Kodak Trail

To Mount Cube · New Hampshire

Part of the Appalachian TrailUSFS trail #97264

Kodak Trail is a trail in southern and western New Hampshire, climbing about 1,650 ft from the J Trail junction to Mount Cube.

Map length

2.7 mi

Climb from the low end

1,635 ft

Book time up / down (from map miles)

2 h 10 min / 1 h 28 min

High point

2,900 ft

Above treeline

None

Steepest ¼ mile

1,055 ft/mi

Stream crossings

2

Low point

1,461 ft

Measured on the map. The AMC guide and Forest Service figures usually run 5 to 15% longer. The mapped trail stops just short of the summit of Mount Cube; these figures end there.

Kodak Trail

Elevation profile
1,000'2,000'3,000'Mount Cube, mile 2.640 mi2.7 mi

Mile by mile (map miles)

From J Trail junction (the lower end) to Mount Cube.

  1. 0.0J Trail junction
  2. 0.5Eastman Ledge
  3. 0.9Crosses North Branch Jacobs Brook
  4. 1.3Crosses a stream
  5. 1.3Junction with Hexacuba Shelter Spur
  6. 2.6Mount Cube
  7. 2.7Junction with Cross Rivendell Trail, Mount Cube Trail and North Cube Spur

Distances and book times (map miles)

  1. To Hexacuba Shelter Spur junction

    1.28 mi (total 1.28) · ↑786 ↓177 ft · 1 h 2 min / 44 min

  2. To Mount Cube

    1.42 mi (total 2.70) · ↑846 ↓49 ft · 1 h 8 min / 44 min

↑ walking from J Trail junction; ↓ the other way. Book time: 2 mph over the map miles plus 30 minutes per 1,000 ft of climbing.

Summit conditions

Mount CubemoderateOct 9, 8:20 PM
Today's conditions report

Connecting trails

J TrailHexacuba Shelter SpurCross Rivendell TrailMount Cube TrailNorth Cube Spur

What to bring

From the summit forecast, Sat to Mon

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Trail data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Elevation: USGS 3DEP. Distances are measured from the map and can differ from signs and guidebooks. Conditions change: check before you go.