Hiking trails near Oneida, New York

86 official trails lie within 25 miles of Oneida — 206 miles in total, 78 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 613 ft; the median trail gains 126 ft.

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24 trails worth the drive

Trail	Miles	Climb	Difficulty	Drive from town
Lehigh Valley Trail	10.2	613 ft	Hard	53 min · 27 mi
Main Trail (Highland Forest)	5.0	369 ft	Moderate	57 min · 31 mi
Flt - O2 Highland County Forest	4.3	510 ft	Moderate	55 min · 33 mi
Oneida Rail Trail	11.1	51 ft	Moderate	9 min · 4 mi
Lehigh Valley Railroad (Link Trail)	4.5	413 ft	Moderate	24 min · 12 mi
Link Trail	3.1	413 ft	Moderate	35 min · 21 mi
Flt - O2 Deruyter Sf To Webber Rd	1.8	532 ft	Easy	54 min · 30 mi
Truck Trail 13	3.2	273 ft	Easy	58 min · 30 mi
Deer Run Trail	2.1	246 ft	Easy	32 min · 18 mi
Erie Canalway Trail	5.3	43 ft	Moderate	40 min · 24 mi
Madison County Link Trail	1.9	256 ft	Easy	1 h 01 min · 33 mi
Horse Trail 6 (Charles E. Baker State Forest)	1.5	288 ft	Easy	1 h 05 min · 31 mi
Yellow Single Track Multipurpose Trail	1.8	348 ft	Easy	1 h 05 min · 35 mi
Flt - O1 Morgan Hill Sf To Bardeen Rd	1.5	369 ft	Easy	55 min · 33 mi
Flt - O2 E Lake Rd To Deruyter Sf	1.1	474 ft	Easy	50 min · 31 mi
Horse Trail 2 (Charles E. Baker State Forest)	1.4	309 ft	Easy	1 h 01 min · 31 mi
Rolling Hills	1.7	222 ft	Easy	38 min · 18 mi
Horse Trail 9 (Charles E. Baker State Forest)	1.3	300 ft	Easy	1 h 00 min · 30 mi
Gorge Trail - Link Trail	2.4	152 ft	Easy	31 min · 18 mi
Horse Trail 30 (Charles E. Baker State Forest)	1.0	351 ft	Easy	54 min · 29 mi
Flt - Tioughnioga Wildlife Management Area (Link Trail)	1.4	267 ft	Easy	53 min · 27 mi
Spruce Ridge	1.9	206 ft	Easy	37 min · 18 mi
Three Springs Truck Trail	1.4	210 ft	Easy	57 min · 33 mi
Truck Trail 12	1.5	165 ft	Easy	59 min · 31 mi

Quick picks near Oneida

Easy and short: Flt - O2 Deruyter Sf To Webber Rd — 1.8 mi, rated easy, 19 mi from town
Biggest climb: Lehigh Valley Trail — 613 ft over 10.2 mi, 16 mi from town
Longest: Old Erie Canalway — 17.3 mi, 19 mi from town

What the trails reach

Summits: Lehigh Valley Trail to Muller Hill; Main Trail (Highland Forest) to Arab Hill; Link Trail to Stone Quarry Hill; Truck Trail 13 to Moscow Hill

Lakes: Old Erie Canalway to Cedar Bay; Old Growth Trail to Round Lake; Yellow Trail to Delta Reservoir; Oneida Mansion House Trail to Sunset Lake

Nearby towns: Utica (23 mi) · Syracuse (24 mi) · Norwich (38 mi) · Fulton (41 mi)

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