Trail Running Sites Index

Sites from the Southern Vermont, Western Massachusetts, and Eastern Massachusetts guidebooks

Southern Vermont (from Trail Running Southern Vermont)

Site 1: Bomoseen State Park

Site 2: Taconic Mountains Ramble State Park

Site 3: Pine Hill Park

Site 4: Slate Valley Trails

Site 5: Green Mountain

Site 6: Baker Peak

Site 7: Peru Peak

Site 8: Owl’s Head

Site 9: Merck Forest

Site 10: Mt. Equinox

Site 11: Prospect Rock

Site 12: Lye Brook Falls

Site 13: Glastenbury Mountain

Site 14: Bald Mountain (Bennington)

Site 15: Lake Paran

Site 16: Mile-Around Woods

Site 17: BATS (Bennington Area Trail System)

Site 18: Mountain Meadow Preserve

Site 19: Woodford State Park

Site 20: Hoot Toot & Whistle Trail

Site 21: Hogback Mountain

Site 22: Haystack Mountain

Site 23: Stratton Loop

Site 24: West River Trail

Site 25: Lowell Lake

Site 26: Chester Town Forest

Site 27: Ludlow Mountain (Okemo)

Site 28: Slack Hill (Coolidge State Park)

Site 29: Shrewsbury Peak

Site 30: Pico Peak

Site 31: Blue Ridge Mountain

Site 32: Sherburne Trails

Site 33: Green Mountain Trails

Site 34: The Lookout

Site 35: Aqueduct Trails

Site 36: Mt. Tom & The Pogue

Site 37: Mt. Peg

Site 38: Parcel 5

Site 39: Hurricane Forest

Site 40: Paradise Park

Site 41: Mt. Ascutney

Site 42: Ascutney Trails

Site 43: North Springfield Reservoir

Site 44: Muckross/Hartness Parks

Site 45: Athens Dome

Site 46: The Pinnacle

Site 47: Putney Mountain

Site 48: Bald Mountain (Townshend)

Site 49: Deer Run Nature Preserve

Site 50: Missing Link Trail

Site 51: Retreat Farm Trails

Western Massachusetts (from Trail Running Western Massachusetts)

Site 1: Hopkins Memorial Forest

Site 2: Pine Cobble

Site 3: Mt. Greylock: The Hopper

Site 4: Savoy Mountain State Forest

Site 5: Hoosac Ridge Trail

Site 6: Monroe State Forest

Site 7: Pelham Lake Park

Site 8: Mohawk Trail State Forest

Site 9: Notchview

Site 10: The Boulders

Site 11: Pittsfield State Forest

Site 12: Shaker Mountain

Site 13: Kennedy Park

Site 14: Yokun Ridge

Site 15: Finerty Pond

Site 16: Tyringham Cobble

Site 17: Monument Mountain

Site 18: Jug End

Site 19: Alander Mountain

Site 20: Granville State Forest

Site 21: Chester Blandford State Forest

Site 22: Keystone Arch Bridges Trail

Site 23: Chesterfield Gorge

Site 24: DAR State Forest

Site 25: Two Bridges Trail

Site 26: Bear Swamp Reservation

Site 27: Mahican-Mohawk Trail

Site 28: Colrain Ridge Trail

Site 29: Greenfield Ridge

Site 30: Northfield Mountain

Site 31: Mt. Grace

Site 32: Wendell State Forest

Site 33: Mt. Toby

Site 34: Sugarloaf Mountain

Site 35: Puffers Pond

Site 36: Amethyst Brook

Site 37: Fitzgerald Lake

Site 38: Mineral Hills

Site 39: Mt. Tom

Site 40: Mt. Tom: Lake Bray

Site 41: Holyoke Range: Mt. Holyoke

Site 42: Holyoke Range: Earl’s Trails

Site 43: Holyoke Range: Mt. Norwottuck

Site 44: Holyoke Range: Batchelor Street

Site 45: Quabbin Park

Site 46: Chicopee State Park

Site 47: East Mountain

Site 48: Stanley Park

Site 49: Robinson State Park

Site 50: Minnechaug Mountain

Site 51: Peaked Mountain

Eastern Massachusetts (from Trail Running Eastern Massachusetts)

