Hiking trails near Springfield, Missouri

60 official trails lie within 25 miles of Springfield — 120 miles in total, 57 rated easy and 1 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 390 ft; the median trail gains 182 ft.

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24 trails worth the drive

Trail	Miles	Climb	Difficulty	From town
Chadwick 113	6.8	355 ft	Hard	23 mi
Chadwick 101	5.1	390 ft	Moderate	23 mi
Busiek Yellow Trail	3.8	249 ft	Moderate	23 mi
Chadwick 126	3.0	345 ft	Easy	23 mi
Boundary Trail	2.1	182 ft	Easy	14 mi
Busiek Purple Trail	2.6	319 ft	Easy	23 mi
Chadwick 115	2.4	303 ft	Easy	25 mi
Osage Orange	3.9	138 ft	Easy	7 mi
Busiek Orange Trail	2.7	275 ft	Easy	22 mi
Busiek White Trail	2.5	309 ft	Easy	23 mi
Chadwick 122	2.6	246 ft	Easy	23 mi
Outsider	3.1	185 ft	Easy	7 mi
Liberty Loop	4.8	65 ft	Easy	10 mi
Oak-Hickory Trail	2.3	144 ft	Easy	14 mi
Chadwick 104	1.5	347 ft	Easy	24 mi
Manley Uplands Trail	2.5	166 ft	Easy	8 mi
Busiek Red Trail	2.7	211 ft	Easy	23 mi
Chadwick 108	1.6	314 ft	Easy	23 mi
Chadwick 124	1.4	338 ft	Easy	23 mi
Chadwick 127	1.5	295 ft	Easy	22 mi
Chadwick 128	1.2	336 ft	Easy	22 mi
Chadwick 121	1.5	284 ft	Easy	23 mi
Chadwick 122C	1.1	334 ft	Easy	24 mi
Chadwick 120	1.5	271 ft	Easy	23 mi

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