Hiking Near Rutland, VT

The base for the Coolidge Range, with Killington and Pico rising directly east of town. 128 mapped hiking routes sit within 25 miles, each with a real elevation profile computed from the trail geometry.

128Trails within 25 mi

40Rated easy

913 ftAverage gain

1.1 miClosest trailhead

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Closest trailheads to Rutland

Trail	From town	Distance	Gain	Difficulty
Muddy Pond Loop via Carriage Trail	1.1 mi	4.2 mi	509 ft	Moderate
Muddy Pond via Carriage Trail	1.1 mi	3.9 mi	376 ft	Moderate
Overlook	1.1 mi	2.9 mi	406 ft	Easy
Bald Mountain via Aitken State Forest Trail	3.4 mi	2.7 mi	708 ft	Moderate
Cold River Vista via Aitken State Forest Trail	3.4 mi	2.2 mi	722 ft	Moderate
Killington Peak via Bucklin Trail	4.8 mi	7.5 mi	2,457 ft	Strenuous
Pico Peak via Bucklin Trail	4.8 mi	7.3 mi	2,066 ft	Strenuous
Irene Falls Loop via Bucklin Trail	4.8 mi	6.9 mi	2,082 ft	Strenuous
Blue Ridge Mountain via Canty Trail (Blue)	6.2 mi	4.5 mi	1,411 ft	Hard
Bear Mountain via Appalachian Trail	6.6 mi	8.7 mi	1,666 ft	Strenuous

All 128 trails near Rutland

Ranked by popularity. Every figure is computed from the trail-snapped route geometry.

