Hiking trails near Chapel Hill, North Carolina

139 official trails lie within 25 miles of Chapel Hill — 296 miles in total, 128 rated easy and 2 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 313 ft; the median trail gains 75 ft.

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24 trails worth the drive

Trail	Miles	Climb	Difficulty	From town
New Light Trail	7.3	133 ft	Hard	22 mi
Mountain Bike Trail - South loop	7.4	124 ft	Hard	21 mi
New Hope Trail	5.0	148 ft	Moderate	17 mi
Company Mill Trail	4.9	212 ft	Moderate	17 mi
Sycamore Trail	5.0	199 ft	Moderate	17 mi
Falls Lake Trail	8.6	73 ft	Moderate	15 mi
Pioneer Camp Trail (purple)	3.5	189 ft	Moderate	21 mi
Bridle Trail	4.5	81 ft	Moderate	23 mi
Loblolly Trail	3.2	173 ft	Moderate	18 mi
Holden Mill Trail	2.3	248 ft	Easy	11 mi
Cox Mountain Trail	2.8	267 ft	Easy	10 mi
Occoneechee Mt. Loop Trail	2.4	245 ft	Easy	10 mi
Lark Loop (yellow)	2.6	313 ft	Easy	22 mi
Reedy Creek Trail	3.7	224 ft	Easy	16 mi
N. Turkey Creek Trail	2.6	203 ft	Easy	19 mi
Occoneechee Loop	3.0	112 ft	Easy	2 mi
Northern Approach Trail (orange)	2.2	291 ft	Easy	21 mi
Laurel Bluffs Trail	2.7	98 ft	Easy	8 mi
Wormhole	3.3	127 ft	Easy	2 mi
Crow Branch Overlook Loop	3.4	61 ft	Easy	2 mi
High Side to Castor Creek	3.1	90 ft	Easy	22 mi
286 Inner Trail	3.4	86 ft	Easy	16 mi
New Hope Creek Trail North	3.7	132 ft	Easy	4 mi
Regency Trails	2.8	85 ft	Easy	19 mi

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