Hiking trails near Rochester, New York

80 official trails lie within 25 miles of Rochester — 182 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 375 ft; the median trail gains 45 ft.

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24 trails worth the drive

Trail	Miles	Climb	Difficulty	Drive from town
Crescent Trail (Orange Blazes)	6.3	375 ft	Hard	24 min · 16 mi
Seneca Trail	3.8	155 ft	Moderate	40 min · 24 mi
Honeoye Creek North Access Trail	2.4	215 ft	Easy	56 min · 29 mi
Route 390 Trail	5.0	178 ft	Easy	10 min · 6 mi
Erie Canalway Trail	4.7	45 ft	Easy	15 min · 6 mi
Genesee Riverway Trail	2.3	157 ft	Easy	7 min · 3 mi
White Trail (Lucien Morin Park)	2.1	110 ft	Easy	13 min · 6 mi
Leastman Trail	2.4	119 ft	Easy	11 min · 5 mi
Irondequoit Lakeside Trail	4.0	103 ft	Easy	16 min · 8 mi
White Trail (Abraham Lincoln Park)	1.3	150 ft	Easy	12 min · 6 mi
Blue Trail (Irondequoit Bay Park West)	1.6	143 ft	Easy	10 min · 5 mi
Crescent Trail (Yellow Blazes)	1.3	167 ft	Easy	23 min · 14 mi
Creek Trail	3.2	71 ft	Easy	25 min · 15 mi
The Seneca Trail	1.2	107 ft	Easy	30 min · 20 mi
Blue Trail (Lucien Morin Park)	1.3	93 ft	Easy	10 min · 5 mi
Hatchery Trail	1.2	112 ft	Easy	22 min · 14 mi
Coyote Den Trail	1.1	154 ft	Easy	13 min · 7 mi
Fishermans Trail	1.6	82 ft	Easy	40 min · 24 mi
Twin Cedars	1.4	60 ft	Easy	35 min · 22 mi
Red Trail (Whiting Road Nature Preserve)	1.3	77 ft	Easy	22 min · 11 mi
Perimeter Trail (Yellow)	2.5	45 ft	Easy	42 min · 26 mi
Wetland Trail	2.2	44 ft	Easy	25 min · 15 mi
Powder Horn Trail	1.3	50 ft	Easy	25 min · 15 mi
LOSP Trail	2.7	45 ft	Easy	17 min · 10 mi

Quick picks near Rochester

Easy and short: Honeoye Creek North Access Trail — 2.4 mi, rated easy, 24 mi from town
Biggest climb: Crescent Trail (Orange Blazes) — 375 ft over 6.3 mi, 13 mi from town

What the trails reach

Waterfalls: Genesee Riverway Trail to Middle Falls

Summits: Honeoye Creek North Access Trail to Allens Hill

Lakes: Seneca Trail to Fairport Reservoirs; Hatchery Trail to Lake Lacoma; Fishermans Trail to Fairport Reservoirs; Durand Lake Trail to Durand Lake

Viewpoints: Eastman Lake Trail to Owen's Point

Nearby towns: Geneseo (27 mi) · Batavia (31 mi) · Geneva (38 mi) · Lockport (54 mi)

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