Hiking trails near Westminster, Maryland

104 official trails lie within 25 miles of Westminster — 286 miles in total, 81 rated easy and 8 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 1,063 ft; the median trail gains 189 ft.

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24 trails worth the drive

Trail	Miles	Climb	Difficulty	From town
Social Trail	23.2	306 ft	Expert	20 mi
Torrey C Brown Rail Trail	19.9	548 ft	Moderate	20 mi
Thru	7.7	252 ft	Hard	21 mi
Catoctin Trail	4.1	660 ft	Moderate	25 mi
TR-1 Chimney Rock/Wolf Rock Trail	2.5	688 ft	Moderate	24 mi
Bobs Hill	1.6	1,063 ft	Moderate	23 mi
TR-5 Blue Ridge Summit Trail	2.1	629 ft	Moderate	24 mi
Switchback	3.7	214 ft	Moderate	17 mi
Connector Trail	2.9	457 ft	Moderate	20 mi
TR-2 Crows Nest Trail	1.5	563 ft	Easy	23 mi
Upper Ridge Trail	3.0	374 ft	Easy	24 mi
Cat Rock	1.1	701 ft	Moderate	23 mi
Gunpowder South	3.1	185 ft	Moderate	20 mi
Trail Boss Trail	2.6	305 ft	Easy	22 mi
Old Misery	1.4	494 ft	Easy	24 mi
Catoctin Trail (Drg)	2.7	264 ft	Easy	24 mi
Blue Trail	2.7	183 ft	Easy	24 mi
Panther	2.2	308 ft	Easy	19 mi
TR-9 Hog Rock Trail	1.4	467 ft	Easy	24 mi
Merryman's Mill Upper Trail	2.1	238 ft	Easy	23 mi
Boulevard Trail	2.2	174 ft	Easy	4 mi
Gateway Trail	1.1	441 ft	Easy	22 mi
Wood-Marr (HoCo Thru Trail)	2.3	101 ft	Easy	18 mi
Loggers Trail	2.1	233 ft	Easy	18 mi

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