Hiking trails near Fitchburg, Massachusetts

246 official trails lie within 25 miles of Fitchburg — 563 miles in total, 217 rated easy and 10 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 692 ft; the median trail gains 103 ft.

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24 trails worth the drive

Trail	Miles	Climb	Difficulty	From town
Midstate Trail	14.2	407 ft	Expert	7 mi
Brooks Woodland Preserve	7.4	293 ft	Hard	20 mi
Mass Central/MCRT	9.8	533 ft	Hard	16 mi
Swift River Reservation	5.1	388 ft	Hard	21 mi
Mass Central/Ware to Hardwick	14.1	248 ft	Hard	23 mi
Assabet River Rail Trail	12.2	293 ft	Hard	21 mi
Mass Central	9.7	203 ft	Hard	15 mi
Ware River Valley Rail Trail	13.0	303 ft	Hard	19 mi
Blackstone River Bikeway	22.8	305 ft	Moderate	24 mi
Flat Rock Wildlife Sanctuary	4.7	315 ft	Moderate	1 mi
North Central Pathway	8.7	192 ft	Moderate	9 mi
Mason NH Rail Trail ext.	9.6	201 ft	Moderate	9 mi
Oak Hill	3.1	192 ft	Moderate	15 mi
Mt. Pisgah	3.1	257 ft	Moderate	18 mi
Bay Circuit Trail	8.4	212 ft	Moderate	22 mi
Coggshall Park	3.2	133 ft	Moderate	3 mi
Crocker Conservation Area	2.2	315 ft	Moderate	1 mi
Tully Trail	2.8	492 ft	Moderate	20 mi
Ware River Trail/Winchendon	6.2	190 ft	Moderate	13 mi
Friends' Trail (Yellow)	2.5	380 ft	Moderate	4 mi
Mass Central Rail Trail	3.0	265 ft	Moderate	19 mi
Ball Hill Trail	3.0	344 ft	Moderate	6 mi
Flagghilltrails	3.2	201 ft	Moderate	18 mi
Unnamed trail	2.8	344 ft	Easy	24 mi

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