Hiking trails near Lowell, Massachusetts

258 official trails lie within 25 miles of Lowell — 648 miles in total, 235 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 485 ft; the median trail gains 58 ft.

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24 trails worth the drive

Trail	Miles	Climb	Difficulty	From town
Ward Reservation	9.2	225 ft	Expert	11 mi
Bay Circuit Trail	21.9	485 ft	Hard	15 mi
Essex Railroad Rail Trail	18.6	225 ft	Hard	21 mi
Assabet River Rail Trail	12.2	293 ft	Hard	14 mi
Mass Central/Wayside Rail Trail	24.2	329 ft	Hard	18 mi
Flat Rock Wildlife Sanctuary	4.7	315 ft	Moderate	25 mi
Mason NH Rail Trail ext.	9.6	201 ft	Moderate	16 mi
Oak Hill	3.1	192 ft	Moderate	13 mi
Hunnewell Town Forest	3.3	180 ft	Moderate	24 mi
Bruce Freeman	30.7	89 ft	Moderate	20 mi
Coggshall Park	3.2	133 ft	Moderate	25 mi
Rock Circuit Trail	3.6	144 ft	Moderate	18 mi
Weir Hill	3.2	190 ft	Moderate	12 mi
Friends' Trail (Yellow)	2.5	380 ft	Moderate	23 mi
Flagghilltrails	3.2	201 ft	Moderate	16 mi
Minuteman Bikeway	8.6	182 ft	Moderate	18 mi
Nashua River Rail Trail	11.3	122 ft	Moderate	12 mi
Unnamed trail	5.5	87 ft	Moderate	23 mi
East Boston Camps	3.0	63 ft	Moderate	7 mi
Border-To-Boston	5.7	50 ft	Easy	18 mi
Battle Road Trail (multi-purpose recreational path)	5.1	127 ft	Easy	12 mi
Bike-To-The-Sea	9.6	41 ft	Easy	22 mi
h2w	1.9	286 ft	Easy	18 mi
Yankee Doodle Bikeway	4.9	140 ft	Easy	8 mi

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