Camping at Grout Pond
Julie and I spent a weekend at Grout Pond in the Green Mountain National Forest. It was a bit muddy, but we nearly had the place to ourselves and the bugs weren’t yet in full force. Check out the view of the pond from campsite #9.
July 10th, 2005 at 1:22 pm
Shit dude! I wanna go camping! The four of us should go sometime.
August 1st, 2005 at 11:52 am
Grout Pond is one of the greatest places to go camping. Campsite 7 is probably one of the best sites to get because of the location on the water and the size. For a free campsite, it can’t be beat. You have almost total seclusion from everything. It does get a wee bit muddy at certain times of the year, but the upkeep they are doing should make it more managable. The greatest part is you are close enough to Bromley Mountain to spend a day doing alpine slides, deval carts, water slides, mini golf, etc…and if you time your stay right, you could enjoy the local fair and feast on excellent food and buy some inexpensive stuff at all the cool street vendors. This is my seventh year going and I would suggest it to anyone looking to get away for a few days…or more.
September 21st, 2005 at 6:36 pm
i was just wondering if we r related my name is justin simoneau…if u could email me that would b great…Boozehag_11@hotmail.com
October 1st, 2007 at 11:52 am
It sounds like a great place to camp. By any chance, would this place good for a small camping trailer? Or strictly for tenting? Do they have any shower or toilet facility? Thanks!
November 5th, 2007 at 4:02 am
Grout pond is tent camping only. (There are also a couple of lean-tos).
You cannot drive to the sites. It’s up to a 1 mile walk from the parking area in to the farthest campsites. But — you can drive to a canoe launch, and canoe to the campsites. There is a pit toilet at the parking area, and a couple of outhouses farther up the trail. No showers. It is pretty primitive, but because of the canoe access, you can bring a bit more than a usual primitive camping trip (if you have a canoe to carry it in).
It’s a lovely place to camp. Our very favorite. Very quiet and peaceful, and there are loons that nest on the pond. There’s a wonderful loop trail around the pond. Lots of frogs, salamanders and red efts, and raspberries growing wild in season.
October 26th, 2008 at 8:37 pm
- Any camping area with little to no bugs, low on offensive scents, and clean are in my eyes a pristine area to camp in. Glad you guys lucked out on that.
- I’m real big on having a family camping outing within a shout of other people for safety’s sake, but when I go with my husband, I would definitely be interested in sites such as Campsite 7 that Justin commented on.
- Nothing wrong with taking a bit of a hike from your car to a specific campsite as long as you have what you need (including a dual power (ac/dc) heating appliance with a trusty generator to make things nice and cozy.