Hiking trails near Syracuse, New York

73 official trails lie within 25 miles of Syracuse — 194 miles in total, 62 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 771 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 · 29 mi
Main Trail (Highland Forest)	5.0	369 ft	Moderate	45 min · 24 mi
Flt - O1 Morgan Hill Sf South	3.7	641 ft	Moderate	31 min · 22 mi
Flt - O2 Highland County Forest	4.3	510 ft	Moderate	40 min · 24 mi
Oneida Rail Trail	11.1	51 ft	Moderate	41 min · 27 mi
Onondaga Trail	3.2	520 ft	Moderate	37 min · 22 mi
Skyline Trail	2.0	771 ft	Moderate	33 min · 21 mi
Lehigh Valley Railroad (Link Trail)	4.5	413 ft	Moderate	39 min · 21 mi
Flt - O1 Ny 13 To Morgan Hill Sf	2.1	672 ft	Moderate	42 min · 30 mi
Link Trail	3.1	413 ft	Moderate	36 min · 21 mi
Flt - O1 Morgan Hill Sf To Bardeen Rd	2.2	411 ft	Moderate	37 min · 22 mi
Flt - O2 Deruyter Sf To Webber Rd	1.8	532 ft	Easy	50 min · 28 mi
Deer Run Trail	2.1	246 ft	Easy	16 min · 9 mi
Yellow Trail (Morgan Hill State Forest)	1.9	432 ft	Easy	50 min · 26 mi
Yellow Single Track Multipurpose Trail	1.8	348 ft	Easy	43 min · 25 mi
Flt - O2 E Lake Rd To Deruyter Sf	1.1	474 ft	Easy	41 min · 26 mi
Flt - O1 Morgan Hill Sf - North	2.4	171 ft	Easy	41 min · 24 mi
Y6	1.7	222 ft	Easy	1 h 03 min · 40 mi
Rolling Hills	1.7	222 ft	Easy	26 min · 12 mi
Gorge Trail - Link Trail	2.4	152 ft	Easy	37 min · 23 mi
Flt - Tioughnioga Wildlife Management Area (Link Trail)	1.4	267 ft	Easy	53 min · 29 mi
Spruce Ridge	1.9	206 ft	Easy	25 min · 11 mi
Boundary Trail	1.6	195 ft	Easy	24 min · 13 mi
Erie Canalway Trail	4.1	100 ft	Easy	19 min · 12 mi

Quick picks near Syracuse

Easy and short: Flt - O2 Deruyter Sf To Webber Rd — 1.8 mi, rated easy, 21 mi from town
Biggest climb: Skyline Trail — 771 ft over 2.0 mi, 19 mi from town
Longest: Old Erie Canalway — 17.3 mi, 5 mi from town

What the trails reach

Waterfalls: Flt - O1 Morgan Hill Sf South to Tinker Falls

Summits: Lehigh Valley Trail to Muller Hill; Main Trail (Highland Forest) to Arab Hill; Flt - O1 Morgan Hill Sf South to Morgan Hill; Onondaga Trail to Fellows Hill

Lakes: Old Erie Canalway to Cedar Bay; Old Growth Trail to Round Lake; Green Lake Trail to Green Lake

Nearby towns: Auburn (23 mi) · Fulton (24 mi) · Oneida (24 mi) · Geneva (44 mi)

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