Hiking trails near Ithaca, New York

98 official trails lie within 25 miles of Ithaca — 279 miles in total, 68 rated easy and 11 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 900 ft; the median trail gains 254 ft.

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24 trails worth the drive

Trail	Miles	Climb	Difficulty	From town
Finger Lakes Trail	13.1	900 ft	Expert	11 mi
Flt - Abbott Loop	6.5	558 ft	Hard	9 mi
Catharine Valley Trail	11.1	452 ft	Hard	24 mi
Finger Lakes	4.2	675 ft	Moderate	17 mi
Black Diamond Trail	8.3	455 ft	Moderate	1 mi
Backbone	6.9	334 ft	Moderate	15 mi
Cayuga Trail	5.1	209 ft	Moderate	3 mi
Snowmobile	2.8	594 ft	Moderate	18 mi
Rim Trail	2.1	506 ft	Moderate	4 mi
Finger Lakes / North Country Trail	2.1	550 ft	Moderate	21 mi
Gorge Trail	2.1	425 ft	Moderate	5 mi
North Rim	2.5	499 ft	Moderate	18 mi
Indian Trail	1.3	495 ft	Moderate	20 mi
Interloken	3.9	237 ft	Moderate	16 mi
Red Marker Trail	2.4	429 ft	Easy	9 mi
South Rim	1.6	431 ft	Easy	9 mi
Hammond Hill Track	2.3	356 ft	Easy	11 mi
North Rim Trail	1.4	441 ft	Easy	8 mi
R1	1.4	490 ft	Easy	20 mi
Multi-Use Trail	2.1	329 ft	Easy	9 mi
Y1	1.9	311 ft	Easy	11 mi
G2	1.3	413 ft	Easy	12 mi
Gorge	1.3	357 ft	Easy	18 mi
Horse Trail	3.2	137 ft	Easy	20 mi

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