Branch Pond 📍

Branch Pond and Branch Pond Road are located off of Kelley Stand, and offer camping, paddling, and access to the Lye Brook Wilderness.

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All Packed Up

This is a very nice, basic roadside campsite, assuming you brought all the gear you really need or want.

Sunday June 19, 2011 — Branch Pond
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Morning’s Trash

The best part of camping is the campfires and being able to burn my trash. Playing with fire is fun, even if some of this styrofoam and plastic stuff kind of smells and puts out black smoke when burnt.

Sunday June 19, 2011 — Branch Pond
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Making Coffee

On a beautiful, low humidity Sunday morning, camping out off Forest Road 70 in the Green Mountains Wild Forest.

Sunday June 19, 2011 — Branch Pond
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