Hiking trails near Idaho Falls, Idaho

62 official trails lie within 25 miles of Idaho Falls — 278 miles in total, 47 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 1,529 ft; the median trail gains 109 ft.

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24 trails worth the drive

Trail	Miles	Climb	Difficulty	Drive from town
Stinking Springs	3.7	1,529 ft	Hard	47 min · 27 mi
US Highway 26	70.5	875 ft	Hard	23 min · 16 mi
Lyons Creek	6.1	764 ft	Hard	1 h 01 min · 32 mi
Leaning Fir	1.9	1,422 ft	Moderate	58 min · 31 mi
T-B-Sage Junction	12.5	343 ft	Moderate	1 h 07 min · 29 mi
Twenty-Mile Rd.	16.7	370 ft	Moderate	27 min · 21 mi
Kelly Canyon	2.5	858 ft	Moderate	40 min · 25 mi
Sidewinder	2.7	818 ft	Moderate	47 min · 27 mi
Nelson Creek	2.0	870 ft	Moderate	1 h 09 min · 38 mi
33 Loop	9.5	87 ft	Moderate	40 min · 34 mi
South Fork Snake	7.4	139 ft	Moderate	47 min · 27 mi
Cranky Cowboy	3.4	197 ft	Moderate	1 h 01 min · 32 mi
Biting Goat	3.3	307 ft	Moderate	1 h 01 min · 29 mi
Boundary Trail	6.1	81 ft	Moderate	14 min · 9 mi
Nelson/blacktail	1.3	490 ft	Easy	1 h 33 min · 38 mi
Mt Baldy	1.6	448 ft	Easy	1 h 06 min · 37 mi
Little Kelly Canyon Trail	1.0	521 ft	Easy	42 min · 26 mi
Burnout Rd.	5.2	113 ft	Easy	51 min · 37 mi
Menan Butte Rim Trail	2.0	296 ft	Easy	44 min · 30 mi
Rodeo	2.2	262 ft	Easy	1 h 02 min · 33 mi
Antelope Creek	1.4	317 ft	Easy	1 h 09 min · 38 mi
Skyline	1.8	256 ft	Easy	1 h 08 min · 32 mi
Mud Lake Roberts	5.0	123 ft	Easy	1 h 12 min · 34 mi
Lava Rd	4.1	84 ft	Easy	43 min · 19 mi

Quick picks near Idaho Falls

Easy and short: Nelson/blacktail — 1.3 mi, rated easy, 25 mi from town
Biggest climb: Stinking Springs — 1,529 ft over 3.7 mi, 21 mi from town
Longest: US Highway 26 — 70.5 mi, 16 mi from town

What the trails reach

Summits: Leaning Fir to Kelly Mountain; South Fork Snake to Table Rock; Menan Butte Rim Trail to Menan Buttes; East Wasteland Rd. to Mollys Nipple

Rock formations: Kelly Canyon to Blanche Rock; Little Kelly Canyon Trail to Blanche Rock

Springs: Stinking Springs to Stinking Spring; Sidewinder to Stinking Spring; East Springs Rd. to East Springs

Nearby towns: Blackfoot (26 mi) · Rexburg (26 mi) · Pocatello (48 mi) · Jackson (63 mi)

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