Hiking trails near New Bedford, Massachusetts

117 official trails lie within 25 miles of New Bedford — 300 miles in total, 112 rated easy and 2 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 417 ft; the median trail gains 49 ft.

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24 trails worth the drive

Trail	Miles	Climb	Difficulty	Drive from town
Bay Circuit Trail	53.7	417 ft	Hard	44 min · 31 mi
Energetic Sauce	5.0	133 ft	Hard	50 min · 30 mi
Quequechan River Regional	11.9	110 ft	Moderate	17 min · 13 mi
Falmouth Shining Sea Trail	10.5	59 ft	Moderate	1 h 03 min · 44 mi
Pilgrim Loop	3.6	91 ft	Easy	59 min · 35 mi
Sandwich Service Road Trail	4.0	168 ft	Easy	47 min · 34 mi
Menemsha Hills	2.1	197 ft	Easy	2 h 15 min · 64 mi
The Gem	4.2	76 ft	Moderate	18 min · 9 mi
Old Colony Rail Trail	8.4	91 ft	Easy	37 min · 23 mi
Marion Bike Path to Wareham	7.5	87 ft	Easy	27 min · 17 mi
Rocky Pond Path	3.9	89 ft	Easy	48 min · 27 mi
Cape Cod Canal Bike Paths	6.7	54 ft	Easy	46 min · 32 mi
Frost Pocket Path	4.9	90 ft	Easy	53 min · 33 mi
Crosswinds Trail	1.6	96 ft	Easy	57 min · 34 mi
Bloody Pond CA Trail	2.1	116 ft	Easy	56 min · 37 mi
Partial Serpentine	3.2	54 ft	Easy	20 min · 10 mi
Emery West Red Trail	1.9	80 ft	Easy	47 min · 29 mi
Tank Trail	2.2	43 ft	Easy	52 min · 34 mi
Mattapoisett Multi-Use Trail	4.3	86 ft	Easy	15 min · 8 mi
Parallel Sandwich Trail	2.1	83 ft	Easy	47 min · 35 mi
Gramp'S Loop	1.8	111 ft	Easy	49 min · 28 mi
Leona'S Loop	1.9	108 ft	Easy	48 min · 28 mi
Shining Sea Bikeway	7.0	46 ft	Easy	46 min · 34 mi
Friends Loop	1.6	79 ft	Easy	57 min · 33 mi

Quick picks near New Bedford

Easy and short: Pilgrim Loop — 3.6 mi, rated easy, 23 mi from town
Biggest climb: Bay Circuit Trail — 417 ft over 53.7 mi, 24 mi from town
Longest: Bay Circuit Trail — 53.7 mi, 24 mi from town

What the trails reach

Summits: Bay Circuit Trail to Pierce Hill; Green Trail to Ridge Hill

Lakes: Bay Circuit Trail to Holt Pond; Energetic Sauce to Hathaway Pond; Falmouth Shining Sea Trail to Fresh Pond; Marion Bike Path to Wareham to Tremont Mill Pond

Viewpoints: Menemsha Hills to Great Sand Bank; Cape Cod Canal Bike Paths to 3 Mile Lookout

Beaches: Falmouth Shining Sea Trail to Quissett Beach; Menemsha Hills to Menemsha Hills Reservation Beach; Dead Neck Trail to South Cape Beach

Trail guides near New Bedford

Martha's Vinyard - roadside paths — 1.8 mi, 25 ft climb · 25 mi away
Skyline Trail — 4.4 mi, 415 ft climb · 40 mi away

Nearby towns: Bridgewater Town (21 mi) · Newport (23 mi) · Providence (27 mi) · Barnstable Town (30 mi)

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