Hiking trails near Annapolis, Maryland

82 official trails lie within 25 miles of Annapolis — 163 miles in total, 74 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 316 ft; the median trail gains 89 ft.

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24 trails worth the drive

Trail	Miles	Climb	Difficulty	From town
Perimeter Trail	9.3	155 ft	Hard	21 mi
Social Trail	4.4	166 ft	Moderate	20 mi
Cascade	2.9	316 ft	Moderate	22 mi
Yellow-Loop	5.8	101 ft	Moderate	18 mi
Gray's Mill Trail	3.3	238 ft	Moderate	24 mi
Ridge	2.6	250 ft	Moderate	23 mi
Santee Trail	2.7	196 ft	Easy	22 mi
Soapstone	2.5	217 ft	Easy	22 mi
Red Loop	4.0	117 ft	Easy	19 mi
Box Turtle Trail (purple)	2.5	124 ft	Easy	6 mi
Buzzards Rock	1.4	235 ft	Easy	24 mi
Wolf Trail Loop (orange)	2.8	102 ft	Easy	7 mi
Valley View	1.5	229 ft	Easy	21 mi
Morning Choice	2.1	131 ft	Easy	21 mi
Wild Turkey Way	3.6	88 ft	Easy	18 mi
Vineyard Springs	1.1	276 ft	Easy	22 mi
South Road	2.4	115 ft	Easy	18 mi
Honeysuckle Through Route	1.8	114 ft	Easy	5 mi
Bloede Dam Trail	1.2	202 ft	Easy	23 mi
Thru Trail (yellow)	1.6	118 ft	Easy	7 mi
Broad Creek Trail Loop (Orange)	1.6	103 ft	Easy	3 mi
Old Sow Trail Loop (red)	1.6	95 ft	Easy	8 mi
Critical Area Driving Tour	3.9	60 ft	Easy	20 mi
Viper Trail	2.0	94 ft	Easy	24 mi

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