Vermont trails · Haystack Mountain Trail
Haystack Mountain Trail
A 1.9-mile out-and-back in Vermont, with 874 ft of climbing. Reaches Haystack Mountain and other lake/summit/viewpoint destinations. Managed by Private.
Elevation profile
Most of the climbing sits in the final third — 66% of the ascent, between mile 1.3 and mile 1.9. It gives back about 407 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Haystack Mountain (summit)
- Long Pond (lake)
- West Overlook (viewpoint)
- East Overlook (viewpoint)
Getting there
Haystack Mountain North Trail — parking nearby. About 1 h 33 min drive (60 mi, 5 of them unpaved) from Barre. 44.75079, -72.01476 · 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 7:01 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 3.8-mile round trip takes roughly 2 h 18 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 9:19 a.m. — 8 h 46 min before sunset.
Loop options
- Haystack Mountain Trail — 1.9 mi loop, 482 ft gain
- Haystack Mountain Trail — 1.7 mi loop, 879 ft gain
Nearby trails
- C-5 — 5.0 mi
- Northern Forest Canoe Trail — 6.3 mi
- C-98 — 15.2 mi
- C-118 — 25.2 mi