Hike up Blue Job Mtn, and some 4x4 roads

Blue Job!  Now that is an interesting name for a mountain!  LOL  Someone with a dirty mind could have fun with that one, but my mind is as pure as New York snow!  LOL  :) 

Blue Job Mtn is located in Farmington off of First Crown Point Rd.  I drove there from Meredith, and if I had relied on Google to direct me there, she would've led me to a road that I don't think even exists!  Luckily I looked at my NH/VT road atlas and the road she told me to go on wasn't there!  I wrote down my own directions and had no problem finding the trailhead. 

The elevation of Blue Job is 1,357 feet.  There is a fire tower at the summit, and I think it is an active tower.

I arrived to an almost full parking lot, which surprised me.

I did the loop counter clockwise, going up 1/2 mile to the summit and fire tower.  It is steady uphill, but not really difficult, although the trail is eroded from heavy use.  I met one large group coming down this trail.  It took me 15 min. to hike up to the top.  I spent just over 30 min. at the top before heading down 0.7 miles, which took 15 min.

Total hike was just over 1 hour. 1.2 miles total.  Elevation gain was a mind-boggling 350 feet!  LOL  Except for the large group coming down, I didn't meet a whole lot of other people on this hike.  I thought that was odd considering how many vehicles were in the parking lot, including a small bus.

After the hike I decided to check out a couple of nearby unimproved / undefined roads that were shown on the map. I wanted to explore my redneck side.  :)  LOL Both was shown as through "roads", but I had no idea of the condition.  The first road was just a short distance beyond the Blue Job parking lot.  It was sketchy for sure and I used 4WD to be safe.  After a short distance I came upon a mud hole.  I could see some went through and that others turned around.  Not knowing what was beyond, I decided to turn around.

The second road was at the end of Second Crown Point Rd.  It was sketchy as well and I used 4WD to be safe.  I made it a little further than on the first road, but eventually came to a fork with a severely washed out hill on one fork and a mud hole on the other.  No way I'd make it on either road with my truck, so I turned around and headed back to Rt. 202A.

I headed back to Meredith, stopping at Dairy Queen in Laconia along the way.  Gotta have a chocolate milkshake.  :)  LOL