Hiking trails near Albany, New York

141 official trails lie within 25 miles of Albany — 257 miles in total, 130 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 918 ft; the median trail gains 111 ft.

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24 trails worth the drive

Trail	Miles	Climb	Difficulty	From town
Taconic Crest Trail	5.4	702 ft	Hard	25 mi
Mohawk Hudson Trail	20.0	276 ft	Moderate	13 mi
Mattison Hollow trail (yellow)	2.6	918 ft	Moderate	23 mi
Old Eastern Turnpike	3.4	330 ft	Moderate	16 mi
North rim trail (red)	2.4	498 ft	Moderate	17 mi
Yellow Trail	2.3	547 ft	Moderate	20 mi
Long Path	2.3	544 ft	Moderate	13 mi
Escarpment	2.4	174 ft	Moderate	11 mi
White Trail	2.4	475 ft	Moderate	23 mi
Whoop-de Do Trail (white)	1.8	577 ft	Easy	20 mi
Zig Zag	2.6	363 ft	Easy	20 mi
Ward Hollow trail	1.3	674 ft	Easy	20 mi
South Rim Trail (red)	2.0	427 ft	Easy	17 mi
New York Long Path	2.1	323 ft	Easy	23 mi
New York State Snowmobile Secondary 71	1.8	416 ft	Easy	24 mi
New York State Snowmobile Corridor 7B	1.5	483 ft	Easy	24 mi
Wilkinson National Recreation Trail	3.2	227 ft	Easy	25 mi
Long Path (Aqua Green)	1.1	538 ft	Easy	12 mi
David Hunt Trail (Yellow)	1.6	373 ft	Easy	16 mi
Loop 3	2.5	247 ft	Easy	21 mi
old trail	1.3	375 ft	Easy	24 mi
Highpoint Trail (red)	1.9	289 ft	Easy	18 mi
Knuckle	1.6	274 ft	Easy	20 mi
Orange Trail	2.1	269 ft	Easy	12 mi

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