls, lakes, mountains, and scenic vistas. By day, trace the footsteps of Robert Frost, and in the evening, enjoy a wonderful meal, later relax in front of a fireplace, or be tucked into a comfortable bed.

Quiet country roads offer easy access all through the year. Take a driving tour of the region using our Driving Tour Guide.   When driving around the region, be on the lookout for moose as they are frequently seen along roadsides. In early morning and late evening, moose come to the roadsides in search of vegetation that has absorbed road salt. Look for moose along the Moose Viewing Drive, download a map and directions.

The area is also home to wildlife such as black bear, white-tailed deer, and bobcats. Try your luck fishing for trout, salmon, and bass in area lakes and streams. Peregrine Falcons nest on Moosalamoo's cliffs, wild turkey roam the forests and fields, and birdwatchers seek out the rare Bicknell's Thrush on the high peaks. Woodland wildflowers like lady-slipper, trillium, and violets bloom in the spring. Our fields also fill with wildflowers such as daisies, St. John's wort, milkweed, and vetch in the summer. Pick your own wild blueberries in late July and August at the Blueberry Management Area.

Cross country skiers, whether classic or skate, back country or touring, will find opportunities duplicated nowhere else, with rentals and lessons available. Trails are marked and many are groomed regularly. Back country trails welcome snowshoers, and snowmobilers can visit the region along the Vermont Association of Snow Travelers (VAST) system. Camping opportunities range from primitive forest sites to full service campgrounds with RV hook-ups. Boat and canoe rentals are available locally. Swim in a mountain lake or stream, at the base of a waterfall, or at a sandy beach. Enjoy a picnic at a scenic overlook, next to a babbling brook or on the lakeshore.

Whether you want a family outing, a romantic wedding, day hikes or overnight camp out, or maybe just a weekend escape to a country inn, the Moosalamoo Region has it all.

Birding I Nature I Recreation: Hike I Walk I Picnic I Swim I Cross-country ski I Alpine Ski I Snowshoe I Snowmobile I Camp I Canoe I Bicycle I Hunt I Fish

Birding

Moosalamoo Bluebird Trail: Bluebirds are cavity-nesting birds, building nests in holes in trees or with human help in bird houses. The bluebird "trail" at Moosalamoo is a group of forty plus houses, usually located in pairs, one hundred feet apart, in open fields and pastures within the region. They are located near Robert Frost Wayside Area, Moosalamoo Campground, Voter Brook overlook, Blueberry Hill Inn, Judith's Garden, Hogback, Blueberry Management Area, and at Branbury State Park. These boxes are monitored and maintained by the association. You may spot a bluebird at any of these locations, sitting on a fence, power line, or dead tree. The boxes also attract chickadees, wrens, and swallows. For more information on Bluebirds check out http://www.nabluebirdsociety.org/

Bird Watching: Use your free Birding guide to find birds in the region including Peregrine Falcon, Osprey, Northern Goshawk, Common Loon, Warblers (Canada, Blackburnian, Black-throated Green & Blue, Mourning and Blackpoll), Yellow-throated and Philadelphia Vireo, Flycatchers (Yellow-bellied, Olive-sided, & Alder), Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Wild Turkey, Thrush (Swainson's, Bicknell's, & Hermit) (state bird). The Moosalamoo Birding Guide is available at no cost, just email us.

Nature

Wildlife: Watch for such wildlife as moose, beaver, white tail deer, porcupine, brown bat, black bear, opossum, fisher, skunk and raccoon. Follow the moose viewing loop in the spring for the best chance of seeing moose. Download a Moose viewing map and directions.


Wild flowers: Look for arbutus, hepatica blood root, and marsh marigold, in the spring. Lady Slipper Orchids, violets, trillium and columbine in the early summer. Baneberry, chicory, Queen Anne's Lace, yarrow, wild ginger, wintergreen and Red Clover (state flower) in summer and asters in the fall.

 
  • The Forest: The region is heavily forested with such trees as apple, ash, basswood, beech, birch, butternut, black cherry, hemlock, hickory, oak (red & white), spruce, balsam fir, and sugar maple (state tree). Shrubs include dogwood, shad, sumac, willow, witch-hazel, winterberry, and striped maple.

  • Ferns: The region is rich with a variety of ferns including: Bracken, Christmas, cinnamon, royal, fragile, grape, hayscented, lady, marsh, interrupted, long beech, maidenhair, ostrich, polypody, rattlesnake, sensitive, spleenwort, wood, oak and cliff brake.

  • Perennial Flower Gardens:
    You can visit and walk through perennial flower gardens at Judith' Bed and Breakfast, Blueberry Hill Inn, and at Branbury State Park.

 

 
 

Berry picking: wild strawberries, currants, blueberries (both wild and cultivated), blackberries, and raspberries. Wild apples trees are also found throughout the region. 


Recreation


 

Hike
Long Trail from Route 73 to Route 125 (link to Green Mt Club)
Mt. Moosalamoo & Oak Ridge Trails
Mt. Horrid (link to USFS)
Rattlesnake & Aunt Jenny Trails (link to USFS)
Trails to Silver Lake (link to USFS)
(Leicester Hollow, Chandler Ridge & Goshen Trails)
Sucker Brook Trail (link to USFS)



 

Walk
The country roads of Moosalamoo
Robert Frost Interpretive Trail (link to USFS)
Spirit in Nature Trails (link to SPIN)
Wonder Walks - Offering custom Walking, Hiking and Snowshoeing Tours in Vermont, the Northeast and other selected locations since 1998. A special Vermont Inn-to-Inn self-guided tour features The Moosalamoo National Recreation Area as its centerpiece, with a percentage of all sales going to the Moosalamoo Association. 2619 Monkton Road, Bristol, VT 05443. Call toll free: 877-897-7175, or in Vermont (802) 453-2076


 

Picnic

 

Falls of Lana

Swim

  • Silver Lake (link to USFS)
  • Goshen Dam (Sugar Hill Reservoir)
  • Lake Dunmore
  • Falls of Lana
  • Lake Pleiad

 


Branbury Lake


  • Cross-country skiing

 

Alpine Skiing
Middlebury College Snowbowl

Snowshoe

Snowmobile
V.A.S.T. network


 

Camp

 

 

 

 

  • Canoe

 

Goshen Dam
Bicycle

 

 

 

Hunt
Hunt in the forests, fields and wetlands of the Moosalamoo Region.  There are opportunities for for big game, small game, upland birds and Wild Turkey

 

Fish
Fish in the streams, ponds, and lakes of the Moosalamoo Region for Brook, Brown, Rainbow & Lake Trout, Salmon, Bass, Pike, Yellow Perch, Smelt, Panfish.

 

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