Hiking trails near Dover, Delaware

25 official trails lie within 25 miles of Dover — 48 miles in total, 25 rated easy and 0 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 52 ft; the median trail gains 17 ft.

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19 trails worth the drive

Trail	Miles	Climb	Difficulty	Drive from town
POW-MIA Walkway	2.7	52 ft	Easy	7 min · 3 mi
5K Blackbird Loop	2.1	48 ft	Easy	33 min · 21 mi
Red Trail (Blackbird State Forest - Headquarters-Tybout Tract)	1.8	29 ft	Easy	31 min · 22 mi
Pondside Nature Trail	1.1	26 ft	Easy	25 min · 15 mi
Issaacs Branch Trail Phase 2	1.2	27 ft	Easy	7 min · 3 mi
Browns Branch Nature Trail	1.4	17 ft	Easy	31 min · 18 mi
Issaacs Branch Trail Phase 3	1.4	16 ft	Easy	9 min · 4 mi
Issac Branch	1.5	26 ft	Easy	4 min · 1 mi
Green Branch Trail	1.4	22 ft	Easy	21 min · 12 mi
Killens Bikeway	1.9	16 ft	Easy	22 min · 14 mi
Middletown Crossing Trail	1.7	12 ft	Easy	39 min · 28 mi
1 Mile Office Loop	1.0	17 ft	Easy	33 min · 21 mi
Price Memorial Park Greenway	1.8	16 ft	Easy	39 min · 27 mi
Big Oak Park Trail	1.5	15 ft	Easy	23 min · 10 mi
Port Penn	1.4	11 ft	Easy	45 min · 34 mi
St. Jones Reserve	1.0	10 ft	Easy	19 min · 8 mi
Fork Branch	1.0	9 ft	Easy	8 min · 4 mi
Silver Lake Park Elementary Trail	1.4	9 ft	Easy	37 min · 26 mi
Mispillion Riverwalk	1.0	9 ft	Easy	30 min · 20 mi

Quick picks near Dover

Easy and short: POW-MIA Walkway — 2.7 mi, rated easy, 3 mi from town

What the trails reach

Lakes: POW-MIA Walkway to Howell Pond (historical); Pondside Nature Trail to Killen Pond; Green Branch Trail to Duck Creek Pond; Silver Lake Park Elementary Trail to Silver Lake

Trail guides near Dover

Blue Goose Trail — 1.9 mi, 5 ft climb · 27 mi away
St Georges Bridge Bike Lane — 2.5 mi, 49 ft climb · 27 mi away
Michael Castle Trail — 11.2 mi, 59 ft climb · 28 mi away
Little Jersey — 3.5 mi, 24 ft climb · 30 mi away
Swamp Forest — 2.1 mi, 22 ft climb · 30 mi away
Glasgow Park Trail — 2.9 mi, 36 ft climb · 33 mi away
Georgetown-Lewes — 4.9 mi, 22 ft climb · 33 mi away
Battery Park Trail — 2.2 mi, 10 ft climb · 34 mi away
Bike Loop — 2.9 mi, 44 ft climb · 34 mi away
Junction & Breakwater Trail — 7.1 mi, 21 ft climb · 35 mi away
Route 273 — 1.9 mi, 59 ft climb · 35 mi away
Markell Trail — 4.0 mi, 56 ft climb · 35 mi away

Nearby towns: Middletown (22 mi) · Chestertown (30 mi) · Georgetown (33 mi) · Vineland (35 mi)

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