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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Campfire

Dusk camping along Branch Pond Road at the Green Mountain National Forest during Memorial Day Weekend 2019.

Sunday May 26, 2019 — Branch Pond
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Map: Mountain House Trail and North Mountain

Grouse

While I was camping up along Branch Pond Road, I kept seeing this grouse around camp. I am guessing the grouse had a nest nearby, but I despite careful observation I'm not totally sure where the nest could have been and I didn't want to disturb it looking for it.

Saturday May 25, 2019 — Branch Pond
Map: Snow Bowl State Forest
Map: Severence Hill Trail
Thematic Map: State Forests Over 4,000 Acres