Hiking trails near Ann Arbor, Michigan

154 official trails lie within 25 miles of Ann Arbor — 488 miles in total, 125 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 219 ft; the median trail gains 60 ft.

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24 trails worth the drive

Trail	Miles	Climb	Difficulty	From town
Waterloo Rec. Area Equestrian Trail	19.4	219 ft	Expert	23 mi
Brighton Rec Area Equestrian Trail	14.8	171 ft	Expert	17 mi
Pinckney Rec. Area Equestrian Trail	11.3	125 ft	Expert	17 mi
Pinckney Rec. Area - Potawatomi Trail	12.0	132 ft	Hard	18 mi
Brighton Rec. Area - Murray Lake Trail	11.2	56 ft	Hard	17 mi
Proud Lake Rec. Area Equestrian Trail	7.5	176 ft	Hard	21 mi
Unnamed trail	7.7	119 ft	Hard	19 mi
Highland Rec. Area Equestrian Trail	6.0	174 ft	Moderate	24 mi
Highland Rec. Area - Bike Trail B	5.7	140 ft	Moderate	25 mi
Maybury State Park ? Mountain Biking Trail	6.7	116 ft	Moderate	15 mi
Border To Border Trail Huron River Greenway	12.2	148 ft	Moderate	10 mi
Pinckney Waterloo Pinckney Trail And Pinckney Potawatomi Trail	6.0	83 ft	Moderate	15 mi
Pinckney Rec. Area - Waterloo-pinckney Trail;pinckney Rec. Area - Potawatomi Trail	5.6	83 ft	Moderate	15 mi
Maybury State Park Equestrian Trail	8.0	113 ft	Moderate	16 mi
Brighton Murray Lake Trail	6.5	51 ft	Moderate	16 mi
Island Lake Rec. Area - Blue Trail	8.4	60 ft	Moderate	16 mi
Pinckney Waterloo-Pinckney Trail	5.6	129 ft	Moderate	18 mi
Brighton Torn Shirt Mountain Bike Trail	5.5	76 ft	Moderate	16 mi
Milford Mountain Bike Trail	6.4	80 ft	Moderate	22 mi
Maybury State Park - Hiking Trail	6.1	90 ft	Moderate	14 mi
Waterloo Rec. Area - Waterloo-pinckney Hiking Trail	4.4	144 ft	Moderate	18 mi
Brighton Penosha Trail	4.8	160 ft	Moderate	16 mi
Brighton Rec. Area - Penosha Trail	4.8	160 ft	Moderate	16 mi
Unknown	8.8	93 ft	Moderate	22 mi

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