Hiking trails near Rockford, Illinois

34 official trails lie within 25 miles of Rockford — 56 miles in total, 34 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 60 ft.

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18 trails worth the drive

Trail	Miles	Climb	Difficulty	From town
Red Trail	3.0	97 ft	Easy	7 mi
Heather Valley Trail	1.8	123 ft	Easy	25 mi
Green Trail	1.9	109 ft	Easy	17 mi
Black Hawk Trail	1.3	182 ft	Easy	20 mi
Orange Trail	2.0	117 ft	Easy	18 mi
Cemetery Loop	1.5	136 ft	Easy	19 mi
Wildlife Viewing Trail	1.3	162 ft	Easy	24 mi
Huskie Trail	2.5	60 ft	Easy	8 mi
Blue Trail	2.0	81 ft	Easy	15 mi
Hall Creek Loop	2.1	83 ft	Easy	8 mi
Bald Hill Loop	1.3	106 ft	Easy	19 mi
Bluff Loop	1.0	83 ft	Easy	8 mi
The Kishwaukee Gorge Trail	1.2	57 ft	Easy	5 mi
Prairie South Trail	1.4	52 ft	Easy	15 mi
Black Trail	1.0	57 ft	Easy	7 mi
Blue Path	2.2	15 ft	Easy	6 mi
Orange Path	1.5	25 ft	Easy	7 mi
Green Path	1.9	10 ft	Easy	6 mi

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