Old Job Trail

Vermont

Vermont

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3.3 mi

Distance

1,375 ft

Gain

1h 38m

Time

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What we do know

  • Inside Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests

    2 managing-area boundaries mapped — agency alerts for them feed this page automatically.

    Boundary data

What's missing

  • No access route mapped

    We don't yet know which road reaches this trailhead, so we can't tell you if it's gated.

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Out & back

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Elevation & route

Distance
3.3 mi
Elevation gain
1,375 ft
Elevation loss
1,375 ft
Highest point
2,660 ft
Lowest point
1,889 ft
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Managing agency
Forest Service

About this trail

Old Job Trail is a 6.58-mile out-and-back hike in Vermont with 1,375 feet of elevation gain and loss. The trail reaches a maximum elevation of 2,660 feet.

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The climb

Starts at
1,889 ft
High point
2,660 ft
Total climbing
1,375 ft
Total descent
1,375 ft
Steepest stretch
11% grade around mile 1.5 on the way out
Length (round trip)
6.6 mi
Shape
Out and back

Most of the climbing comes early, so the second half is easier.

Source: Roamze elevation profile and trail geometry (DEM samples along the mapped route)

Where it is

Managed by
Forest Service

Source: USFS EDW boundaries; USGS PAD-US 4.1

Conditions

Active alerts for Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests as of Oct 9, 2026:

Source: USFS forest alerts

Nearby

Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)

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