Top of the Mountain

Vermont

Vermont

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0.5 mi

Distance

254 ft

Gain

14 min

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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Why you'll love it

Quick trip — under 2 mi
Out & back

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Elevation & route

Distance
0.5 mi
Elevation gain
254 ft
Elevation loss
254 ft
Highest point
2,804 ft
Lowest point
2,669 ft
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Managing agency
Forest Service

About this trail

Top of the Mountain is a short out-and-back trail in Vermont covering 1.02 miles with 254 feet of elevation gain. The trail reaches a maximum elevation of 2,804 feet.

Facts about this trail

The climb

Starts at
2,793 ft
High point
2,804 ft
Total climbing
254 ft
Total descent
254 ft
Steepest stretch
13% grade around mile 0.3 on the way out
Length (round trip)
1 mi
Shape
Out and back

Most of the climbing is in the middle stretch.

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 10, 2026:

Source: USFS forest alerts

Nearby

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

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