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Silver Lake Campground is a small, primitive **hike or bike-in only** campground located on Silver Lake in Leicester, VT. There are 15 campsites, seven of which are available for advanced reservations along with eight first-come, first-served sites. It is a 0.6 mile hike in or a 1.5 mile bike ride in to access the campground.
**Please note: This Silver Lake Campground is located in Vermont.**
The Moosalamoo National Recreation Area consists of 16,000 acres abounding with recreation opportunities. With over 70 miles of well-maintained trails, mountain vistas, waterfalls, lakes and streams, it offers opportunities for hiking, mountain biking, kayaking, swimming, fishing, hunting and more. From Silver Lake Campground, several hiking and mountain biking trails begin, including the Leicester Hollow / Chandler Ridge loop (open to hiking and biking) and the Rattlesnake Cliff / Aunt Jenny hiking loop (closed March 15 - August 1 for Peregrine Falcon nesting). Fishing and swimming are both popular activities accessible from the campground.
There are two vault toilets and a spring (treat or boil water) within the campground. **To access each campsite you must hike or bike-in, including all your gear**. Each campsite has a fire ring, picnic table and a bear-proof food storage locker.
There is no garbage service available; please carry out what you carry in.
Silver Lake is a gorgeous 100-acre lake surrounded by National Forest on all sides. It has attracted people for many generations and, along with its natural beauty, holds a strong sense of history. Long before the famous Silver Lake Hotel and religious retreat located on the site of today's picnic area, ancestors of today's Abenaki people were here enjoying the peace and beauty.
The nearest available shopping and dining is in Brandon, located nine miles from the campground. Also nearby is Middlebury (17 miles from the campground), which offers many additional options.
From Middlebury, travel south on Route 7 to the Junction of Route 125.Travel east on Route 125 for 6.8 miles, and turn right onto Forest Road 32. Follow FR 32 for 6.8 miles, and turn right onto Silver Lake Road. Follow Silver Lake Road 2.2 miles to the parking lot at the end.
From Rochester, travel south on Route 100 to the junction of Route 73. Travel west on Route 73 for 10.3 miles. Turn right on Hathaway Road, and follow it for 1.3 miles. Turn right onto Flora White Road, and follow it for 1.4 miles to a stop sign. Go straight through onto Silver Lake Road. Follow Silver Lake Road 2.2 miles to the parking lot at the end.
Love it here! The less people, the better. It's nice and quiet usually.
Nice campground. Sites similar to "car camping" sites with picnic tables and fire rings and a couple of indoor toilets nearby (with paper!) but parking lot is a half mile hike away. This limits how much you can bring in (for better or worse) but also means no headlights or engine noise when you are trying to get to sleep. You can't control the loons, though.
Note that the signs say that there are no bear boxes for your food when, in fact, there are at least two (probably a recent add considering recent activity). Also, there was a sign pointing to a water source but I couldn't get far down that path before blackberry prickers got too dense. Filtered some lake water instead. Survived long enough to write this review.
Helen and I enjoyed a nice stroll up from the Falls at Lana and enjoyed a snack at the picnic area overlooking Silver Lake.
Hike in to get to camp ground and picnic area. Pit type restrooms. Bear box provided in each camp site. Picnic table and fire pit too. Water is available but needs to be treated. Need to boil or chemically treat. Beautiful private tent sites. Not for motor homes or trailers.
