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Floating Bridge
Brookfield, Vermont
Brook cascades. Roadside pull-off access—use the shoulder safely and watch traffic. Near Brookfield.
At a glance
Overview
Brook cascades. Plan for about 1-3 minutes from the village pull-offs to the bridge deck (0.02 mi one way if you hike the full approach). Water use is often conditional on flow, staffing, and season—double-check before you suit up.
- Region
- Central Vermont
- Water type
- Brook
- Swim feature type
- River pool
Know before you go
Not wheelchair accessible
Conditions
Conditions snapshot
Check posted signs and official updates before entering.
Getting there
The Floating Bridge sits in Brookfield village on SUNSET LAKE (NOTE: this guide's water_type was previously stored as 'brook' -- it is a 318-acre spring-fed lake, not a brook). The bridge carries one lane of VT Route 65 across the lake on fiber-reinforced-polymer pontoons -- it's the eighth structure on the site since 1820 and is often called the only floating bridge of its kind east of the Mississippi. Reach it by following VT 14 to Brookfield and turning east on VT 65 into Pond Village; park in one of the small pull-offs at either end of the bridge and walk the deck. Summer visitors swim from the lake edges at either approach and, weather permitting, jump into the deep lake (up to ~120 ft) from the bridge deck. Historic, atmospheric, low-infrastructure -- bring your own water and pack out your trash.
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