Stark Mountain (also known as General Stark Mountain) is a mountain in the

Green Mountains The Green Mountains are a mountain range in the U.S. state of Vermont. The range runs primarily south to north and extends approximately from the border with Massachusetts to the border with Quebec, Canada. The part of the same range that is in ...

in the

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Vermont Vermont () is a state in the northeast New England region of the United States. Vermont is bordered by the states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, and New York to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to ...

. Located in the town of Fayston in Washington County, the mountain summit is in elevation. Stark Mountain is named after

General John Stark Major general (United States), Major-General John Stark (August 28, 1728 – May 8, 1822) was an American military officer who served during the French and Indian War and the American Revolutionary War, Revolutionary War. He became known as the ...

, hero of the

Battle of Bennington The Battle of Bennington was a battle of the American Revolutionary War, part of the Saratoga campaign, that took place on August 16, 1777, on a farm owned by John Green in Walloomsac, New York, about from its namesake, Bennington, Vermont. A r ...

fought in 1777.

Drainage basin

Stark Mountain stands within the

watershed Watershed is a hydrological term, which has been adopted in other fields in a more or less figurative sense. It may refer to: Hydrology * Drainage divide, the line that separates neighbouring drainage basins * Drainage basin, called a "watershe ...

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, which drains into the

Richelieu River The Richelieu River () is a river of Quebec, Canada, and a major right-bank tributary of the St. Lawrence River. It rises at Lake Champlain, from which it flows northward through Quebec and empties into the St. Lawrence. It was formerly kno ...

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, the

Saint Lawrence River The St. Lawrence River (french: Fleuve Saint-Laurent, ) is a large river in the middle latitudes of North America. Its headwaters begin flowing from Lake Ontario in a (roughly) northeasterly direction, into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, connectin ...

, and then eventually into the

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. On the east side of the ridge, Stark Mountain drains into Mill Brook, thence into the Mad River, the

Winooski River The Winooski River (formerly the Onion River) is a tributary of Lake Champlain, approximately long, in the northern half of Vermont. Although not Vermont's longest river, it is one of the state's most significant, forming a major valley way from ...

, and into Lake Champlain. On the west side of the ridge, Stark Mountain drains into the

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and into the Winooski River.

Hiking

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 ...

traverses the summit of Stark Mountain, approximately north of Mount Ellen. The closest side trail providing access to this section of the Long Trail is the Jerusalem Trail in

Starksboro, Vermont Starksboro is a town in Addison County, Vermont, United States. The population was 1,756 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. Geography Starksboro is located in the northeast corner of Addison County, along the western edge of the Green ...

, which is also named after John Stark. Just east of

Camel's Hump State Forest Camel's Hump State Forest (alternatively Camels Hump State Forest) covers a total of in two blocks in the U.S. state of Vermont. Stevens Block comprises in Buels Gore, Fayston, and Starksboro in Chittenden, Washington, and Addison counties, ...

in Starksboro, on the north peak of Stark Mountain at , sits Stark's Nest, a warming hut for winter skiers at the

Mad River Glen Mad River Glen is a ski area in Fayston, Vermont. Located within the Green Mountain range, it sits in the Mad River Valley. Though not considered a large ski area, it has a vertical drop of , which ranks 14th in New England, and its terrain wa ...

ski area. In the summer, the hut becomes an overnight lodge for hikers. The hike from

Appalachian Gap The Appalachian Gap is a mountain pass in the Green Mountains of Vermont. The highest point of the pass is located in Chittenden County, about west of the boundary between Chittenden and Washington County. The pass is in the Camel's Hump St ...

to Stark's Nest via the Long Trail is with of vertical gain. Likewise it is from the base of the Mad River Glen ski area to Stark's Nest via the Stark Mountain Trail but with of vertical gain.

References

{{Mountains of Vermont Mountains of Vermont Fayston, Vermont Landforms of Washington County, Vermont

Drainage basin

Hiking

See also

References