Vermont trails · C-98
C-98
A 13.9-mile out-and-back in Vermont, with 558 ft of climbing. Reaches Little Wheeler Pond and other lake destinations. Managed by the state.
Elevation profile
The climbing is spread fairly evenly along the route. It gives back about 477 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Little Wheeler Pond (lake)
- Tuttle Pond (lake)
- Mud Pond (lake)
Getting there
C-102 access. About 2 h 40 min drive (84 mi, 8 of them unpaved) from Barre. 44.67663, -71.72326 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:31 a.m., the sun rises at 7:00 a.m. and sets at 6:04 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 6:33 p.m. (EDT) — 11 h 04 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 27.9-mile round trip takes roughly 10 h 53 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 5:54 p.m. — 10 min before sunset.
Loop options
- C-98 + C-98A + Unnamed trail — 8.1 mi loop, 747 ft gain
- C-98 + C-98A + 98A — 8.2 mi loop, 815 ft gain
- C-98A + Unnamed trail + C-98 — 8.2 mi loop, 799 ft gain
Nearby trails
- Northern Forest Canoe Trail — 12.3 mi
- Haystack Mountain Trail — 15.2 mi
- C-5 — 18.4 mi