Hiking trails near Hudson, New York

148 official trails lie within 25 miles of Hudson — 314 miles in total, 104 rated easy and 13 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 2,180 ft; the median trail gains 184 ft.

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24 trails worth the drive

Trail	Miles	Climb	Difficulty	Drive from town
Devil's Path	10.9	1,868 ft	Expert	46 min · 23 mi
Escarpment Trail	17.6	2,170 ft	Expert	47 min · 24 mi
South Taconic Trail Extension	6.6	1,104 ft	Hard	45 min · 29 mi
Black Dome Range Trail	4.0	1,883 ft	Hard	54 min · 32 mi
Blackhead Range Trail	3.9	1,868 ft	Hard	54 min · 32 mi
Long Path	6.3	1,143 ft	Hard	47 min · 24 mi
Long Path Hiking Trail	5.6	1,019 ft	Hard	48 min · 30 mi
South Taconic Trail	3.6	1,516 ft	Hard	36 min · 22 mi
Becker Hollow Trail	2.0	2,180 ft	Hard	45 min · 26 mi
Sleepy Hollow	3.3	1,365 ft	Hard	31 min · 16 mi
Harding Road Trail	2.8	1,538 ft	Moderate	28 min · 16 mi
Poet's Ledge Trail	2.5	1,070 ft	Moderate	29 min · 16 mi
Overlook Spur Trail	2.2	1,381 ft	Moderate	53 min · 32 mi
Stoppel Point Trail (red)	1.6	1,561 ft	Hard	40 min · 20 mi
Dutcher Notch Trail	1.8	1,402 ft	Moderate	39 min · 19 mi
Jockey Hill Bicycle Trail	5.3	364 ft	Moderate	54 min · 31 mi
Overlook Trail	3.6	757 ft	Moderate	46 min · 23 mi
Old Fenwick Railroad Bed	1.2	1,511 ft	Hard	50 min · 29 mi
Mink Hollow Trail	2.4	1,077 ft	Moderate	1 h 06 min · 37 mi
Kaaterskill High Peak Trail	6.4	436 ft	Moderate	38 min · 21 mi
Black Dome Mountain Trail	1.7	1,202 ft	Moderate	1 h 00 min · 35 mi
Father Loop Trail	3.6	501 ft	Moderate	47 min · 27 mi
Rip's Ledge trail	2.8	759 ft	Moderate	36 min · 18 mi
Ashley Hill Trail	3.4	607 ft	Moderate	53 min · 28 mi

Quick picks near Hudson

Easy and short: Cedar Brook (Blue) Trail — 1.3 mi, rated easy, 17 mi from town
Biggest climb: Becker Hollow Trail — 2,180 ft over 2.0 mi, 22 mi from town
Longest: Escarpment Trail — 17.6 mi, 13 mi from town

What the trails reach

Waterfalls: Long Path to Buttermilk Falls; II Won Trail (Yellow) to Buttermilk Falls

Summits: Devil's Path to Indian Head Mountain; Escarpment Trail to Windham High Peak; Black Dome Range Trail to Black Dome; Blackhead Range Trail to Black Dome

Lakes: Devil's Path to Notch Lake; Colgate Lake Trail To Dutcher Notch to Colgate Lake; Lakeview Trail to Lake Taghkanic; No Bottom Pond Loop (red) to No Bottom Pond

Viewpoints: Devil's Path to Sherman's Lookout; Escarpment Trail to Artists Rock; Black Dome Range Trail to Camel's Hump overlook; Blackhead Range Trail to Camel's Hump overlook

Mountain passes: Devil's Path to Pecoy Notch; Long Path Hiking Trail to Jennie Notch; Pecoy Notch Trail to Pecoy Notch

Trail guides near Hudson

Warner Creek Trail — 9.7 mi, 2,356 ft climb · 28 mi away
Mount Pleasant-Romer Mountain — 7.8 mi, 1,926 ft climb · 30 mi away
Sherrill and North Dome Herd Path — 3.9 mi, 2,047 ft climb · 32 mi away
Burroughs Range Trail-Wittenberg-Cornell — 7.8 mi, 2,412 ft climb · 33 mi away
Pine Hill West Branch Trail — 10.7 mi, 1,604 ft climb · 40 mi away
Pine Hill - West Branch Trail — 13.0 mi, 1,538 ft climb · 40 mi away

Nearby towns: Albany (28 mi) · Pittsfield (30 mi) · Poughkeepsie (39 mi) · Amsterdam (52 mi)

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