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Rock River in pictures
Trail bends, swim pockets, weathered signs, muddy seasons—mostly Windham County, mostly between Newfane and Brattleboro. If something here helps you picture the corridor before you drive, we're glad.
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Trail and woods
Rock River trail walk — Newfane, Vermont (Windham County). Visitor pointing to the hand-lettered “Clothing optional from here” sign on a hemlock beside the Rock River trail in Newfane, Vermont Wooden stairs of sand and stone leading into the woods at Rock River, Vermont — hand-painted sign on a tree reads Friends Gather Here
Rock River swimming holes
Couple kissing under a bright blue August sky at Rock River in Newfane, Vermont — LGBTQ-welcoming swimming hole in Windham County Three friends smiling under a shade tarp on the green riverbank at Rock River, Newfane, Vermont — August swim day in southern Vermont Two visitors carrying camp chairs down the hemlock-shaded walk-in trail to Rock River, Vermont — August afternoon heading to the swimming holes Short YouTube clip — playful cartoon-style character cooling off in a shallow river, comic and family-friendly. Rock River, Vermont context; hosted on YouTube. Underwater view of rounded cobbles in the clear green shallows of Rock River, Newfane, Vermont — how the swimming holes look below the surface Smooth riverbank stones and a calm green pool framed by summer forest at Rock River, Newfane, Vermont — August swimming hole Yellow wildflowers on a ledge above a deep Rock River pool under blue sky, Newfane, Vermont — late-summer bank detail Rock River swimming hole in Newfane Vermont — wide view of forest, trail, and river recreation in Windham County near Brattleboro Rock River outdoors — rocky pools and swimming area near Newfane Rock River path — river bank and trail, Newfane, VT Rock River trail and river corridor — smooth stone, pools, Windham County VT (near Brattleboro) Large moss-covered boulder beside the clear, amber-tinted water of Rock River in Newfane, Vermont, with a sunlit conifer forest along the far bank — Windham County swimming-hole corridorPhoto: Aaron Archambeault