Planning for Spring Camping - Connecticut River - Bloomfield to Guildhall

I was getting worried that I wasn’t going to get out on a spring camping trip this year. so I sent an email to Bill to see if he would be interested in a short trip on the Connecticut River. We decided on a three-day, two-night trip the last week in June, which actually makes it a summer trip. Close enough - Luther’s Troopers will be out again!

Here is the plan:

June 27th - Leave early and put-in at Debanville Landing – mile 348. A unimproved path at the mouth of the Nulhegan River - park by the Northern Forest Canoe Trail kiosk on the other side of Rt. 102.  44° 45' 5.2344" N, 71° 37' 58.6524" W

June 27th - First Night at Maine Central Railroad Trestle Campsite (VT) – mile 341. A beautiful campsite maintained by the Northern Forest Canoe Trail. The site is immediately downstream of granite railroad trestle, on the Vermont side.  44°40'34.0"N 71°35'33.1"W

Intermediate Take-out - Maidstone Bridge – mile 336. Cartop access on New Hampshire side, down river of bridge.  44° 39' 6.354" N, 71° 33' 44.3232" W

June 28th - Second Night at Samuel Benton Campsite (VT) – mile 334. The campsite is situated in a grove of trees on a sandy bluff, at the edge of a field, on privately owned farmland - we stayed here in 2017.  44° 37' 46.362" N, 71° 32' 50.3196" W

June 29th – Take-out at Guildhall/Wyoming Dam – Mile 323. Take-out is located immediately upstream on the Vermont side. A portage trail takes paddlers up to Rt. 105.  44°33'50.8"N 71°33'33.1"W

This is part of the trip that I did with Bill, Tommy and Mena back in 2017. I have the two sites are booked in the Campsite Registry of the Connecticut River Paddlers Trail. 

Bill and I on the Connecticut River in 2017

Link:

Connecticut River Paddlers Trail