Hiking trails near Springfield, Massachusetts

193 official trails lie within 25 miles of Springfield — 449 miles in total, 173 rated easy and 4 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 1,407 ft; the median trail gains 166 ft.

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24 trails worth the drive

Trail	Miles	Climb	Difficulty	From town
New England National Scenic Trail	18.6	1,082 ft	Expert	11 mi
Mass Central	15.0	282 ft	Hard	14 mi
Peaked Mountain	2.7	482 ft	Moderate	11 mi
Norwottuck Rail Trail	19.9	156 ft	Moderate	17 mi
Border Trail	3.3	407 ft	Moderate	17 mi
Robert Frost Trail (Orange)	2.2	621 ft	Moderate	24 mi
Unnamed trail	2.5	616 ft	Moderate	16 mi
Williamsburg/Burghy Bikeway	4.3	258 ft	Moderate	21 mi
Metacomet - Monadnock And Robert Frost Trails	1.5	466 ft	Moderate	14 mi
AT&T Right of Way	1.1	779 ft	Moderate	23 mi
Metacomet - Monadnock Trail	1.4	580 ft	Easy	11 mi
Southwick Rail Trail	12.3	79 ft	Moderate	13 mi
Grand Trunk Trail/Titanic RR	3.5	152 ft	Moderate	23 mi
Seven Ridges Trail	2.4	382 ft	Easy	23 mi
Shatterack Path (White)	1.0	740 ft	Moderate	17 mi
Ireland Street Branch	1.6	510 ft	Easy	24 mi
Huntington Road	1.9	400 ft	Easy	20 mi
Griffin Brook Road	1.5	491 ft	Easy	24 mi
Hen Hawk Trail	1.7	449 ft	Easy	24 mi
Pipeline	2.1	397 ft	Easy	22 mi
Ore Hill Trail	1.6	475 ft	Easy	21 mi
White Trail	2.4	219 ft	Easy	15 mi
Observation Tower Trail	1.4	491 ft	Easy	16 mi
Goat Rock Trail	1.2	383 ft	Moderate	7 mi

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