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From I-91N (Exit 17): Take a left onto US-302 west, go 8.7 miles. Turn right onto VT-232N. Travel 7.5 miles and Kettle Pond is on the left. From Groton: Go 2 miles west on U.S. 302, then 7.5 miles NW on VT 232.
Great overnight camping options on the remote sites. Short, but rocky/muddy walk along the lake shore. No mosquitoes this time of the year!
A guy's wife (husband was there physically, if not in spirit) got quite animated because we had set camp in a vacant spot (theirs, apparently; we hadn't made reservations) which they arrived to after dark.
Having received a call about us being aggressive and otherwise generally inconvenient (unfair, I thought, overhearing as I packed my boat in the dark), the rangers treated us very decently. Don gave us an unoccupied lean-to and some firewood without charge.
Thank you, Don!
Idk if they're low on staff or what, but our site was in rough shape when we arrived. Wood shavings near empty in outhouse. Fishing hooks scattered about the site. We spent time collecting trash while foraging mushrooms. I love the spot. It deserves better tending.
Beautiful quiet pond. But takes effort over bumpy roads to get there and then carry your paddleboard to the portage area. If you want a workout followed by Serenity away from people this is the place to go. Great clean water to swim in the middle of the lake.
A beautiful peaceful lake, long and narrow, laying roughly east-west. The sunset near the equinox lit up the north side of the lake, and set at the west end, providing a nice show from the boat launch.
