Hiking trails near Oxford, North Carolina

44 official trails lie within 25 miles of Oxford — 110 miles in total, 38 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 133 ft; the median trail gains 71 ft.

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24 trails worth the drive

Trail	Miles	Climb	Difficulty	Drive from town
New Light Trail	7.3	133 ft	Hard	40 min · 24 mi
WFR Trails	6.0	99 ft	Hard	48 min · 29 mi
Mountain Bike Trail - South loop	7.4	124 ft	Hard	35 min · 22 mi
Falls Lake Trail	8.6	73 ft	Moderate	32 min · 25 mi
Mountain Bike trail - Outer loop	2.7	77 ft	Easy	41 min · 22 mi
Mountain Bike Trail - West loop	2.3	66 ft	Easy	38 min · 22 mi
Wake Forest Reservoir Trail	2.9	44 ft	Easy	49 min · 31 mi
Forest Ridge MTB Trails	2.9	59 ft	Easy	53 min · 32 mi
Long Loop Trail (BW Wells)	1.4	100 ft	Easy	56 min · 33 mi
South River Loop Trail	1.4	77 ft	Easy	57 min · 42 mi
Eagle Trail	1.7	63 ft	Easy	45 min · 34 mi
Tobacco Heritage Trail	2.1	92 ft	Easy	34 min · 20 mi
Shoreline Trail	2.9	44 ft	Easy	52 min · 31 mi
Mountains-to-Sea Trail	2.6	55 ft	Easy	47 min · 35 mi
Justice Loop	1.5	88 ft	Easy	40 min · 24 mi
Fox Trot Trail	1.3	48 ft	Easy	41 min · 22 mi
Ledge Creek Trail	1.3	119 ft	Easy	26 min · 14 mi
Picture Branch Trail	1.0	112 ft	Easy	29 min · 15 mi
Waterfall Loop	1.1	78 ft	Easy	26 min · 14 mi
North River trail	1.2	113 ft	Easy	1 h 03 min · 28 mi
Creedmoor Cross City Trail	1.1	112 ft	Easy	28 min · 17 mi
Mountain Bike trail - Inner loop	1.1	66 ft	Easy	41 min · 22 mi
Beaver Trail	1.2	78 ft	Easy	36 min · 19 mi
Peninsula Trail	1.2	47 ft	Easy	52 min · 31 mi

Quick picks near Oxford

Easy and short: Mountain Bike trail - Outer loop — 2.7 mi, rated easy, 20 mi from town
Longest: Falls Lake Trail — 8.6 mi, 22 mi from town

What the trails reach

Lakes: Mountain Bike Trail - South loop to Spring Valley Lake; Falls Lake Trail to Newcombs Lake; Forest Ridge MTB Trails to Wakefield Pond Number One

Nearby towns: Roxboro (22 mi) · Raleigh (34 mi) · Chapel Hill (37 mi) · Graham (48 mi)

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