Mount Rogers Trail
Virginia
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3.9 mi
Distance
3,379 ft
Gain
2h 28m
Time
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What we do know
Inside George Washington and Jefferson National Forest
2 managing-area boundaries mapped — agency alerts for them feed this page automatically.
Boundary data
What's missing
No access route mapped
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Mount Rogers Trail
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 3.9 mi
- Elevation gain
- 3,379 ft
- Elevation loss
- 3,379 ft
- Highest point
- 5,136 ft
- Lowest point
- 3,788 ft
Photos
Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
About this trail
Mount Rogers Trail is a 7.86-mile out-and-back route in Virginia with 3,379 feet of elevation gain and loss. The trail reaches a maximum elevation of 5,136 feet.
Facts about this trail
The climb
- Starts at
- 3,788 ft
- High point
- 5,136 ft
- Total climbing
- 3,379 ft
- Total descent
- 3,379 ft
- Steepest stretch
- 17% grade around mile 0.6 on the way out
- Length (round trip)
- 7.9 mi
- Shape
- Out and back
Source: Roamze elevation profile and trail geometry (DEM samples along the mapped route)
Where it is
- Mount Rogers National Recreation Area · Ranger district
- George Washington and Jefferson National Forest · National forest
- Managed by
- Forest Service
Conditions
Active alerts for Mount Rogers National Recreation Area as of Oct 9, 2026:
Virginia Creeper Trail Reconstruction Closures
information · posted Aug 24, 2026
Fire Restrictions in place for Appalachian Trail
fire-restriction · posted Aug 24, 2026
Source: USFS forest alerts
Nearby
- Fairwood ValleyHiking0.1 mi
- Mount Rogers Tie TrailHiking0.2 mi
- GrindstoneCamping0.5 mi
- Flattop TrailHiking0.5 mi
- Grindstone Family CampgroundCamping0.5 mi
- Spray BoulderRock climbing2.1 mi
- Speakeasy wall, TheRock climbing2.1 mi
- Little Helton CreekCanoeing9.7 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
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