| Hippie Hole
West Hill Brook outside Montgomery, VT. | 44° 53' 56"N
72° 38' 54"W |
| Three Holes
The Trout River east of Montgomery Center, VT. | 44° 52' 32"N
72° 34' 37"W |
| Gibou Road
South Branch near Hectorville, VT. Not a hiking destination, but good if you want to swim under an historic covered bridge. |
44° 51' 06"N
72° 36' 51"W |
| Four Corners
Community swimming hole beside State Route 101 in Bugbee Brook. |
44° 56' 12"N
72° 24' 32"W |
| Rock Point
Burlington, VT in North Beach Park. Lots of people dip in Lake Champlain here. Not something you'd cross state boundaries to visit, though. |
44° 29' 32"N
73° 14' 56"W |
| Sheep's Hole (aka Journey's End)
Three little features on Foot Creek near Johnson, VT. Small and within a settled area. | |
| Moss Glen Falls
In the Putnam State Forest near Stowe, VT. An 80-foot cascade, but the pool at the bottom was insignificant. |
44° 28' 55"N
72° 37' 26"W |
| Jeff Falls
Just south of Jeffersonville, VT in the Brewster River, right beside State Route 108. Given the number of better places available, this one is a pass. |
44° 38' 25"N
72° 49' 36"W |
| Bolton Potholes
Several fabulous deep pools. Rowdy and littered when I visited. Lots of broken glass. |
44° 22' 38"N
72° 52' 29"W |
| Preston Brook
Very pretty, small gorge on the Long Trail. Several pools and good vertical. However, the best pool will likely be no more than chest deep. |
44° 22' 08"N
72° 54' 27"W |
| Huntington Gorge
Bozo factor is off the charts. Really heavily visited because the rock sculpting and diving is exquisite, but the location along a road, coupled with the number and quality of visitors make this a "why bother" spot. |
44° 14' 05"N
72° 58' 06"W |
| Lower Middlebury Gorge
Popular spot favored by locals and students from Middlebury, VT. It's right under the bridge on State Route 125, though. |
43° 58' 13"N
73° 05' 08"W |
| Twin Bridge
River swimming in the White River near Gaysville, VT. Right along State Route 107. Twin Bridge is nearby. |
43° 46' 40"N
72° 42' 02"W |
| Warren Falls
Major rock sculpting. The pool at the bottom is a good 12 feet deep pool and colorful, but that doesn’t tell the whole story. Tests for fecal coliforms do. Way too many idiots. |
44° 05' 39"N
72° 51' 49"W |
| The Punchbowl
A clothing optional spot in the Mad River less than three miles north of Warren, VT. Little more than a big sand beach on a wide, flat river. |
44° 08' 54"N
72° 50' 33"W |
| Clarendon Gorge
The Mill River has a too popular spot near Clarendon, VT. Great water features, but dozens of people in a summer day. |
43° 30' 58"N
72° 57' 55"W |
| Swinging Bridge
The Mill River has another spot, this one 2.5 miles upstream from US 7 on the Appalachian Trail below East Clarendon. Good stop if you're through hiking the AT. |
43° 31' 12"N
72° 55' 31"W |
| Brockaway Gorge
A big deep gorge in the Williams River below a train trestle. Water has an odor. |
43° 12' 23"N
72° 30' 50"W |
| Buttermilk Falls
A family spot on Branch Brook above Ludlow, VT. |
43° 26' 11"N
72° 43' 42"W |
| Cavendish Gorge
A little-known spot in the Black River downstream from Ludlow, VT. Worth a visit if your around there.. |
43° 22' 52"N
72° 35' 53"W |
| Quechee Gorge
Tourist spot know as Vermont's Grand Canyon. The Ottauquechee River can get dirty. Crowded, too. |
43° 38' 02"N
72° 24' 34"W |
| Dorset Quarry
A popular community swimming hole at an abandoned marble quarry in Dorset, VT. |
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| Button Fall
Mettawee River in west-central Vermont. One of the prettiest falls I've seen, but thousands of dairy cattle upstream. |
43° 23' 35"N
73° 13' 27"W |
| The Ledges
A way-to-popular clothing optional spot in Harriman Reservoir outside of Jacksonville, VT. |