The route bends northeast in the village, passing a long string of residences, turning east at Twentymile Stream Road.

Now paralleling the Black River, the route continues east through Cavendish, reaching the commercial center at a junction with Mill Street.

[2] At Mill Street, VT 131 turns northeast through another residential sector of Cavendish.

VT 131 and the river bend northeast then east and entering the town of Weathersfield.

Running down the hillside it climbed earlier, the route bends northeast into a diamond interchange with I-91 (exit 8) in Weathersfield.