Hiking trails near Detroit, Michigan

80 official trails lie within 25 miles of Detroit — 340 miles in total, 76 rated easy and 0 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 411 ft; the median trail gains 32 ft.

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24 trails worth the drive

Trail	Miles	Climb	Difficulty	From town
Maybury State Park ? Mountain Biking Trail	6.7	116 ft	Moderate	21 mi
Maybury State Park Equestrian Trail	8.0	113 ft	Moderate	21 mi
Maybury State Park - Hiking Trail	6.1	90 ft	Moderate	22 mi
Clinton River Trail	83.2	411 ft	Moderate	20 mi
Iron Belle Trail	18.2	35 ft	Easy	10 mi
Paint Creek Trail	6.5	168 ft	Easy	22 mi
Maybury State Park - Paved Trail	4.3	107 ft	Easy	21 mi
Roller Coaster	2.8	102 ft	Easy	23 mi
West Bloomfield Trail Development	7.1	57 ft	Easy	20 mi
Trolly Trails	2.5	76 ft	Easy	23 mi
Maybury Paved Bicycle	3.1	104 ft	Easy	23 mi
Back Nine	1.9	52 ft	Easy	23 mi
IBT Downriver Linked Greenways Huron Clinton Metroparks To Flat Rock	4.4	46 ft	Easy	21 mi
Bee Line	1.9	75 ft	Easy	24 mi
Unnamed trail	7.9	27 ft	Easy	20 mi
Great Lake to Lake Trail	5.4	37 ft	Easy	21 mi
Proud Lake-Hickory Glen Connector	1.9	65 ft	Easy	25 mi
Belle Isle Trail_Iron Belle Trail	6.3	27 ft	Easy	6 mi
Witherspoon Woods Trail	1.1	67 ft	Easy	17 mi
Hiking Trail	1.6	74 ft	Easy	18 mi
Beach	1.7	70 ft	Easy	24 mi
Belle Isle State Park Trail	6.3	27 ft	Easy	6 mi
Rouge Park MTB Trail	2.1	28 ft	Easy	8 mi
W.B. Woods Nature Preserve Trail	1.2	58 ft	Easy	19 mi

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