https://vtdigger.org/2025/04/21/cross-vermont-trail-expands-into-nearby-communities-with-connector-to-lamoille-valley-rail-trail/
by K. Fiegenbaum, April 21, 2025, 6:53 am, VT Digger.
Two trails run east-west across Vermont: the Lamoille Valley Rail Trail, which runs from Swanton to St. Johnsbury entirely on a former rail bed, and the perhaps lesser-known, Cross Vermont Trail, which runs from Burlington through Montpelier to Wells River with just under half of the trail on off-road walking and biking paths.
Michael Thomas of Wells River, a village in Newbury, is a founding member of the Cross Vermont Trail Association and chair of its board. He has been thinking for many years about how the two trails almost parallel each other and wondered, why not connect them?
This year, Thomas and other volunteers plan to publish a map and put up signs along a route that does just that. Running from Danville to Wells River, the 19.7-mile Bayley Hazen Connector will mainly follow town roads with great views of farmland and forests as well as the White Mountains and Connecticut River, he said. Read the full article here.
