Hiking trails near Oneonta, New York

41 official trails lie within 25 miles of Oneonta — 94 miles in total, 28 rated easy and 3 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 959 ft; the median trail gains 244 ft.

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24 trails worth the drive

Trail	Miles	Climb	Difficulty	Drive from town
Finger Lakes Trail	4.2	672 ft	Hard	46 min · 35 mi
Mud Lake	4.9	687 ft	Hard	18 min · 10 mi
"Box Of Rocks" Enduro	2.5	959 ft	Moderate	1 h 03 min · 34 mi
Gribley Trail	3.0	643 ft	Moderate	35 min · 22 mi
Plattekill Turnpike Bike Trail	2.4	902 ft	Moderate	1 h 20 min · 43 mi
Quarry Trail	1.9	915 ft	Moderate	40 min · 24 mi
Basswood Pond Trail	4.0	184 ft	Moderate	53 min · 30 mi
Bramley Summit Trail	1.6	903 ft	Moderate	40 min · 24 mi
Horse Trail 15 (Charles E. Baker State Forest)	2.8	267 ft	Moderate	59 min · 32 mi
State Forest Truck Trail	2.5	393 ft	Easy	47 min · 32 mi
Blue Trail	2.2	451 ft	Easy	17 min · 9 mi
Andy's Trail	2.8	189 ft	Easy	46 min · 25 mi
cross country ski trail	1.9	243 ft	Easy	1 h 30 min · 49 mi
Horse Trail 14 (Charles E. Baker State Forest)	1.7	251 ft	Easy	58 min · 31 mi
Lower Meadow Loop	1.9	213 ft	Easy	56 min · 36 mi
Ski Trail #1 (Clapper Hollow State Forest)	1.5	292 ft	Easy	56 min · 27 mi
Jacy Henderson Memorial Trail	1.2	244 ft	Easy	26 min · 12 mi
Bullet Hole Spur	1.2	253 ft	Easy	54 min · 35 mi
Star Field Trail	1.8	164 ft	Easy	42 min · 25 mi
Widow Maker	1.0	302 ft	Easy	7 min · 2 mi
Lower Glenwood	1.3	254 ft	Easy	7 min · 2 mi
Blood Sweat and Tears North	1.3	137 ft	Easy	6 min · 1 mi
Twin Fawns Trail	1.8	90 ft	Easy	30 min · 13 mi
Spring Pond Trail	1.4	126 ft	Easy	37 min · 16 mi

Quick picks near Oneonta

Easy and short: State Forest Truck Trail — 2.5 mi, rated easy, 24 mi from town
Biggest climb: "Box Of Rocks" Enduro — 959 ft over 2.5 mi, 25 mi from town

What the trails reach

Summits: Quarry Trail to Bramley Mountain; Bramley Summit Trail to Bramley Mountain; Bullet Hole Spur to Hemlock Knoll; Star Field Trail to Bliss Round Top

Lakes: Mud Lake to Mud Lake; Blue Trail to Mud Lake; Twin Fawns Trail to Lake of the Twin Fawns; Emmons Pond Bog Trail to Emmons Pond

Viewpoints: Lower Meadow Loop to Palmer Hill Outlook

Trail guides near Oneonta

Sherrill and North Dome Herd Path — 3.9 mi, 2,047 ft climb · 39 mi away

Nearby towns: Norwich (24 mi) · Utica (45 mi) · Liberty (48 mi) · Binghamton (49 mi)

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