Hiking trails near Baltimore, Maryland

184 official trails lie within 25 miles of Baltimore — 407 miles in total, 160 rated easy and 7 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 548 ft; the median trail gains 115 ft.

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24 trails worth the drive

Trail	Miles	Climb	Difficulty	From town
Social Trail	20.7	297 ft	Expert	17 mi
Torrey C Brown Rail Trail	19.9	548 ft	Moderate	14 mi
Thru	7.7	252 ft	Hard	10 mi
Cascade	2.9	316 ft	Moderate	9 mi
Big Gunpowder Trail	8.4	146 ft	Moderate	11 mi
Little Gunpowder	3.0	196 ft	Moderate	17 mi
Switchback	3.7	214 ft	Moderate	16 mi
Gray's Mill Trail	3.3	238 ft	Moderate	9 mi
Morgan Mill Trail	2.7	221 ft	Moderate	11 mi
Ridge	2.6	250 ft	Moderate	8 mi
Gunpowder South	3.1	185 ft	Moderate	21 mi
Boundary Trail	2.7	198 ft	Easy	16 mi
Stocksdale Trail	3.1	302 ft	Easy	13 mi
Blue Trail	2.7	183 ft	Easy	12 mi
Little Gunpowder Trail	3.0	140 ft	Easy	16 mi
Panther	2.2	308 ft	Easy	22 mi
Santee Trail	2.7	196 ft	Easy	8 mi
Soapstone	2.5	217 ft	Easy	7 mi
Jesse's Trail	2.4	265 ft	Easy	16 mi
Lost Pond Trail	3.5	138 ft	Easy	13 mi
Merryman's Mill Upper Trail	2.1	238 ft	Easy	13 mi
Wood-Marr (HoCo Thru Trail)	2.3	101 ft	Easy	14 mi
Box Turtle Trail (purple)	2.5	124 ft	Easy	20 mi
Loggers Trail	2.1	233 ft	Easy	14 mi

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