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 is spread fairly evenly along the route. 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. 44.70647, -72.09448 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On August 31, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 5:38 a.m., the sun rises at 6:09 a.m. and sets at 7:27 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 7:57 p.m. (EDT) — 13 h 18 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 5:00 p.m. — 2 h 27 min before sunset.
Loop options
- C-5 + 5 — 1.0 mi loop, 140 ft gain
- C-5 + 5 — 8.2 mi loop, 1,000 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