Hiking trails near Hot Springs, Arkansas

35 official trails lie within 25 miles of Hot Springs — 172 miles in total, 20 rated easy and 7 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 1,288 ft; the median trail gains 235 ft.

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24 trails worth the drive

Trail	Miles	Climb	Difficulty	From town
Ouachita Trail	20.6	1,288 ft	Expert	20 mi
Lake Ouachita Vista Trail	14.3	828 ft	Expert	17 mi
Sunset Trail	9.3	848 ft	Expert	3 mi
Bear Creek Equestrian Trail	33.2	797 ft	Expert	20 mi
Possum Kingdom Bike Ride	10.6	146 ft	Hard	19 mi
Little Blakely - South Loop	5.0	345 ft	Hard	13 mi
Little Blakely - North Loop	4.0	382 ft	Moderate	13 mi
Charlton Trail	4.2	414 ft	Moderate	18 mi
Caddo Bend Trail	4.0	150 ft	Moderate	12 mi
Hunts Loop	2.8	506 ft	Moderate	19 mi
Little Blakely - R R Loop	2.7	295 ft	Moderate	13 mi
Little Blakely - M H Loop	3.5	254 ft	Moderate	14 mi
Dam Mountain Trail	3.1	367 ft	Moderate	9 mi
Horseshoe Mountain Trail	2.1	460 ft	Easy	9 mi
Hickory Nut Lakeside Trail	1.6	441 ft	Easy	20 mi
Hickory Nut Vista Trail	1.1	491 ft	Easy	20 mi
Mountain Top Trail	1.4	430 ft	Easy	2 mi
Target Trail	2.5	235 ft	Easy	17 mi
Fordyce Peaks Trail	1.2	375 ft	Easy	4 mi
Pearcy Mountain Trail	2.7	150 ft	Easy	15 mi
Little Blakely - Glades Loop	1.7	168 ft	Easy	13 mi
Hot Springs Mountain Trail	1.6	158 ft	Easy	2 mi
Oertel Trail	1.4	200 ft	Easy	2 mi
Angling Creek Trail	2.2	107 ft	Easy	17 mi

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