E 2.5 miles via Vt. 11 to Bromley Market, (802) 824-4444, deli open 7β7. W 3.7 miles to EconoLodge Motel, (802) 362-3333; Toll Road Inn, (802) 362-1711; Red Sled Motel, (802) 362-2161; a diner. W 5.5 miles to Manchester Center, VT. PO 05255 M-F 8:30-4:30, Sa 9-12, (802) 362-3070. Green Mountain House,<http://www.greenmountainhouse.net>, (330) 388-6478, reservations required. Beds, shower, laundry, loaner clothes, full kitchen with free breakfast, camping. Private room for couples. In town there is a Price Chopper and Shawβs. The Mountain Goat and EMS sell hiking equipment. Coin laundry; doctor; dentist; pharmacy; veterinarian; movie theater; restaurants; Manchester Taxi, (802) 362-4118 and (802) 688-6426; Leonardβs Taxi, (802) 379-5332.
Southbounders: turn right and hike down a ski slope for a quarter mile before entering the woods. West 50 feet to a privy. E 150 feet to a Bromley Cabin, offering limited shelter.
Sleeps 10, privy, fee. Camping at designated sites. Water source is the brook near the shelter.
Old Job Trail, south junction with the AT. AT nobo enters the Big Branch Wilderness.
Sleeps 6, privy, tentsites. Water source is a stream in a ravine to the right of the shelter.
East 50 feet to Little Rock Pond Shelter, privy, tent platforms, fire pit.
Junction of the AT with the trail to Greenwall Shelter. Greenwall Shelter 0.3 miles east.
In 1831, a band of vigilantes from Wallingford trekked to Patch Hollow. Their intent was to tar and feather Rolon Wheeler, resident of the Hollow, for reports that he had commited an indiscretion with his sister-in-law. When the posse invaded Rolon's home, Rolon stabbed and killed Isaac Osborne. The vigilantes fled and were subsequently fined while Wheeler was aquitted. The town of Patch Hollow no longer exists.
East 50 yards to Minerva Hinchey Shelter. 100 yards further to a reliable spring.
E 2.7 miles to Shrewsbury Co-op at Piercesβ Store, sandwiches, M thru Sa 7a-7p, Su 8a-5p, (802) 492-3326.
Gravel road. E 2.5 miles to Shrewsbury Co-op at Piercesβ Store, sandwiches, M thru Sa 7a - 7p, Su 8a - 5p.
Sleeps 12, privy, tentsites. Water source is the stream across the road.
Trail to Killington Peak, the first opportunity for northbounders to climb a northern 4000' peak.
E 1 mile to Inn at Long Trail. W 1.4 miles to Cortina Inn, (802) 772-7118; Mendon Mountain View Lodge; MVRT Diamond Express bus stop. W 8.6 miles to Rutland, Vt. Post office 05701 open M-F 8-5, Sa 8-12, (802) 773-0222. Hikers Hostel at the Yellow Deli, 23 Center Street, (802) 683-9378 or (802) 775-9800,<http://www.hikershostel.org>, donation accepted, common room, laundry $2, work for stay, located downtown near transit center, mail drops accepted. Veterinarians; taxi; Amtrak station.
LT continues north, AT turns east. N 0.4 miles on LT to Tucker Johnson Campsite, stream, privy.
New Boston Trail joins the LT. W 0.2 miles to David Logan Shelter.