Hiking trails near Hartselle, Alabama

31 official trails lie within 25 miles of Hartselle — 96 miles in total, 25 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 361 ft; the median trail gains 51 ft.

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24 trails worth the drive

Trail	Miles	Climb	Difficulty	Drive from town
Pine Torch Horse Loop	10.7	303 ft	Hard	52 min · 28 mi
Key Mill Horse Loop	9.4	234 ft	Hard	57 min · 23 mi
Flint Creek Multiple Use Loopa	11.0	321 ft	Hard	48 min · 21 mi
Redstone Arsenal Greenway	7.8	140 ft	Moderate	47 min · 36 mi
Flint Creek Multiple Use Loopb	5.3	247 ft	Moderate	46 min · 20 mi
Brushy Creek Horse Loop	3.7	216 ft	Moderate	1 h 04 min · 26 mi
Rainbow Mountain Loop Trail	1.4	361 ft	Easy	45 min · 31 mi
Patriot	2.9	158 ft	Easy	53 min · 37 mi
Intermediate bike path	2.4	105 ft	Easy	29 min · 19 mi
Hughes Road Greenway	2.4	123 ft	Easy	34 min · 26 mi
Weeden Loop West	2.0	136 ft	Easy	53 min · 37 mi
County Line Road Pathway	3.0	65 ft	Easy	34 min · 25 mi
Bradford Creek Greenway	2.9	54 ft	Easy	38 min · 27 mi
Weeden Loop East	1.6	68 ft	Easy	50 min · 36 mi
Madkin Loop West	1.7	57 ft	Easy	53 min · 37 mi
Madkin Loop East	1.4	51 ft	Easy	53 min · 37 mi
Sportsman Lake trail	1.7	26 ft	Easy	27 min · 19 mi
Saturn	1.2	46 ft	Easy	55 min · 37 mi
Hays Farm Trails	1.7	19 ft	Easy	52 min · 41 mi
Swan Creek Greenway Trail	1.4	23 ft	Easy	37 min · 29 mi
Point Mallard Walking Trail	2.9	14 ft	Easy	24 min · 13 mi
Wilson Morgan Trail	1.6	15 ft	Easy	15 min · 10 mi
Fowler Trail	1.0	21 ft	Easy	34 min · 26 mi
Golden Eagle Trail	1.0	15 ft	Easy	37 min · 29 mi

Quick picks near Hartselle

Easy and short: Rainbow Mountain Loop Trail — 1.4 mi, rated easy, 24 mi from town
Biggest climb: Rainbow Mountain Loop Trail — 361 ft over 1.4 mi, 24 mi from town
Longest: Flint Creek Multiple Use Loopa — 11.0 mi, 15 mi from town

What the trails reach

Summits: Rainbow Mountain Loop Trail to Rainbow Mountain

Lakes: Intermediate bike path to Sportman Lake; Sportsman Lake trail to Sportman Lake; Wilson Morgan Trail to Morgan Lake

Trail guides near Hartselle

Sipsey Wild Hiking Trail — 6.6 mi, 305 ft climb · 28 mi away
Vernado Trail — 3.9 mi, 340 ft climb · 28 mi away
Fanning Trail — 3.1 mi, 578 ft climb · 28 mi away
Arrowhead Trail — 4.6 mi, 576 ft climb · 30 mi away
Natural Well Trail — 3.1 mi, 579 ft climb · 30 mi away
Thompson Creek Wild Hiking — 3.3 mi, 268 ft climb · 31 mi away
McKay Hollow Trail — 2.4 mi, 574 ft climb · 32 mi away
Honeycomb — 9.3 mi, 261 ft climb · 35 mi away

Nearby towns: Huntsville (23 mi) · Albertville (43 mi) · Scottsboro (53 mi) · Rainbow City (60 mi)

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