Gold Brook Swimming Hole
Plan your visit to Gold Brook Swimming Hole
Swim: allowed. Visit tab for Gold Brook Swimming Hole. Listed street address 280 Gold Brook Road: small pool under the bridge just before Gold Brook Circle; parking is described as available off Route 100 / Waterbury Road with a short approach. Embankment down to the water can be steep—use care and confirm you are not on private verge.
Can I go right now?
Same quick read as the top of Conditions: weather and river can update from public data when it is available; crowd, trail, and similar lines stay from the guide. For hourly detail, water sections, and sources, open Conditions.
- Weather: Partly Cloudy, 28°F. National Weather Service forecast, updated Apr 7, 1:06 AM.
- River flow: 30 cfs. W BRANCH LITTLE R ABV BINGHAM FALLS NEAR STOWE, VT · updated Apr 7, 12:35 AM · USGS
- Crowd & parking: Plan ahead. Hot days stack people and cars—have a backup plan.
Details
Parking
Listed street address 280 Gold Brook Road: small pool under the bridge just before Gold Brook Circle; parking is described as available off Route 100 / Waterbury Road with a short approach. Embankment down to the water can be steep—use care and confirm you are not on private verge. Confirm lot names, fees, and posting on site.
Driving approach
Approach Stowe, Vermont. Use the Map tab for the maintainer pin and driving link.
GPS clarification
Primary coordinates mark **parking or trailhead access** for this guide—not a pool centerline, brook midpoint, or feature pin. **Navigate your car to this pin**, then walk from there to the swim or river edge—often a short distance; see Walk-in for typical minutes.
Trail map, pinned coordinates, and turn-by-turn links: Map.
Seasonal note. Spring snowmelt and summer thunderstorms often drive the highest flows; winter is a different access picture.