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Hapgood Pond Recreation Area and Campground is situated next to its scenic namesake pond, 13 miles east of Manchester, Vermont. Visitors enjoy camping, canoeing, kayaking, fishing, swimming, and hiking.
The Hapgood Pond is a popular place for non-motorized boating, including canoeing and kayaking. A carry-down launch area is located on the south end of the pond. Fishing and swimming are also favorite activities. Hapgood boasts the Forest's only designated and managed swim beach. A fishing pier is located on the south shore. Hapgood Pond Trail begins in the day-use area and continues almost a mile around the north edge of the pond to the dam. A short spur trail follows a stream and winds through the woods around the pond. Younger visitors love the big play field area within Hapgood, a perfect spot for Frisbee or ball games.
Hapgood Pond Recreation Area offers family campsites and day-use picnic shelters for groups. First come, first served sites are available. Vault toilets and drinking water are provided. Each family campsite is equipped with a picnic table, campfire ring with grill, parking spur, and a cleared area for a tent. Campsites 9-28 are reservable. Each group picnic shelter can accommodate up to 35 people, and is equipped with a pavilion, picnic tables, and a grill. The two shelters are available for reservations.
Hapgood Pond Recreation Area is eight acres and is set in a wooded area in the northeastern portion of the Green Mountain National Forest, which encompasses over 400,000 acres in southwestern and central Vermont. Hapgood Pond covers another 12 acres which is perfect for swimming, boating, and fishing. The Green Mountain National Forests includes three nationally designated trails: the Appalachian Trail, the Long Trail, and the Robert Frost National Recreation Trail. The Forest also contains three alpine ski areas, seven Nordic ski areas, and approximately 900 miles of multiple-use trails.
The town of Manchester, Vermont, popular for its shops, restaurants, and other attractions, including the American Museum of Fly Fishing, is a short drive away.
From Manchester, take Route 11 6 miles east and go left into Peru. Continue 2 miles north on Hapgood Pond Road.
Quiet, peaceful. Site 26 perfectly level side to side for our 30 ft trailer. Pond and beach is beautiful. Vault toilets spacious, up to date and clean. Easy access to hiking, Bromley Ski area for summer outdoor things and Manchester VT for boutiques and nice restaurants.
One of the best campgrounds that I've ever been to. I'll freely admit that some of my opinion may be bound up in nostalgia, but this place is fantastic. Well spaced sites, drinking water available at taps, clean restrooms, excellent hiking as well as easy accessibility to a wide range of nearby attractions. No site hookups for electric and sewage, but that's not a bad thing as far as my concern goes.
Nothing special itself, but very quiet and peaceful. My family enjoyed this beautiful place with October foliage.
Not bad for our first camping as a family. $20 fee + $8 for the reservation. Reserve your spot online. You may also do first come first serve and save $8 during weekdays. This is a very quirt place, well maintained. It has a drinking water source, toilet, no shower. You may request for a firewood from the host.
If you want to save space in your car there is a hardware that is 15 mins away from the camp ground (Aubuchonn Hardware).
Perishables / groceries? There is a Price Chopper where you can buy your food, ingredients, charcoal for you bbq.
Definitely bring insect repellant.
It's also not bad to bring extra tarpauline cover for your dining area, in case the weather gets unpredictable.
A quiet, serene campground by an even peaceful pond. Spent a weekend at the pond. Great for stargazing at night and even has a nice trail that loops the whole pond. Swimming area with plenty of picnic tables and grills to cook on. You can even by a day pass if you just want to swim and hang out. Will definitely recommend and I probably will go back! Close to some shopping but also far enough in to the GMNF where you feel isolated by nature. All sorts of wildlife here, from frogs to salamanders in the woods and several species of birds. Great place for nature lovers!
