Indian Brook Loop Trail Trailhead (Essex Center)
Parking here costs money.
Parking at Indian Brook Loop Trail Trailhead (Essex Center) is paid (Daily: $8 per motor vehicle, $3 pedestrian. Large vehicles over 8 passengers $3 per person. Dog endorsement $3/day.).
- Cost
- Daily: $8 per motor vehicle, $3 pedestrian. Large vehicles over 8 passengers $3 per person. Dog endorsement $3/day.
- Passes
- Season passes (calendar year): Essex town resident $26, non-resident $78, pedestrian $15 (includes dog endorsement). Dog add-on $10. Sold online, at the Indian Brook gatehouse May-October (card only), or at Parks & Rec, 81 Main Street.
- Seasons and hours
- Gatehouse staffed May through October. Season passes run the calendar year.
- Good to know
- Indian Brook Reservoir Park, Town of Essex. Entry is charged per vehicle at the gatehouse, and non-residents pay substantially more for a season pass than Essex residents. Dogs need a separate endorsement.
How we know this
Town of Essex Parks & Recreation pass information, essex.org/222/Pass-Information, checked 2026-10-09
Fees, hours and rules change. Posted signs at the trailhead always override this page.
- Elevation
- 537 ft
- Trails
- 2
- County
- Chittenden
44.53231, -73.09555 · view on OpenStreetMap
Trails from this trailhead
Also mapped in OpenStreetMap as “Indian Brook Trailhead”.
This trailhead's name comes from the nearest trail, because the parking area is unnamed in OpenStreetMap.
Location from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); identified by matching a public parking area to trail geometry within 160 m. Space counts come from OpenStreetMap. Elevation from USGS 3DEP (public domain). Safety disclaimer.