Trail	Area	Distance	Gain	Difficulty
Killington Peak via Bucklin Trail	Killington	7.5 mi	2,457 ft	Strenuous
Pico Peak via Bucklin Trail	Killington	7.3 mi	2,066 ft	Strenuous
Pico Peak via Appalachian Trail	Killington	8.5 mi	2,180 ft	Strenuous
Appalachian Trail and Sherburne Pass Trail Loop	Killington	9.1 mi	2,440 ft	Strenuous
Black Swamp Trail and Shrewsbury Peak Trail Loop	Killington	5.3 mi	1,577 ft	Hard
Little Killington via Shrewsbury Peak Trail	Killington	8.3 mi	2,075 ft	Strenuous
Battell Mountain via Long Trail	Breadloaf	8.4 mi	2,189 ft	Strenuous
Baker Peak via Lake Trail	Bromley & Stratton	6.6 mi	2,110 ft	Strenuous
Appalachian Trail and Bucklin Trail Loop	Killington	7.2 mi	2,251 ft	Strenuous
Pico Peak via Sherburne Pass Trail	Killington	5.2 mi	1,695 ft	Hard
Shrewsbury Peak via Black Swamp Trail	Killington	4.3 mi	1,281 ft	Hard
Blue Ridge Mountain via Canty Trail (Blue)	Killington	4.5 mi	1,411 ft	Hard
Cape Lookoff Mountain via Long Trail	Moosalamoo	3.2 mi	1,211 ft	Moderate
Worth Mountain via Long Trail	Breadloaf	5.6 mi	1,265 ft	Hard
Peru Peak via Appalachian Trail	Bromley & Stratton	5.9 mi	1,213 ft	Hard
Mount Carmel Loop via Long Trail	Moosalamoo	8.8 mi	1,928 ft	Strenuous
Killington Peak via Appalachian Trail	Killington	8.5 mi	2,409 ft	Strenuous
Shrewsbury Peak via Appalachian Trail	Killington	8.6 mi	2,229 ft	Strenuous
Green Mountain via Homer Stone Trail	Killington	6.5 mi	1,787 ft	Strenuous
Bear Mountain via Appalachian Trail	Killington	8.7 mi	1,666 ft	Strenuous
Appalachian Trail and Green Mountain Trail Loop	Bromley & Stratton	6.9 mi	1,124 ft	Hard
Mount Moosalamoo Loop via Keewaydin Trail	Moosalamoo	5.7 mi	1,285 ft	Hard
Peru Peak via Lake Trail	Bromley & Stratton	10.3 mi	2,764 ft	Strenuous
Appalachian Trail and Shrewsbury Peak Trail Loop	Killington	10.4 mi	2,988 ft	Strenuous
Mount Carmel via Long Trail	Moosalamoo	6.6 mi	1,411 ft	Hard
Ludlow Mountain via Healdville Trail	Killington	5.9 mi	1,910 ft	Hard
Green Mountain via Appalachian Trail	Bromley & Stratton	6.4 mi	975 ft	Hard
Baker Peak via Appalachian Trail	Bromley & Stratton	8.3 mi	1,384 ft	Strenuous
Peru Peak via Old Job Trail	Bromley & Stratton	10.3 mi	1,621 ft	Strenuous
Rochester Mountain via Cassidy's Chase	Breadloaf	3.9 mi	1,210 ft	Moderate
Bald Mountain via Aitken State Forest Trail	Killington	2.7 mi	708 ft	Moderate
Green Mountain Trail	Bromley & Stratton	6.4 mi	1,075 ft	Hard
Antone Mountain via McCormick Trail	Manchester	7.6 mi	1,753 ft	Strenuous
Russell Hill via Catamount Side Trail	Killington	2.6 mi	481 ft	Moderate
Russell Hill via Black Swamp Trail	Killington	4.8 mi	522 ft	Moderate
Mount Carmel via New Boston Trail	Killington	2.8 mi	931 ft	Moderate
Peru Peak via Griffith Lake Trail	Bromley & Stratton	8.3 mi	911 ft	Hard
Hogback Mountain via Sucker Brook - Blueberry Hill Trail	Breadloaf	5.3 mi	254 ft	Moderate
Deer Leap Mountain via Deer Leap Trail (Blue)	Killington	2.4 mi	687 ft	Moderate
Deer Leap Rock via Appalachian Trail	Killington	3.1 mi	899 ft	Moderate
Pinnacle via Appalachian Trail	Upper Valley	3.3 mi	950 ft	Moderate
Mount Moosalamoo via Keewaydin Trail	Moosalamoo	3.9 mi	1,114 ft	Moderate
Irene Falls Loop via Bucklin Trail	Killington	6.9 mi	2,082 ft	Strenuous
Slack Hill Trail	Killington	2.3 mi	429 ft	Easy
The Lookout via Appalachian Trail	Upper Valley	4.8 mi	954 ft	Moderate
Middlebury Gap via Long Trail	Breadloaf	8.5 mi	1,466 ft	Strenuous
Breakneck Hill via Appalachian Trail	Upper Valley	3.1 mi	447 ft	Moderate
Appalachian Trail and Old Job Trail Loop	Bromley & Stratton	10.1 mi	1,231 ft	Strenuous
Dana Hill via Appalachian Trail	Upper Valley	2.5 mi	714 ft	Moderate
Austin Hill via Susan Bachner Memorial Trail	Moosalamoo	2.1 mi	420 ft	Easy
Baker Peak via Griffith Lake Trail	Bromley & Stratton	9.1 mi	396 ft	Moderate
Deer Leap Rock via Deer Leap Trail (Blue)	Killington	2.5 mi	600 ft	Moderate
Bissell Hill via Shrewsbury Peak Trail	Killington	4 mi	577 ft	Moderate
Haystack mountain trail (2.3 mi)	Manchester	2.3 mi	831 ft	Moderate
Little Rock Pond via Appalachian Trail	Killington	11.2 mi	1,612 ft	Strenuous
Hogback Mountain via Hogback Loop Trail	Moosalamoo	2.1 mi	343 ft	Easy
Russell Hill via Shrewsbury Peak Trail	Killington	1.2 mi	195 ft	Easy
Silver Lake via Sucker Brook - Blueberry Hill Trail	Breadloaf	12.9 mi	313 ft	Moderate
Austin Hill via Connector Trail	Manchester	1.6 mi	232 ft	Easy
Muddy Pond Loop via Carriage Trail	Killington	4.2 mi	509 ft	Moderate
Spring Lake via Appalachian Trail	Killington	7.7 mi	1,014 ft	Hard
Mount Peg Loop via Constant Flow	Upper Valley	1.1 mi	234 ft	Easy
Biscuit Hill via Bourdon Road	Upper Valley	3.3 mi	670 ft	Moderate
Rattlesnake Point Loop via Keewaydin Trail	Moosalamoo	6.5 mi	1,772 ft	Strenuous
Muddy Pond via Carriage Trail	Killington	3.9 mi	376 ft	Moderate
