Hiking trails near Duluth, Minnesota

61 official trails lie within 25 miles of Duluth — 327 miles in total, 52 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 814 ft; the median trail gains 165 ft.

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24 trails worth the drive

Trail	Miles	Climb	Difficulty	From town
C.J. Ramstad/North Shore State Trail	34.1	315 ft	Hard	7 mi
Willard Munger State Trail, Hinkley-Duluth Fire Segment	10.0	496 ft	Hard	4 mi
Superior Hiking Trail	3.9	406 ft	Moderate	7 mi
Spruce Trail	4.7	242 ft	Moderate	12 mi
Alex Laveau Memorial State Trail	9.8	195 ft	Moderate	16 mi
Cloquet-Saginaw State Trail	9.8	172 ft	Moderate	16 mi
St. Louis River	146.6	814 ft	Easy	11 mi
Summer Trail	2.7	228 ft	Moderate	14 mi
Duluth Cross City West Snowmobile Trail	2.4	340 ft	Easy	5 mi
Triangle Trails	2.8	198 ft	Easy	12 mi
Duluth Cross City East Snowmobile Trail	2.3	331 ft	Easy	8 mi
Park Trail	2.3	189 ft	Easy	14 mi
Upper Lake Trail	1.6	237 ft	Easy	13 mi
Bear Chase Trails	1.8	188 ft	Easy	14 mi
Knife River Hiking Trail	2.6	184 ft	Easy	21 mi
Carrol Trail	5.2	89 ft	Easy	24 mi
Silver Creek Trail	2.3	225 ft	Easy	14 mi
North Branch Carrol Trail	4.4	84 ft	Easy	23 mi
Grand Portage Trail	1.2	312 ft	Easy	11 mi
Ogantz Tail	2.1	122 ft	Easy	13 mi
Ohm	3.1	106 ft	Easy	24 mi
East Chester Creek Trail	1.0	304 ft	Easy	3 mi
Thomson Trail	2.1	132 ft	Easy	15 mi
Superior Hiking Trail Spur	1.7	130 ft	Easy	6 mi

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