Vermont Scenic Drive - Montgomery Covered Bridges

A Vermont scenic drive with covered bridges

This scenic drive covers all 6 of Montgomery’s covered bridges. You can start at point A in the east or start at point G on the western side. If you want to print out my Montgomery Vermont covered bridge map, then click the link to download it.

The Longley covered bridge in Montgomery Vt Longley Bridge Road, Montgomery Village. Construction is town lattice built by Sheldon and Savannah Jewett in 1863. Crossing is over the Trout River. The bridge is on Town Highway #4. which is Longley Bridge Road — Longley Covered Bridge

This Vermont scenic drive can be done in just a morning or an afternoon. You can drive into Montgomery and explore. I saw a postcard in a grocery store that was from one of the B&Bs with a row of Adirondack chairs lined up with a hill in the background all covered in fall colors. No, I never found it myself, but you could look… Or you could stay at a B&B/Inn like the Phineas Swann Bed and Breakfast Inn, in town and take your time to really explore the area. Tell Darren I sent you!

You can click the red pins and get a sample image of the respective covered bridge. If you come in from the west, you can do each of the covered bridges and then you stay on Route 58 to hit Hazen’s Notch. Details are below the map.

Vermont Scenic Drive with Covered Bridges

A. Hazens Notch. The notch is a narrow pass between several peaks and the Long Trail crosses Route 58 near Hazen’s Notch State Park.
B. The Hutchins Covered Bridge. May or may not be driveable. When I saw it last, it was looking a little rough but may have been renovated like the West Hill Covered Bridge.
C. The Creamery Covered Bridge or West Hill Covered Bridge is next, and just off 118 in Montgomery, you will hit West Hill Road AND the Hill West Road, side by side, both go to the same place.
D. The Comstock Covered Bridge. The Comstock is in town and is in a peaceful little section where there is lots of parking on both sides with room to walk around and appreciate it.
E. The Fuller Covered Bridge is across “town” (a little stretch of the legs) and you can park at the post office, or near the bridge. It’s a very simple bridge and a very nice rustic grey with white painted front and back ends.
F. The Longley Covered Bridge was one of the first that Lisa showed me when we made our first journeys to visit her Vermont family. I haven’t been by in a while and the last time, they had moved the road to bypass the bridge due to structural safety. There was also a guard rail across the front to reinforce the “do not try to drive across it” warning.
G. The Hopkins Covered Bridge is the final in this tour. The Hopkins is grey with a shingled roof. There is parking on the near side as well as the far side. I even drove down the farm road a little way to get out into the water (I was driving a 4×4 full-size truck at the time) and caught a side view.

I will be trying to do more of these scenic drives that include the PDF maps so you can download them and print them for yourself.

I hope you enjoyed this drive through the Vermont countryside, and think it’s only a little portion of what’s out there… Next month we’ll revisit Montgomery and the return of the Hectorville Covered Bridge.

Jeff Foliage Folger

Autumn is a state of mind more than a time of year – Jeff Foliage

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