Site 1: Tully Lake

Site 2: Brooks Woodland Preserve

Site 3: Mt. Watatic

Site 4: Willard Brook State Forest

Site 5: Groton Town Forest

Site 6: Leominster State Forest

Site 7: Mt. Wachusett

Site 8: Trout Brook

Site 9: Mt. Pisgah

Site 10: Leadmine Mountain

Site 11: Wells State Park

Site 12: Buffumville Lake

Site 13: Douglas State Forest

Site 14: Sutton State Forest

Site 15: Goat Hill

Site 16: Upton State Forest

Site 17: Ashland State Park

Site 18: Callahan State Park

Site 19: Jericho Town Forest

Site 20: Mt. Misery

Site 21: Oak Hill

Site 22: Great Brook Farm State Park

Site 23: Landlocked Forest

Site 24: Harold Parker State Forest

Site 25: Ward Reservation

Site 26: Weir Hill

Site 27: Maudslay State Park

Site 28: Willowdale State Forest

Site 29: Ravenswood Park

Site 30: Chebacco Woods

Site 31: Lynn Woods

Site 32: Middlesex Fells

Site 33: Whipple Hill

Site 34: Western Greenway

Site 35: Rocky Woods

Site 36: Noanet / Hale Reservations

Site 37: Blue Hills

Site 38: World’s End

Site 39: Wompatuck State Park

Site 40: Ames Nowell State Park

Site 41: Borderland State Park

Site 42: F. Gilbert Hills State Forest

Site 43: Massasoit State Park

Site 44: Copicut Woods

Site 45: North Hill Marsh

Site 46: Myles Standish State Forest

Site 47: Four Ponds Conservation Area

Site 48: West Barnstable Conservation Area

Site 49: Nickerson State Park

Site 50: Great Island

Site 51: Pamet Paths

SOUTHERN VT, SITE 51: RETREAT FARM TRAILS

This map is intended to be used with the site profile text in the TRAIL RUNNING Southern Vermont guidebook (Ben Kimball 2024, UMass Press).

Site 51 Map: Retreat Farm Trails 

Suggested Route Distance(s): Route 1: 2.2 Miles; Route 2: 3.2 Miles

The Nature Trail at Retreat Farm in Brattleboro, Vermont (photo by Ben Kimball ©2022)
An appealing, organic swoop along the Nature Trail at the Retreat Farm in Brattleboro
Retreat Farm in Brattleboro, Vermont (photo by Ben Kimball ©2022)
Retreat Farm in Brattleboro, Vermont
Harris Hill ski jump at the Retreat Farm trails in Brattleboro, Vermont (photo by Ben Kimball ©2022)
Harris Hill ski jump in Brattleboro
Ice Pond at Retreat Farm trails in Brattleboro, Vermont (photo by Ben Kimball ©2022)
Ice Pond
Stairs leading up from Nature Trail at the Retreat Farm trails in Brattleboro, Vermont (photo by Ben Kimball ©2022)
Stairs leading up from Nature Trail
Morningside Trail at Retreat Farm trails in Brattleboro, Vermont (photo by Ben Kimball ©2022)
Morningside Trail
Cow tunnel at Retreat Farm trails in Brattleboro, Vermont (photo by Ben Kimball ©2022)
Cow tunnel
Retreat Farm trails in Brattleboro, Vermont (photo by Ben Kimball ©2022)
Retreat Farm trails
Retreat Farm trails in Brattleboro, Vermont (photo by Ben Kimball ©2022)
Retreat Farm trails
The Nature Trail at Retreat Farm trails in Brattleboro, Vermont (photo by Ben Kimball ©2022)
Nature Trail

SOUTHERN VT, SITE 50: MISSING LINK TRAIL

This map is intended to be used with the site profile text in the TRAIL RUNNING Southern Vermont guidebook (Ben Kimball 2024, UMass Press).

Site 50 Map: MLT 

Suggested Route Distance: 3.7 Miles

Fern glade along the Missing Link Trail in Dummerston, Vermont (photo by Ben Kimball ©2022)
Fern glade along the Missing Link Trail in Dummerston
Woman gazing up at the huge ash tree at the current northern end of the Missing Link Trail in Vermont (photo by Ben Kimball ©2022)
Huge ash tree at the current northern end of the Missing Link Trail
Prospect Hill at the current southern end of the Missing Link Trail in Dummerston, Vermont (photo by Ben Kimball ©2022)
Prospect Hill at the current southern end of the Missing Link Trail in Dummerston
Missing Link Trail in Vermont (photo by Ben Kimball ©2022)
Missing Link Trail
Haydock Vista in Vermont (photo by Ben Kimball ©2022)
Haydock Vista
Missing Link Trail in Vermont (photo by Ben Kimball ©2022)
Missing Link Trail
Missing Link Trail access path in Vermont (photo by Ben Kimball ©2022)
Missing Link Trail access path
Prospect Hill Trail in Dummerston, Vermont (photo by Ben Kimball ©2022)
Prospect Hill Trail

SOUTHERN VT, SITE 49: DEER RUN

This map is intended to be used with the site profile text in the TRAIL RUNNING Southern Vermont guidebook (Ben Kimball 2024, UMASS Press).

