The Long Trail

The Long Trail is a Vermont historical marker in Bolton, Chittenden County.

Route 2, in the Long Trail parking lot, east of Notch Road, Bolton

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“Footpath in the Wilderness” extends length of state. This 261 – mile hiker’s trail, built by the Green Mountain club during the years 1910-29, extends along the mountain summits from the Mass. State line to the Canadian border. Convenient shelters are provided for the hiker at regular intervals.

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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1885 · Vermont (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1897 · Vermont. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1903 · Vermont. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1906 · No.14, Telephone : Maritime Provinces and Quebec (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1909 · Vermont. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Vermont, 1909, covering the location of The Long Trail, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Vermont, 1909, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Marker data: Vermont Division for Historic Preservation

The Long Trail

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