Mount Peg via Dropout	Upper Valley	1.1 mi	234 ft	Easy
Fletcher Hill via John Darling Road	Upper Valley	3 mi	297 ft	Easy
Fassett Hill via National Forest Road 100	Breadloaf	2 mi	235 ft	Easy
Cold River Vista via Aitken State Forest Trail	Killington	2.2 mi	722 ft	Moderate
Liberty Hill via Spike Horn Road	Breadloaf	4 mi	429 ft	Moderate
Biscuit Hill via Long Hill Road	Upper Valley	3.1 mi	113 ft	Easy
Biscuit Hill via Arhur Morgan Road	Upper Valley	2.2 mi	227 ft	Easy
Silent Cliff via Long Trail	Breadloaf	1.5 mi	396 ft	Easy
Overlook View Loop via Fusters	Killington	6.5 mi	773 ft	Moderate
Castle Hill via Cobb Hill Road	Moosalamoo	1.9 mi	387 ft	Easy
Silver Lake Loop Trail	Moosalamoo	9.6 mi	1,246 ft	Strenuous
green trail and Lewis Deane Original Trail Loop	Manchester	1.8 mi	554 ft	Easy
Tinmouth Ridge Trail	Killington	2.1 mi	811 ft	Moderate
White Rocks via Appalachian Trail	Killington	7.9 mi	738 ft	Hard
Porcupine	Manchester	5 mi	904 ft	Moderate
Delectable Mountain via Smith Hill Road	Upper Valley	1.1 mi	373 ft	Easy
Falls of Lana via Halfdan Kuhnle Trail	Moosalamoo	19.7 mi	1,000 ft	Strenuous
Overlook	Killington	2.9 mi	406 ft	Easy
Stony Brook Shelter via Appalachian Trail	Killington	8.5 mi	1,524 ft	Strenuous
Appalachian Trail	Killington	3.2 mi	424 ft	Moderate
Overlook View via The Stairs	Killington	4.7 mi	504 ft	Moderate
Hunker Down and Shale Shifter Loop	Manchester	2.3 mi	560 ft	Moderate
Hunker Down and Shale Shifter Loop and Porcupine	Manchester	2.5 mi	574 ft	Moderate
Back Nine	Manchester	5.9 mi	672 ft	Moderate
Falls of Lana via Lower Cliff Trail	Moosalamoo	1.3 mi	254 ft	Easy
Amity Pond Trail	Upper Valley	2.7 mi	630 ft	Moderate
Eastern Meadow Trail Loop	Moosalamoo	1.5 mi	232 ft	Easy
Ice Bed Trail Loop	Killington	1.7 mi	355 ft	Easy
Sunrise Shelter via Long Trail	Moosalamoo	4.5 mi	729 ft	Moderate
Ice Bed Trail	Killington	2 mi	378 ft	Easy
Hunker Down	Manchester	2.1 mi	560 ft	Easy
Shale Shifter	Manchester	2.4 mi	415 ft	Easy
Faulkner Trail	Upper Valley	2.8 mi	464 ft	Moderate
Natural Bridge Falls via Dorset Hill Road	Bromley & Stratton	3.7 mi	391 ft	Moderate
Rolston Rest Shelter via Long Trail	Killington	14.2 mi	1,677 ft	Strenuous
Clarendon Shelter via Appalachian Trail	Killington	2.2 mi	587 ft	Moderate
Lewis Deane Original Trail	Manchester	1.6 mi	509 ft	Easy
Healdville Trail	Killington	3 mi	1,895 ft	Hard
Vista Trail (Blue)	Killington	1 mi	272 ft	Easy
Big Branch Shelter via Appalachian Trail	Bromley & Stratton	9.1 mi	518 ft	Moderate
Meadow Trail and South Meadow Trail Loop	Moosalamoo	1.2 mi	222 ft	Easy
Laird's Loop	Killington	1.6 mi	446 ft	Easy
Pico Camp Shelter via Sherburne Pass Trail	Killington	3.5 mi	881 ft	Moderate
Tucker Johnson Shelter via Long Trail	Killington	5.3 mi	852 ft	Moderate
Governor Clement Shelter via Catamount Side Trail	Killington	8 mi	622 ft	Moderate
Sunrise Shelter via Chittenden Brook Trail	Moosalamoo	4.3 mi	1,182 ft	Hard
Lost Pond Shelter via Old Job Trail	Bromley & Stratton	6.8 mi	682 ft	Moderate
Amity Pond Shelter Loop via Amity Pond Trail	Upper Valley	1.5 mi	303 ft	Easy
Mt Moses Trail	Upper Valley	4.2 mi	735 ft	Moderate
Appalachian Trail (6.8 mi)	Upper Valley	6.8 mi	1,156 ft	Hard
Churchill Scott Shelter via Appalachian Trail	Killington	4.1 mi	116 ft	Easy
South Meadow Trail	Moosalamoo	1 mi	222 ft	Easy
Old Job Shelter via Appalachian Trail	Bromley & Stratton	4.6 mi	211 ft	Easy
Plymsbury Wildlife Management Area Trail	Killington	2.9 mi	343 ft	Easy
Slack Hill Trail (2.4 mi)	Killington	2.4 mi	224 ft	Easy
Catamount Trail	Moosalamoo	3.1 mi	329 ft	Easy
Hogback Loop Trail	Moosalamoo	2.2 mi	250 ft	Easy
Amity Pond Trail (2.1 mi)	Upper Valley	2.1 mi	584 ft	Easy
CCC Trail	Killington	1.4 mi	741 ft	Easy
Governor Clement Shelter via Appalachian Trail	Killington	1.4 mi	142 ft	Easy
Cloudland Shelter via Appalachian Trail	Upper Valley	1.4 mi	264 ft	Easy
Kent Brook Trail	Killington	1 mi	206 ft	Easy
Rich Trail	Mount Ascutney	1.4 mi	393 ft	Easy

Frequently asked questions

Where can you hike near Rutland?

There are 128 mapped hiking routes within 25 miles of Rutland, 40 of them rated easy and 13 with 2,000 ft of climbing or more. The closest is Muddy Pond Loop via Carriage Trail, about 1.1 miles out.

What is the best hike near Rutland?

Killington Peak via Bucklin Trail is the most popular: 7.5 miles with 2,457 ft of gain, rated strenuous, about 4.8 miles from town.

Are there easy hikes near Rutland?

Yes — 40 of the 128 routes within 25 miles are rated easy, averaging well under an hour of climbing.

Wider area

Killington & the Coolidge Range55 trails Breadloaf Wilderness & Mount Ellen40 trails Peru, Bromley & Stratton32 trails Moosalamoo & Brandon Gap21 trails

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