Site 49 Map: Deer Run 

Suggested Route Distance: 6.3 Miles

Trail through a powerline clearing at Deer Run Nature Preserve in Vermont (photo by Ben Kimball ©2022)
Powerline vista at Deer Run Nature Preserve
Sign at Deer Run Nature Preserve in Vermont (photo by Ben Kimball ©2022)
Preserve sign at the parking area
Lower part of the trail at Deer Run Nature Preserve in Vermont (photo by Ben Kimball ©2022)
Lower part of the trail at Deer Run Nature Preserve
Trail through a sedgy forest understory at Deer Run Nature Preserve in Vermont (photo by Ben Kimball ©2022)
Trail through a sedgy forest understory at Deer Run Nature Preserve
Deer Run Nature Preserve in Vermont (photo by Ben Kimball ©2022)
Deer Run Nature Preserve
West River at Deer Run Nature Preserve in Vermont (photo by Ben Kimball ©2022)
West River at Deer Run Nature Preserve
New trail bridge at Deer Run Nature Preserve in Vermont (photo by Ben Kimball ©2022)
New trail bridge at Deer Run Nature Preserve

SOUTHERN VT, SITE 48: BALD MTN. (Townshend)

This map is intended to be used with the site profile text in the TRAIL RUNNING Southern Vermont guidebook (Ben Kimball 2024, UMASS Press).

Site 48 Map: Bald Mtn.  [NOTE: This trail is temporarily closed due to damage caused by a strong storm in 2023.]

Suggested Route Distance: 3.4 Miles

Bald Mountain Trail in Townshend (photo by Ben Kimball ©2022)
Bald Mtn. Trail in Townshend
Lower part of the Bald Mountain Trail in Townshend (photo by Ben Kimball ©2022)
Lower part of the Bald Mountain Trail
Upper part of the Bald Mountain Trail in Townshend (photo by Ben Kimball ©2022)
Upper part of the Bald Mountain Trail
Vista at the top of Bald Mountain in Townshend (photo by Ben Kimball ©2022)
Vista at the top of Bald Mountain
Middle part of the Bald Mountain Trail in Townshend (photo by Ben Kimball ©2022)
Middle part of the Bald Mountain Trail
Bald Mountain Trail in Townshend (photo by Ben Kimball ©2022)
Bald Mountain Trail
Bald Mountain Trail in Townshend (photo by Ben Kimball ©2022)
Bald Mountain Trail

SOUTHERN VT, SITE 47: PUTNEY MOUNTAIN

This map is intended to be used with the site profile text in the TRAIL RUNNING Southern Vermont guidebook (Ben Kimball 2024, UMASS Press).

Site 47 Map: Putney Mtn. 

Suggested Route Distance: 5.3 Miles

Putney Mtn. summit
Northern end of West Cliff Trail near Five Corners on Putney Mountain
Ridgeline Trail between Putney Mountain Road parking lot and the summit
Clearing at the top of Putney Mountain in Vermont (photo by Ben Kimball ©2022)
Clearing at the top of Putney Mountain
Ridgeline Trail just east of and below the summit of Putney Mountain
Recently rehabilitated section of the Ridgeline Trail just east of and below the summit of Putney Mountain
West Cliff Trail on Putney Mountain
Trail signs at 5 Corners north of Putney Mountain in Vermont (photo by Ben Kimball ©2022)
Trail signs at 5 Corners
Running along Libby’s Way just south of the Putney Mountain Road parking lot

SOUTHERN VT, SITE 46: THE PINNACLE

This map is intended to be used with the site profile text in the TRAIL RUNNING Southern Vermont guidebook (Ben Kimball 2024, UMASS Press).

