Vermont · Hiking · Near Randolph

Moose Loop

1.9 mi
round trip
1,076 ft
climb
1,838 ft
high point
Out and back
route
Aug–Sep
best months

Is MOOSE LOOP open right now?

Closure in the area

There's a closure order in Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests. It doesn't name MOOSE LOOP, so check the source for the area it covers (3 listed).

As of · Source: USFS · Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.

Moose Loop is a 1.9-mile loop hike in the Middlebury Ranger District of the Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests in Vermont, managed by the Forest Service. The trail is rated moderate, with a total elevation gain of 597 feet and a total loss of 479 feet over the course of the loop. The route is rolling, and the steepest stretch comes at about 0.66 miles in, where the grade reaches 18 percent. Summer is the most comfortable time to go. Typical averages from a nearby weather station show July highs around 76°F with lows near 54°F, and the station sits about 500 feet lower than the trail's high point, so temperatures on the loop run cooler. Willow Run, a cross-country ski area, is just 0.2 miles away, and the Wilkinson Trail is 0.5 miles off. Moosalamoo Campground is about 1.4 miles away, and the South Branch Middlebury River offers canoeing roughly 1.7 miles from the loop.

Around this trail

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  • Sleep close

    Moosalamoo Campground

    Campground

    Campground · 1.4 mi from the trail
  • If it rainsSMHCNorwich, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

    Norwich University Museum

    Museum

    Museum · 23 mi from Randolph

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