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What a nice lake Colchester Pond is. Hiking is a popular thing to do around Colchester Pond; North Shore Trail is a great local trail, and if you need a place to stay Burlington-Days Inn Colchester is a good choice. Go for a hike on the Island Farm Nature Trail, and some good nature is available in Essex Junction Village Municipal Forest. This lake is so wonderful. Dry warm beds await you at Inn At Essex; get your pulse rate up on the nice whitewater of Browns
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The warmest time of the year brings highs in the 80's to Colchester Pond; through summer nights temperatures are in the 50's. Highs through the winter are typically in the 20's while the cold winter nights at Colchester Pond are in the 0's. Good hiking is available along the Southern Tip Trail, also Colchester Pond Dam is worth taking a look at if you're here.
The amount of rain that falls at Colchester Pond is close to the national average; | |
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all through August this area sees the most rain; the driest month is January. If the weather is beautiful, you acquire a pleasant vista of Brigham Hill from Colchester Pond, and Bolton Valley is a very popular ski area close by. This
lake is so wonderful. Do stop at Indian Brook Reservoir right next door to Colchester Pond, it's a gorgeous lake, and Colchester Pond is a place with many visitors from Burlington-South Burlington.
Colchester Pond truly is in
the middle of a charming outdoors paradise. A good location to camp here at Colchester Pond is Malletts Bay Campground, and you can run the rapids of Mill Brook. A pretty lake like Colchester Pond near Colchester Pond is a nice site
to stop by; while you're here you can play some golf at Essex Country Club. What a location this is for outdoors folks. Colchester Pond is good enough to spend more than a day at, Lone Pine Campsites is a good local campground, and Cochran Ski Center has wonderful slopes and a friendly staff.
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Coordinates:
Latitude: 44.555
Longitude: -73.12
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Browns River, Chittenden CountyCounty, 8 miles away
Class II - 4 miles long (Westford to Lamoille river) |
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Mill Brook, Chittenden CountyCounty, 10 miles away
Class II-III+(V) - 5 miles long (Jericho) |
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Lewis Creek, Chittendon / Addison CountyCounty, 15 miles away
Class II - 10 miles long (Prindle Corner to Lake Champlain) |
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Browns River
| ...iles upstream of the put in). Putting in at the Rte. 128 bridge in Westford, at this level you find about 1/4 mile of class II water until you reach the covered bridge in Westford. There is a diagonal hole just below the covered bridge which is right above a partially washed out dam. We ran the 8ft dam on the far right successfully and continued down river. The rapids below here at this level are good class III+ in places mixed with lots of fast moving flat water. There are 3 or 4 somewhat technical ledge drops ranging in height from 3ft to 6ft. After scouting, we ran everything. Once we hit the Lamoille, which was running around 5000cfs, it was big water class II and III down to Georgia. The ledge drop and run out rapid above the High Bridge were HUGE. If the air wasn't so cold and the wind blowing so hard, we could have used the big recirculating edies there to surf all afternoon. A very long 3 to 5ft wave train finished off the day before a 1/4 mile flat water paddle to the take out at the fishing access on Rte. 104A. This very sedate little run seems to really come alive at this ... |
Old Lantern Campground
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The Old Lantern is no longer used as a campground. Only the large barn is rented out for events, but no overnight accomodations are available currently.... |
Metcalf Pond
 | 18 miles away
Who owns this and perhaps we are related or I own this pond?... |
Winona Lake
| 18 miles away
Winona Lake, or as it is known to the locals, Bristol Pond is Vermonts only 'real Peet bog'. The Lake offers about 100 acres of flat water...good for exploring in the canoe. The lake has a healthy population of very aggressive watersnakes, non-poisoness, but they like to get in boats...if you are curious about these creatures go to the two small Islands for a look.... |
Smugglers Notch
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Sugarbush
| 25 miles away
Sugarbush is so huge, I got lost.... |
Stowe
| 27 miles away
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... Camp will be Stowe Mountain Resort's central source for skier and snowboarder services. The building includes restaurants, a bar, indoor & outdoor fireplaces, rental shops, retail, tickets, event space and public lounge areas that blend the unique dynamics of Stowe's mountains with the comfort of a state-of-the-art luxury base lodge. The beautifully designed building is located adjacent to the new 'Over Easy' transfer gondola, providing convenient access to the slopes of both Spruce Peak and Mount Mansfield.
Every project at the resort has been done to address growing customer trends and cater to and all those who desire an experience that's both diverse and authentic. The new mountainside community called Spruce Peak at Stowe offers the intimacy of a charming New England village with exceptional quality and amenities never before seen in the East. The pedestrian plaza will be a lively hub this winter with shopping, dining, interactive ice-carving & igloo building, live music, camp fires with outdoor seating and complimentary/make-your-own smores.
Stowe Mountain Resort maintai... |
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