Vermont trails · North Country NST
North Country NST
A 26.0-mile section of the North Country National Scenic Trail in Vermont, with 1,590 ft of climbing. The full trail runs about 4,800 miles. Reaches Telephone Gap and other pass/summit destinations. Managed by the U.S. Forest Service.
Elevation profile
The climbing leans toward the first third: 50% of the ascent falls between mile 0.0 and mile 8.7. It gives back about 4,548 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Telephone Gap (pass)
- The Elbow (pass)
- Mount Horrid (summit)
- Gillespie Peak (summit)
- Cape Lookoff Mountain (summit)
- Bloodroot Gap (pass)
- Brandon Gap (pass)
- Willard Gap (pass)
- Wetmore Gap (pass)
Getting there
SUCKER BROOK TH — parking nearby, restroom, water. 43.90225, -72.98399 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On August 31, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 5:44 a.m., the sun rises at 6:13 a.m. and sets at 7:29 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 7:59 p.m. (EDT) — 13 h 16 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 26.0-mile route takes roughly 10 h 25 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 4:38 p.m. — 2 h 52 min before sunset.
Loop options
- HORSESHOE + HORSESHOE -NORTH COUNTRY + North Country NST — 2.2 mi loop, 402 ft gain
- SUCKER BROOK HISTORIC + North Country NST — 2.8 mi loop, 402 ft gain
- North Country NST + Sucker Brook Trail + Moosalamoo Nra To Long Trail — 5.0 mi loop, 837 ft gain
Nearby trails
- Long — 3.0 mi
- Chittenden Brook — 5.8 mi
- Carriage Trail — 17.1 mi
- Appalachian National Scenic Trail — 18.3 mi