Hiking trails near Keene, New Hampshire

236 official trails lie within 25 miles of Keene — 640 miles in total, 151 rated easy and 20 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 1,787 ft; the median trail gains 341 ft.

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24 trails worth the drive

Trail	Miles	Climb	Difficulty	From town
Monadnock-Sunapee Greenway	41.6	1,509 ft	Expert	13 mi
Wapack Trail	15.0	829 ft	Expert	23 mi
Metacomet-Monadnock Trail	15.7	913 ft	Expert	12 mi
(closed)	5.0	828 ft	Expert	23 mi
Wantastiquet Mountain Trail	4.5	1,078 ft	Hard	14 mi
Pumpelly Trail	4.0	1,674 ft	Hard	12 mi
Cheshire Rec. Rail Trail	31.2	758 ft	Hard	11 mi
Dublin Path	2.1	1,660 ft	Moderate	12 mi
White Dot Trail	1.8	1,787 ft	Hard	13 mi
Hedgehog Ridge Trail	4.5	525 ft	Hard	23 mi
Marlboro Trail	1.7	1,696 ft	Hard	11 mi
Ted's Trail	2.9	1,178 ft	Moderate	23 mi
Monadnock Sunapee Trail	3.5	876 ft	Moderate	21 mi
Prospect Hill Loop	4.6	445 ft	Moderate	14 mi
Carolyn's Trail	2.0	1,186 ft	Moderate	23 mi
Old Chesterfield Road	5.8	385 ft	Moderate	11 mi
Summit East Trail	2.0	997 ft	Moderate	23 mi
Ridge Trail	3.6	457 ft	Moderate	25 mi
Kilburn Loop	5.1	445 ft	Moderate	11 mi
Inactive RR	19.2	240 ft	Moderate	4 mi
White Cross Trail	1.2	1,188 ft	Hard	13 mi
Pisgah Ridge Trail	3.1	438 ft	Moderate	11 mi
Hinsdale Snowmobile Trail (approx location)	2.6	627 ft	Moderate	12 mi
Reservoir Trail	4.7	299 ft	Moderate	9 mi

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