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U. S. Geological Survey maps. "Burnt" Mountain has a bare rock lookout down Lucas Brook Valley toward the Sutton Mountains and Pinnacle in the west and northwest, North Jay southwest, and Jay Peak south.

One and one-half miles north is the Clyde River Power Co. transmission line and the West Jay-Jay Highway (2,200 feet) which connects the west part of Jay, in the upper Lucas Brook Valley, with the main part of the township east of the mountains. A blue painted approach trail follows the highway to the west, reaching a camp site with good water about a half of a mile from the top of the ridge. One and one-half miles farther down, this trail reaches the Nutting Farm (1,200 feet), where there is a very good view of the ranges surrounding the Lucas Brook basin and of Pinnacle down the valley. The distance to East Richford and the state highway there (Route 105) is 4 miles.

The East Richford Road is interesting, for it is located on the Jay-Richford town line which is also the Orleans-Franklin county line. Approaching East Richford, it runs close to the International Border, finally crossing it for 1/8 of a mile, and then returning to the United States. It passes one house which has a line monument in its front yard. The house is in Canada but the only approach to it is from the United States. The highway, past the Nutting Farm, makes a good approach to The Long Trail from the west side of the state. Its junction with The Long Trail is about 2 1/2 miles south of the border. This highway also extends east from The Long Trail, down the valley of Crook Brook towards Jay village and provides a convenient approach to The Long Trail from that direction.

The Long Trail goes north from the Jay-West Jay Highway but soon turns east and climbs a 2,670-foot unnamed peak at a distance of 3/4 of a mile. Before reaching this summit, a short side trail

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leads to a fine lookout to the south and west. Jay Peak has a very striking outline from here, high above the lower ridges in front. From the 2,670-foot summit, The Long Trail turns northeast and holds this direction for a quarter of a mile, rising and falling over several peaks whose height is about 2,600 feet. These are covered with forest so that the views are only glimpses through the trees. Bearing left here, the trail proceeds almost due north for about a mile until it comes to Post No. 592 (2,100 feet) on the International boundary. Post 592 is nearly on top of a small knoll from which the International line, chopped out by the surveyors, can be seen as it descends to Post 592A, where Leavitt Brook flows into Canada, 900 feet below and 3/4 mile west. The line then rises to where Post 593 is placed on the crest of another range of hills 2 1/4 miles west of and 100 feet higher than Post 592. Toward the northwest there is a vista of the Missisquoi Valley and the Sutton Mountains in Canada. Through the trees, directly north, and half a mile away there is the bare rock face of an unnamed Canadian peak, 2,200 feet in altitude, while eastward is the slash of the chopped-out International boundary.

Shooting Star Shelter to Line Post 592, 4.6 miles, 2 3/4 hours (southbound, 2 3/4 hours).

Post 592 is the end of The Long Trail which was finally completed in 1931, the year of the 21st birthday of The Green Mountain Club.

From Post 592, an approach trail, painted blue, goes to the east. It follows the United States-Canadian line for nearly 1/2 mile, part of the way in the woods just south of the surveyor's slash and the rest of the way along the line. At Post 591 (1,800 feet) the Trail turns to the right and in an eighth of a mile comes to a cellar hole on the old Place Farm. It then follows down the old road that formerly connected this farm with the outside world. Another eighth of a mile below the cellar