Hiking trails near Columbus, Georgia

29 official trails lie within 25 miles of Columbus — 70 miles in total, 25 rated easy and 1 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 419 ft; the median trail gains 129 ft.

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24 trails worth the drive

Trail	Miles	Climb	Difficulty	Drive from town
Pine Mountain Trail	6.9	419 ft	Hard	42 min · 27 mi
Ft. Moore MTB Trail	6.8	141 ft	Moderate	53 min · 28 mi
Sawtooth Trail	2.5	339 ft	Easy	54 min · 34 mi
County Line Trail	2.6	173 ft	Moderate	50 min · 33 mi
Chattahoochee RiverWalk	7.8	49 ft	Moderate	27 min · 13 mi
Mountain Creek Nature Trail	3.0	244 ft	Easy	54 min · 32 mi
Liberty Bell Pool Trail	1.8	283 ft	Easy	50 min · 31 mi
Lonely Hunter Loop Trail	3.2	193 ft	Easy	33 min · 17 mi
Stowers MTB Loop	2.6	115 ft	Easy	54 min · 29 mi
Chestnut Oak Trail	2.0	234 ft	Easy	45 min · 29 mi
Primary Goods	2.4	97 ft	Easy	29 min · 17 mi
Tie Snake Upper	1.8	125 ft	Easy	36 min · 17 mi
Chief North	1.3	216 ft	Easy	35 min · 18 mi
Primus	1.4	180 ft	Easy	36 min · 17 mi
Follow Me Fitness Trail	1.6	129 ft	Easy	53 min · 28 mi
Team Trail	1.2	82 ft	Easy	1 h 04 min · 33 mi
Bimini	1.6	117 ft	Easy	34 min · 18 mi
Kinard's North	1.1	148 ft	Easy	30 min · 17 mi
Chief South	1.1	153 ft	Easy	35 min · 18 mi
MLK Jr. Trail	3.4	40 ft	Easy	17 min · 9 mi
sittin' pretty	1.1	79 ft	Easy	35 min · 18 mi
Gentry Trail	1.8	73 ft	Easy	1 h 03 min · 31 mi
River Walk	1.5	101 ft	Easy	53 min · 28 mi
Kinard's South	1.1	91 ft	Easy	33 min · 17 mi

Quick picks near Columbus

Easy and short: Sawtooth Trail — 2.5 mi, rated easy, 24 mi from town
Biggest climb: Pine Mountain Trail — 419 ft over 6.9 mi, 21 mi from town

What the trails reach

Summits: Pine Mountain Trail to Pine Mountain; Ft. Moore MTB Trail to Ebbert Hill; Follow Me Fitness Trail to Gray Hill; River Walk to Ebbert Hill

Lakes: Mountain Creek Nature Trail to Lake Delano; Primary Goods to Jordan Company Lake; Cooper Creek Park Fitness Trail to Bull Creek Watershed Lake Number Three

Mountain passes: Pine Mountain Trail to Kings Gap

Nearby towns: Barnesville (56 mi) · Newnan (60 mi) · Carrollton (75 mi) · McDonough (77 mi)

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