There are a couple of good places to view Johnson Island from West Lebanon.
If you park behind the Golf and Ski Warehouse, you can walk out onto a
bluff that offers a pretty clear view of the island and upstream. A scope
is useful. This can sometimes be a great spot for waterfowl. If you park
behind Staples, you will find a trail that follows the river south. It can
be hard to find unobscured views of the island and the river, though. A
third spot is behind Appleby's, there is a clearing that looks out to the
island and river here. Something that may deter some (doesn't bother me
much); in warmer months these areas sometimes attract homeless people,
moreso along the less accessible areas. There has been someone living in a
tent this winter behind Kmart at the Two Rivers Conservation Area. This is
a very birdy place during migration, but unfortunately it has become very
overgrown in spots and is over-run with poison ivy.

On Friday, March 4, 2016, George Clark <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Late afternoon today while birding along Connecticut River Road in
> Hartford, VT, Ed Hack and I saw an adult Bald Eagle on its large nest in a
> tall white pine towards the northern end of Johnston Island in the
> Connecticut River. The nest location is in Lebanon, NH, and not too far
> from the big box stores along Route 12A. Another adult Bald Eagle,
> presumably its mate, was perched in pine trees on the Vermont side of the
> river southward from Johnstone Island downstream from the nest site. This
> nest has been under occasional observation for several weeks, and a pair of
> adults have been sighted nearby, but this was the first time that an eagle
> was seen on the nest itself rather than in the vicinity. We have not
> attempted to view the nest from the New Hampshire side so cannot specify a
> good viewing point off Route 12A.
>
> It’s great to see the increase in number of nesting eagles in very recent
> years in the Upper Valley.
>
> Also this afternoon, we saw an adult Red-tailed Hawk carrying nest
> material to the southwest of the southern end of Connecticut River Road in
> Hartford, VT. This is in an area where adult Red-tails have been frequently
> seen in recent weeks.
>
> George Clark
> Norwich, VT
>
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