Hiking trails near Birmingham, Alabama

50 official trails lie within 25 miles of Birmingham — 120 miles in total, 40 rated easy and 3 hard or expert. Every distance and elevation figure below is computed from the agency centerline and a 10 m elevation model, not crowd-sourced.

The biggest climb nearby gains 644 ft; the median trail gains 174 ft.

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24 trails worth the drive

Trail	Miles	Climb	Difficulty	From town
Belcher Forest Road	13.8	605 ft	Expert	14 mi
Shackleford Point Trail	5.6	607 ft	Hard	16 mi
South Rim Trail	6.7	616 ft	Hard	13 mi
Peavine Falls Trail	2.4	604 ft	Moderate	14 mi
Far End Back Trail	1.9	644 ft	Moderate	14 mi
Foothills Trail	2.8	240 ft	Moderate	13 mi
JCC Blue Trail Main Loop	4.4	182 ft	Moderate	2 mi
Valley Loop	1.7	616 ft	Easy	14 mi
Ike Maston Trail	2.8	186 ft	Moderate	8 mi
Slingshot	3.2	215 ft	Moderate	13 mi
Rim Walk East	1.9	321 ft	Moderate	14 mi
Belcher Byway	1.7	534 ft	Easy	13 mi
Truckin'	1.9	480 ft	Easy	14 mi
Moss Rock Preserve White Trail	2.4	250 ft	Easy	11 mi
Iron Works Loop	3.3	199 ft	Easy	24 mi
Jekyll	3.1	191 ft	Easy	14 mi
Pig Iron Loop	3.3	184 ft	Easy	25 mi
Narrows Ridge Trail	2.4	222 ft	Easy	13 mi
Iron Runner Loop	3.2	158 ft	Easy	24 mi
Moss Rock Preserve Orange Trail	1.5	249 ft	Easy	9 mi
Moss Rock Preserve Powerline Trail	1.6	279 ft	Easy	11 mi
Queen's Ridge	1.9	238 ft	Easy	14 mi
Skyhy Ridge Walk	1.9	126 ft	Easy	6 mi
Room Service	1.6	173 ft	Easy	14 mi

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