Hiking trails near Freeport, Illinois

26 official trails lie within 25 miles of Freeport — 46 miles in total, 26 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 182 ft; the median trail gains 82 ft.

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24 trails worth the drive

Trail	Miles	Climb	Difficulty	Drive from town
Sweet Gum Trail	3.5	113 ft	Easy	32 min · 19 mi
High Point Trail	2.8	70 ft	Easy	30 min · 19 mi
Red Trail (Seward Bluffs Forest Preserve)	2.0	111 ft	Easy	30 min · 17 mi
Red Trail (Howard Colman Hall Creek Preserve)	3.0	97 ft	Easy	38 min · 28 mi
Green Trail (Sugar River Forest Preserve)	1.9	109 ft	Easy	49 min · 29 mi
Black Hawk Trail	1.3	182 ft	Easy	53 min · 34 mi
Orange Trail (Sugar River Alder Forest Preserve)	2.0	117 ft	Easy	1 h 04 min · 39 mi
Cemetery Loop	1.5	136 ft	Easy	50 min · 27 mi
Whitetail Trail	1.7	98 ft	Easy	33 min · 19 mi
Blue Trail (Pecatonica River Forest Preserve)	2.0	81 ft	Easy	35 min · 21 mi
Jane Addams Trail	3.4	39 ft	Easy	3 min · 1 mi
Hall Creek Loop	2.1	83 ft	Easy	46 min · 29 mi
Bald Hill Loop	1.3	106 ft	Easy	50 min · 27 mi
Sleepy Hollow Trail	1.1	82 ft	Easy	54 min · 30 mi
Green Trail (Seward Bluffs Forest Preserve)	1.7	75 ft	Easy	18 min · 13 mi
Blue Trail (R. Robert Funderburg Forest Preserve)	1.5	74 ft	Easy	38 min · 28 mi
Orange Trail (Seward Bluffs Forest Preserve)	1.7	57 ft	Easy	19 min · 13 mi
Bluff Loop	1.0	83 ft	Easy	46 min · 29 mi
Green Trail (Pecatonica River Forest Preserve)	1.5	81 ft	Easy	37 min · 21 mi
Blue Trail (Sugar River Alder Forest Preserve)	1.1	82 ft	Easy	1 h 04 min · 39 mi
Prairie South Trail	1.4	52 ft	Easy	53 min · 32 mi
Blue Trail (Harry A. & Fanny B. Severson Dells Forest Preserve)	1.4	52 ft	Easy	42 min · 29 mi
Green Trail (R. Robert Funderburg Forest Preserve)	1.1	40 ft	Easy	39 min · 28 mi
Black Trail (R. Robert Funderburg Forest Preserve)	1.0	57 ft	Easy	38 min · 28 mi

Quick picks near Freeport

Easy and short: Sweet Gum Trail — 3.5 mi, rated easy, 14 mi from town

What the trails reach

Lakes: High Point Trail to Lake Le-Aqua-Na

Viewpoints: Sleepy Hollow Trail to Lookout; Green Trail (Pecatonica River Forest Preserve) to Observation Deck

Trail guides near Freeport

Walnut Trail — 3.9 mi, 208 ft climb · 37 mi away

Nearby towns: Rockford (29 mi) · Janesville (42 mi) · DeKalb (52 mi) · Dodgeville (53 mi)

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