| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Macks Mountain, Hooker Mountain, VT |
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 | Trails: |
Unknown trails, bushwhack |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Wednesday, July 9, 2025 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
In South Cabot, off old rte 2, then Lovely Rd, I parked in Molly’s Falls Pond State Park on the side and rode my bike 2.5 miles up the road until I saw this unnamed trail, which looks like a road on Gaia, part of Peacham Pond Rd. There is a sign for hiking/ biking/ horseback. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Dry Trail |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
A small bridge over the first stream with good water to filter. |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
I couldn’t find a jar on Macks, just a lone flagged tree where CalTopo says the top is. I found the jar on Hooker, placed in 2022. |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
Fine I’d think. |
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 | Bugs: |
Yes, a few mosquitos and deer flies of course. |
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 | Comments: |
This was a much longer hike than I thought, over 7 miles and 1700 ft. I took the trail that shows on Gaia as Peacham Pond Rd in gray. It seems to stay in the Groton State Forest land, maybe heading to Morse Mountain. I turned left before Morse, and took a private trail, the signs only said no atvs. I eventually started bushwhacking uphill, but never for very long until I’d cross another skidder path. I wandered all over Macks (2400’) very flat summit, no jar located. I bushwhacked over to Hooker, crossed a driveway and then an atv trail in the col. I found some views over the pond from cliffs on Hooker after signing in the jar. I went back to the col, took the grassy trail downhill, but it turned to the left so I bushwhacked the rest of the way through some scrappy wetter woods and never found the other roads shown on Gaia, but eventually came back to where I started. The ponds were not very swimmable but I found a stream to cool off in. |
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 | Name: |
Carl G |
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| Date Submitted: |
2025-07-10 |
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Disclaimer: Reports are not verified - conditions may vary. Use at own risk. Always be prepared when hiking. Observe all signs. Trail conditions reports are not substitutes for weather reports or common sense. |
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