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Silver Lake Trails—Leicester, Vermont

The Silver Lake trail system is in the Moosalamoo National Recreation Area, within the Green Mountain National Forest. The trails are varied and include woods trails, old carriage roads, and gravel roads. This is a fairly rugged area: some trails are rocky and there can be significant elevation gain. The Silver Lake trails connect to the Goshen Dam area trails, to the east, and Moosamaloo Campground.

As of late summer 2025, there are NEW multi-use trails in the area for hikers, bikers, and equestrians. They are marked with signage indicating that horses are allowed.

  • You can park here (Silver Lake parking in Salisbury, on the map below, a larger parking area) and ride east along an old dirt road that brings you to Silver Lake, or here (Silver Lake Rd. parking, in Goshen) and ride north to the lake. From there you can connect to more trails including a trail along Silver Lake and the Sucker Brook trail. Near the sucker Brook trail, which branches to the right of Sucker Brook, is the VAST trail connector, which marked with horse signage and comes out on Goshen- Ripton Rd. “Fr32”. From there, one could ride to Goshen Dam, the Bread Loaf area (Chatfield parking lot), or Moosamaloo campground , Voter Brook, and Blueberry Inn trails.

  • There are remote campsites on the east side of Silver Lake. Hikers and mountain bikers camp there and must carry in all their supplies. There is also a remote horse campsite at the northeast corner of Silver Lake, which is open to the public and includes two 12′ x 12′ corrals. This is a first-come first-served, pack-in pack-out site. It was created thanks to the hard work and generous support of Vermont Horse Council members and others.

  • Information is available here, and an overall trail map here. Be sure to also download the back side of the map which has important information on where horses are allowed.

  • We have put together a map of trails that VHC members like to ride, which you can access here. You might need a free AllTrails account to access it. It is also printed below.

  • You can watch a lovely video about the area here.

  • For more information you may contact Laurie Baird at LaurieBaird@VTHorseCouncil.org.