Site 46 Map: The Pinnacle 

Suggested Route Distance: 3.9 Miles

Ridgeline Trail just south of the summit of The Pinnacle in Vermont (photo by Ben Kimball ©2022)
Ridgeline Trail just south of the summit of The Pinnacle
Woman trail running at The Pinnacle in Vermont (photo by Ben Kimball ©2022)
Trail running at The Pinnacle
Woman trail running at The Pinnacle in Vermont (photo by Ben Kimball ©2022)
Trail running at The Pinnacle
Running the Ridgeline Trail just south of the summit of The Pinnacle in Vermont (photo by Ben Kimball ©2022)
Running the Ridgeline Trail just south of the summit of The Pinnacle
Cabin at the top of The Pinnacle
Woman at the top of The Pinnacle in Vermont (photo by Ben Kimball ©2022)
Summit of The Pinnacle
Upper half of the Cascade Trail just west of and below the Ridgeline Trail near the top of The Pinnacle
Trail running at The Pinnacle in Vermont (photo by Ben Kimball ©2022)
Running the Ridgeline Trail just south of the summit of The Pinnacle
Trail signs at The Pinnacle in Vermont (photo by Ben Kimball ©2022)
Signs at The Pinnacle

SOUTHERN VT, SITE 45: ATHENS DOME

This map is intended to be used with the site profile text in the TRAIL RUNNING Southern Vermont guidebook (Ben Kimball 2024, UMASS Press).

Site 45 Map: Athens Dome 

Suggested Route Distance: 5.5 Miles

Creature Rock at Athens Dome in Vermont (photo by Ben Kimball ©2022)
Creature Rock at Athens Dome
View from Bear Hill at Athens Dome in Vermont (photo by Ben Kimball ©2022)
Bear Hill vista at Athens Dome
Trail at Athens Dome in Vermont (photo by Ben Kimball ©2022)
Trail at Athens Dome
The camping shelter at Athens Dome in Vermont (photo by Ben Kimball ©2022)
Trail running at Athens Dome in Vermont (photo by Ben Kimball ©2022)
Trail running at Athens Dome
Trail at Athens Dome in Vermont (photo by Ben Kimball ©2022)
Trail bridge at Athens Dome
Trail at Athens Dome in Vermont (photo by Ben Kimball ©2022)
Trail at Athens Dome
Trail on the north side of Bear Hill

SOUTHERN VT, SITE 44: MUCKROSS/HARTNESS

This map is intended to be used with the site profile text in the TRAIL RUNNING Southern Vermont guidebook (Ben Kimball 2024, UMASS Press).

Site 44 Map: Muckross 

Suggested Route Distance: 4.9 Miles

Muckross Connector Trail in Springfield, Vermont (photo by Ben Kimball ©2022)
Muckross Connector Trail
Muckross Connector Trail in Springfield, Vermont (photo by Ben Kimball ©2022)
Muckross Connector Trail
Trail at Hartness Park in Springfield, Vermont (photo by Ben Kimball ©2022)
Trail at Hartness Park in Springfield
Vista at Hartness Park in Springfield, Vermont (photo by Ben Kimball ©2022)
Vista at Hartness Park in Springfield
Muckross Connector Trail in Springfield, Vermont (photo by Ben Kimball ©2022)
Muckross Connector Trail
Muckross Connector Trail in Springfield, Vermont (photo by Ben Kimball ©2022)
Muckross Connector Trail
Muckross Connector Trail in Springfield, Vermont (photo by Ben Kimball ©2022)
Muckross Connector Trail
Ski Jump site at Hartness Park in Springfield, VT

SOUTHERN VT, SITE 43: NORTH SPRINGFIELD RESERVOIR

This map is intended to be used with the site profile text in the TRAIL RUNNING Southern Vermont guidebook (Ben Kimball 2024, UMASS Press).

Site 43 Map: North Springfield Reservoir 

Suggested Route Distance: 4.8 Miles

Trail at North Springfield Reservoir in Vermont (photo by Ben Kimball ©2022)
Trail at North Springfield Reservoir
Trail at North Springfield Reservoir in Vermont (photo by Ben Kimball ©2022)
Trail across the side of North Springfield Reservoir dam in Vermont (photo by Ben Kimball ©2022)
Trail across the side of North Springfield Reservoir dam
Hiking trail at Springweather Nature Area in Vermont (photo by Ben Kimball ©2022)
Hiking trail at Springweather Nature Area
Hiking trail at Springweather Nature Area in Vermont (photo by Ben Kimball ©2022)
Hiking trail at Springweather Nature Area
Hiking trail at Springweather Nature Area in Vermont (photo by Ben Kimball ©2022)
Hiking trail at Springweather Nature Area
Trail at North Springfield Reservoir in Vermont (photo by Ben Kimball ©2022)
Trail at North Springfield Reservoir
Trail at North Springfield Reservoir in Vermont (photo by Ben Kimball ©2022)
Trail at North Springfield Reservoir in Vermont
Springweather Nature Area trails at North Springfield Reservoir