Bread Loaf Mountain is a
mountain
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located in
Addison County,
Vermont
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, in the
Breadloaf Wilderness
The Breadloaf Wilderness is one of eight wilderness areas in the Green Mountain National Forest in the U.S. state of Vermont. It was created by the Vermont Wilderness Act of 1984 and later expanded by the New England Wilderness Act of 2006. With ...
in the
Green Mountain National Forest. The mountain is part of the central
Green Mountains
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. Bread Loaf Mountain is flanked to the northeast by
Mount Wilson, part of Vermont's
Presidential Range
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.
[''Lincoln, Vermont,'' and ''Bread Loaf, Vermont,'' 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangles, USGS, 1970]
The southeast end of Bread Loaf Mountain drains into the
headwaters
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of the
White River, thence into the
Connecticut River
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which drains into
Long Island Sound
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in
Connecticut
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. The east side of Bread Loaf Mountain drains into the headwaters of the
New Haven River, thence into
Otter Creek,
Lake Champlain
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The cities of Burlington, Ve ...
,
Canada
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's
Richelieu River
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, the
Saint Lawrence River
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, and ultimately into the
Gulf of Saint Lawrence
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.
The northern part of the west side of Bread Loaf Mountain drains into Blue Bank Brook, thence into the New Haven River. The southern part of the west side of Bread Loaf Mountain drains into Sparks Brook and the Middle Branch of the
Middlebury River, thence into the Middlebury River at
Ripton and Otter Creek.
[
The ]Long Trail
The Long Trail is a hiking trail located in Vermont, running the length of the state. It is the oldest long-distance trail in the United States, constructed between 1910 and 1930 by the Green Mountain Club. The club remains the primary organiza ...
, a hiking trail
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running the length of Vermont, crosses the southeastern flank of Bread Loaf Mountain. The actual summit is reached by a spur path from the Long Trail that leads northwest to an outlook.
See also
* Bread Loaf School of English
* Bread Loaf Writers' Conference
* Bread Loaf, Vermont
* List of mountains in Vermont
References
External links
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{{Mountains of Vermont
Mountains of Vermont
New England Hundred Highest
Mountains of Addison County, Vermont