Where to Find Gold in Vermont
Vermont has 8 mapped collecting spots that report gold, spread across 5 counties. The largest share sits in Lamoille County with 4 spots. 8 of the spots are on land mapped as publicly accessible.
Every gold spot we track in Vermont
Best spotCamp Plymouth State ParkWindsor County, VermontPublic access · Gold
Best spotLittle RiverLamoille County, VermontPublic access · Gold
Best spotMad RiverWashington County, VermontPublic access · Gold
Best spotWhite RiverOrange County, VermontPublic access · Gold
Gihon RiverLamoille County, VermontPublic access · Gold
Gold BrookLamoille County, VermontPublic access · Gold
Lamoille RiverLamoille County, VermontPublic access · Gold
Missisquoi RiverOrleans County, VermontPublic access · Gold
Standout gold spots in Vermont
Hand-picked from the full list above, with the reason each one earns a trip.
Little River
Lamoille County
Little River, which drops from the hills above Stowe into the Waterbury Reservoir, is an aptly named Vermont gold stream with fine flour gold in its gravels.
White River
Orange County
The White River around Bethel and Stockbridge is Vermont's best-documented placer gold reach, with USGS-mapped gold in the gravel bars and access through the Green Mountain National Forest at Peavine Park.
Mad River
Washington County
The Mad River in the Mad River Valley carries fine placer gold in its gravels, part of the same gold belt that runs through central Vermont.
Camp Plymouth State Park
Windsor County
Camp Plymouth State Park sits on Buffalo Brook and Echo Lake in Vermont's 1850s gold-rush country, where the old Rooks Mine once worked placer gold.
Best counties for gold in Vermont
Ranked by the number of mapped gold spots. County links open the full rockhounding page for that county.
Before you go
Read the gold identification guide so you know what a keeper looks like in the field: Gold in the encyclopedia.
