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Hiking Mount Abraham, Vermont

 
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Mount Abraham Information

Elevation: 4,017 feet (1,224 meters)
Prominence: What is Prominence? 286 feet (87 meters)
Location: Lincoln, VT (Addison County)
Range: Green Mountains / Presidential Range of VT
Coordinates: 44°07'13" North     72°56'10" West
Rating: How do the ratings work? Moderate
Features: Long Trail, Peak bag, Battell shelter, plane crash site, no river crossings
Distance of highlighted hike below: 10.8 miles with Mount Ellen, or 5.6 miles alone.

Mount Abraham is a 4,017 foot mountain in the Green Mountains of Vermont. The Long Trail traverses the summit ridge of Mount Abraham. It is the 5th tallest peak in Vermont and the tallest in Addison County. The views on the summit look to Champlain Valley and the Adirondack Mountains. The mountain is named after the 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. The mountain was known as Potato Hill in the late 1800s and this name was stamped on the benchmark of the summit.

Camping is not permitted on the summit, but the Battell shelter is 1.1 miles south on the Long Trail.

There was a plane crash on Mount Abraham
On June 28, 1973, a pilot on his way from Twin Mountain, Vermont to Newburgh, New York was trying to navigate through a thick cloud and struck some trees at roughly 3,000 feet elevation on Mount Abraham. He survived the plane crash, but parts of the place still exist on the mountain today.
Plane info: Cessna 182N Registration Number N92431. To find this plane and other plane crash sites in New England visit our Plane Crashes page. There is a map below with the plane crash site pointed out just after the summit of Mount Abraham to the North.

 


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Views from the summit of Mount Abraham on July 5, 2014.

 

For peak-baggers:
Lincoln Peak is 0.8 miles from the summit of Mount Abraham
Nancy Hanks Peak is 2.1 miles from the summit of Mount Abraham
Cutts Peak is roughly 3.2 miles from the summit of Mount Abraham
Mount Ellen is 3.7 miles from the summit of Mount Abraham

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Mount Abraham Trail Maps - Directions from the parking lot to the summit Top

The map below shows how to get to the summit of Mount Abraham as well as Mount Ellen from a traverse of the Jim Dwire Road parking lot and the Lincoln Gap parking lot.

NOTE: This hike requires a car spot. (Hiking in from one parking lot, and ending in another, requiring a car at each parking lot.)

You can begin at either parking lot, but this site will give directions starting from the Dwire Road parking lot (so you will summit Mount Ellen first). Hike up the Jerusalem Trail for 2.4 miles until you come to a junction with the Long Trail. Turn right onto the Long Trail. Hike for 1.8 miles and you will reach the summit of Mount Ellen.

Continue straight along the Long Trail for roughly 0.5 miles where you will reach the summit of Cutts Peak at 4,022 feet. Hike another 1.1 miles and you reach the summit of Nancy Hanks Peak at 3,812 feet. From here hike another 1.3 miles where you will find yourself on the summit of Lincoln Peak. After enjoying the views, continue for 0.8 miles on the Long Trail and you will reach the summit of Mount Abraham. When you are ready to start heading down to the road, continue over Mount Abraham's summit on the Long Trail for another 2.6 miles where you will reach the Lincoln Gap Parking Lot. (You will come to a junction after 0.9 miles, but you will just continue straight through it to proceed on the Long Trail.)

Alternate Route:
You can choose to hike Mount Abraham in a shorter hike without other peaks by starting at the Lincoln Gap parking lot and hiking up the Long Trail for 2.8 miles until you reach the summit. After 1.7 miles from the parking lot, you will come to a junction with the Battell Trail on your left. After enjoying views on the summit of Abe, proceed down the way you came up.

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Mount Abraham View Photos Top


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Sign at the Battell Shelter, just 0.8 miles below the summit of Mount Abraham. July 5, 2014.

 

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Plane crash site near the summit of Mount Abraham. July 5, 2014.
To find this plane and other plane crash sites in New England visit our Plane Crashes page.


Mount Abraham Driving Directions Top

There are 2 parking lots for the hike mentioned above. You can begin at either parking lot, and end at the other.

To get to the Jerusalem Trail on Jim Dwire Road:
From I-89 North, take exit 9 towards US-2/Middlesex/Moretown/VT-100. Drive 0.2 miles and turn left onto Center Road. Drive 0.1 miles and turn left onto US-2 East. Drive 0.6 miles and turn right onto Vermont 100B South. Drive 7.9 miles and continue straight on VT-100 S/Main Street. Continue to follow VT-100 South for 5.4 miles and take a slight right onto VT-17 West. Drive 12.2 miles and turn left onto Jerusalem Road. Drive 0.7 miles and turn left onto Jim Dwire Road. The parking lot will be roughly a half mile on the right side of the road.

To get to the Lincoln Gap Road parking lot from the Jim Dwire Road parking lot:
From Jim Dwire Road, turn left onto Jerusalem Road. Drive 0.8 miles and continue on Downingville Road. Drive 3.6 miles and turn left onto Quaker Street. Drive 0.9 miles and take the third left onto E River Road. Drive 1.1 miles and continue onto Lincoln Gap Road. Drive roughly 3.5 miles to the Lincoln Gap parking lot which will be on the right side of the road.


 

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