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Be careful of refuse around this camp, for it stands on North Adams' water supply reservation. Leaving the camp the Trail crosses a brook, bears right, and .4 mile farther crosses the old County Road (impassable for most autos; Pownal Center 5 miles west; Stamford 10 miles east), continues on a wood road and blazed trail 4 miles through the woods, to Sucker Pond (no swimming; Bennington water supply). The Trail skirts the west side of the pond, follows an old road 1 mile, then bears right from road (side trail on left to Bennington, 5 miles) through the woods 1/2 mile to Thendara Shelter (stove, bunks for 10). Fine view of Bennington valley. The spring is off the Trail to the west, 100 yards south of the Lodge. Seth Warner Shelter to Thendara Shelter, 6 miles, 3 1/2 hours (southbound, 3 1/4 hours). State Line to Thendara Shelter, 9 miles, 5 hours (southbound, 5 hours).

Leaving Thendara Shelter the Trail follows abandoned Bennington-Heartwellville road eastward for a short distance, then turns sharp left, and after 2.3 miles reaches Harmon Hill, from which there is a very fine view of Bennington valley, including the Battle Monument, to the west, and of the Green Mountains to the north and east. From the top of Harmon Hill the Trail winds down the east side, finally descending a rather steep grade to the Bennington-Wilmington highway (Vt. route No. 9), 13.8 miles from the State Line.

At the foot of the steep grade, there is a fine spring about 100 feet off the Trail to the left. (The dirt road leading to Fay Fuller Camp is a short way to the west.)

Auto camp 1/4 mile to the west.

Thendara Shelter to Bennington-Wilmington Highway, 4.9 miles, 2 3/4 hours (southbound, 3 hours).

The headquarters of the Bennington Section of the Green Mountain Club are at the office of Henry

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B. Walbridge, 210 Union St., Bennington, Vt. Guide books may be obtained at the Bennington Bureau of Information, which is open during the summer months at 207 South St., or from Dr. L. H. Ross, 507 Main St.

For information on The Long Trail and winter sports, Alexander Drysdale (store), 113 South St.

Bennington is a thriving city with hotels, The Putnam and Walloomsac Inn, besides numerous boarding places. It is famous for its historical associations, particularly in connection with the Battle of Bennington, fought August 16, 1777, and commemorated by a beautiful battle monument more than 300 feet high. The Bennington Museum contains valuable historical collections, especially documents and papers relating to the early history of Vermont, and is well worth a visit. Bennington is on the Rutland Railroad, and has motor bus connections with Rutland, Williamstown and North Adams, Mass., and Troy, N. Y.

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