Hiking trails near Auburn, New York

33 official trails lie within 25 miles of Auburn — 77 miles in total, 31 rated easy and 0 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 594 ft; the median trail gains 56 ft.

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20 trails worth the drive

Trail	Miles	Climb	Difficulty	Drive from town
North Rim	2.5	499 ft	Moderate	36 min · 21 mi
Gorge	1.3	357 ft	Easy	34 min · 21 mi
Y6	1.7	222 ft	Easy	52 min · 24 mi
Boundary Trail	1.6	195 ft	Easy	23 min · 13 mi
Erie Canalway Trail	4.1	100 ft	Easy	31 min · 19 mi
Y1	1.3	130 ft	Easy	48 min · 24 mi
Bike Path	1.1	123 ft	Easy	42 min · 23 mi
Onondaga Creekwalk	2.7	35 ft	Easy	39 min · 28 mi
History Trail	3.1	56 ft	Easy	50 min · 33 mi
R1	1.4	104 ft	Easy	40 min · 21 mi
Lake Loop Trail	2.8	43 ft	Easy	44 min · 26 mi
Clark's Ridge Trail	1.7	56 ft	Easy	25 min · 17 mi
B2	1.1	75 ft	Easy	52 min · 24 mi
Lakefront Trail	2.3	19 ft	Easy	33 min · 25 mi
Lake Shore Trail	1.7	34 ft	Easy	52 min · 34 mi
Main Loop	2.4	22 ft	Easy	21 min · 15 mi
Ludovico Sculpture Trail	1.1	13 ft	Easy	20 min · 16 mi
Blue Heron Loop	1.1	14 ft	Easy	23 min · 17 mi
East Shore Recreation Trail	2.5	7 ft	Easy	42 min · 29 mi
Shoreline Walking Trail	2.2	3 ft	Easy	40 min · 29 mi

Quick picks near Auburn

Easy and short: Gorge — 1.3 mi, rated easy, 18 mi from town
Biggest climb: North Rim — 499 ft over 2.5 mi, 19 mi from town

What the trails reach

Viewpoints: Main Loop to Northern Overlook

Nearby towns: Geneva (22 mi) · Syracuse (23 mi) · Fulton (28 mi) · Ithaca (34 mi)

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