39 official trails lie within 25 miles of Grand Rapids — 265 miles in total, 33 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 336 ft; the median trail gains 83 ft.
| Trail | Miles | Climb | Difficulty | From town |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suomi Snowmobile Trail | 18.7 | 238 ft | Hard | 10 mi |
| Marcell South Snowmobile Trail | 10.5 | 181 ft | Hard | 19 mi |
| Mesabi Trail | 84.7 | 336 ft | Moderate | 6 mi |
| Suomi Hills N Trail | 5.1 | 131 ft | Moderate | 17 mi |
| Big Ridge Ski Trail | 5.7 | 129 ft | Moderate | 17 mi |
| Trout Lake Trail | 5.0 | 101 ft | Moderate | 13 mi |
| Alborn-Pengilly Railroad State Trail MS84.029 | 39.3 | 165 ft | Easy | 17 mi |
| Johnson Lake Hwt | 7.0 | 89 ft | Easy | 19 mi |
| Good Vibrations | 3.2 | 117 ft | Easy | 4 mi |
| Soo Line Gia Snowmobile Trail | 29.2 | 70 ft | Easy | 22 mi |
| Suomi Hills Trail S | 3.3 | 82 ft | Easy | 13 mi |
| Suomi Hills Trail Na | 2.7 | 96 ft | Easy | 17 mi |
| Taconite Snowmobile Trail | 3.1 | 62 ft | Easy | 15 mi |
| Hill City Trail | 1.9 | 99 ft | Easy | 18 mi |
| Suomi Hills Trail Sd | 2.1 | 100 ft | Easy | 13 mi |
| Unnamed trail | 3.2 | 81 ft | Easy | 6 mi |
| Suomi Hills Trail Ne | 1.7 | 84 ft | Easy | 15 mi |
| Ruby Slipper | 2.4 | 86 ft | Easy | 4 mi |
| Smith Creek Loop | 2.0 | 99 ft | Easy | 10 mi |
| Wabana Creek Trail | 2.9 | 48 ft | Easy | 12 mi |
| Bloodstone | 1.3 | 109 ft | Easy | 4 mi |
| Nineteen Sixteen | 1.5 | 83 ft | Easy | 4 mi |
| Sugar Lake Hwt | 1.7 | 76 ft | Easy | 17 mi |
| Gears Knob | 1.1 | 123 ft | Easy | 4 mi |
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