Hiking trails near Van Buren, Arkansas

25 official trails lie within 25 miles of Van Buren — 95 miles in total, 18 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 976 ft; the median trail gains 250 ft.

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23 trails worth the drive

Trail	Miles	Climb	Difficulty	From town
Bradford East Outer Loop	16.9	976 ft	Expert	19 mi
West Outer Loop	24.6	936 ft	Expert	18 mi
Butterfield Hiking Trail	11.0	866 ft	Expert	24 mi
Proposed Boston Mountain Trail	4.5	416 ft	Moderate	22 mi
Fossil Flats Mountain Bike Trail	5.4	265 ft	Moderate	24 mi
West Outer Loop Shorcut E	1.7	637 ft	Easy	20 mi
Shepherd Spring Trail	2.1	237 ft	Moderate	23 mi
West Outer Loop Shortcut M	2.4	286 ft	Easy	20 mi
Boston Mountain Multi-Use Trail	3.3	204 ft	Moderate	21 mi
Yellow Rock Trail	1.7	328 ft	Easy	24 mi
Gorley King Trail	1.9	395 ft	Easy	22 mi
Bradford Easy Loop	2.5	200 ft	Easy	19 mi
West Outer Loop Shorcut L	1.6	250 ft	Easy	19 mi
West Outer Loop Shortcut K	1.5	290 ft	Easy	19 mi
Proposed Boston Mountain Trail (Phase I)	1.3	233 ft	Easy	22 mi
West Outer Loop Shortcut H	1.4	148 ft	Easy	19 mi
Butterfield Hiking Trail; Gorley King Trail	1.0	201 ft	Easy	22 mi
West Outer Loop Shortcut F	1.2	142 ft	Easy	21 mi
Burchfiel Mountain Trail	1.1	74 ft	Easy	12 mi
Lee Trail	1.2	33 ft	Easy	24 mi
Rice Carden Trail	1.5	27 ft	Easy	2 mi
Easy Pine Outer Loop West	1.5	20 ft	Easy	18 mi
Sunnymede Trail	1.1	10 ft	Easy	5 mi

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