Vermont trails · C-5
C-5
A 13.6-mile out-and-back in Vermont, with 803 ft of climbing. Reaches Blake Pond and other lake destinations. Managed by the state.
Elevation profile
The climbing leans toward the middle third: 46% of the ascent falls between mile 4.5 and mile 9.0. It gives back about 1,837 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Blake Pond (lake)
- Bean Pond (lake)
Getting there
C-5 junction. About 1 h 23 min drive (59 mi, 1 of them unpaved) from Barre. 44.70647, -72.09448 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:32 a.m., the sun rises at 7:02 a.m. and sets at 6:05 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 6:35 p.m. (EDT) — 11 h 04 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 27.1-mile round trip takes roughly 10 h 51 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 5:53 p.m. — 13 min before sunset.
Loop options
- C-5 — 0.8 mi loop, 178 ft gain
- C-5 + 5 — 1.5 mi loop, 274 ft gain
- Unnamed trail + C-5 — 3.2 mi loop, 438 ft gain
Nearby trails
- Haystack Mountain Trail — 5.0 mi
- Northern Forest Canoe Trail — 11.2 mi
- C-98 — 18.4 mi
- C-118 — 21.0 mi