Hiking trails near Fayetteville, Arkansas

39 official trails lie within 25 miles of Fayetteville — 148 miles in total, 28 rated easy and 4 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 976 ft; the median trail gains 201 ft.

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24 trails worth the drive

Trail	Miles	Climb	Difficulty	From town
Bradford East Outer Loop	16.9	976 ft	Expert	25 mi
Butterfield Hiking Trail	11.0	866 ft	Expert	20 mi
Hidden Diversity Multi-Use Trail	20.5	299 ft	Expert	19 mi
Pigeon Roost Trail	7.0	273 ft	Hard	20 mi
Lincoln Lake Loop	7.1	183 ft	Moderate	15 mi
Karst Trail	7.8	209 ft	Moderate	21 mi
Wedington Twin Mountains	6.6	307 ft	Moderate	12 mi
Traverse Loop	5.8	168 ft	Moderate	22 mi
Western Don	6.6	147 ft	Moderate	12 mi
Pigeon Roost Trail - Huckleberry Loop	4.6	254 ft	Moderate	20 mi
Fossil Flats Mountain Bike Trail	5.4	265 ft	Moderate	20 mi
West Outer Loop Shorcut E	1.7	637 ft	Easy	24 mi
West Outer Loop Shortcut M	2.4	286 ft	Easy	24 mi
Best Trail Ever	3.0	199 ft	Easy	10 mi
Yellow Rock Trail	1.7	328 ft	Easy	20 mi
Pigeon Roost Trail - Dry Creek Loop	2.7	285 ft	Easy	20 mi
Gorley King Trail	1.9	395 ft	Easy	21 mi
Bear Den West	2.2	246 ft	Easy	20 mi
Wolf Den East	2.1	218 ft	Easy	21 mi
Fayetteville Traverse	1.9	211 ft	Easy	2 mi
Shaddox Hollow Trail	1.3	234 ft	Easy	20 mi
Butterfield	2.5	137 ft	Easy	10 mi
Northern Traverse	1.8	162 ft	Easy	23 mi
Kingfisher Trail	1.6	158 ft	Easy	6 mi

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