Hiking trails near Wilmington, Delaware

85 official trails lie within 25 miles of Wilmington — 174 miles in total, 83 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 256 ft; the median trail gains 59 ft.

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24 trails worth the drive

Trail	Miles	Climb	Difficulty	From town
Mill Creek Greenway	3.9	157 ft	Moderate	8 mi
Twin Valley	3.3	158 ft	Moderate	13 mi
Chestnut Hill	3.4	187 ft	Easy	10 mi
Michael Castle Trail	11.2	59 ft	Easy	14 mi
Flint Woods	2.3	176 ft	Easy	8 mi
Northern Delaware Greenway Trail	3.1	256 ft	Easy	3 mi
PennDel/Mason Dixon	2.9	228 ft	Easy	9 mi
David English	2.5	159 ft	Easy	12 mi
Whitely Farms	3.2	195 ft	Easy	12 mi
Lenape	2.5	146 ft	Easy	10 mi
Pathway	1.9	126 ft	Easy	2 mi
Bryan's Field	2.2	138 ft	Easy	11 mi
Wendel Cassel	1.5	246 ft	Easy	12 mi
Auburn Valley Trail	1.3	162 ft	Easy	9 mi
Rocky Run	1.4	256 ft	Easy	5 mi
Sidewalk or Pathway	4.2	55 ft	Easy	10 mi
Brandywine Trail	2.2	64 ft	Easy	6 mi
Little Jersey	4.1	36 ft	Easy	15 mi
Markell Trail	4.0	56 ft	Easy	5 mi
Valley Garden Park Trail	1.2	128 ft	Easy	6 mi
New Linden Hill Pathway	1.8	122 ft	Easy	10 mi
Swamp Forest	4.2	29 ft	Easy	16 mi
Redd Park Trail	1.4	140 ft	Easy	11 mi
Tri-State Trail / Mason-Dixon Trail	2.0	120 ft	Easy	13 mi

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