Hiking trails near Raleigh, North Carolina

103 official trails lie within 25 miles of Raleigh — 222 miles in total, 95 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 248 ft; the median trail gains 70 ft.

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24 trails worth the drive

Trail	Miles	Climb	Difficulty	From town
New Light Trail	7.3	133 ft	Hard	14 mi
Mountain Bike Trail - South loop	7.4	124 ft	Hard	14 mi
Company Mill Trail	4.9	212 ft	Moderate	6 mi
Sycamore Trail	5.0	199 ft	Moderate	6 mi
Falls Lake Trail	8.6	73 ft	Moderate	19 mi
Loblolly Trail	3.2	173 ft	Moderate	5 mi
Reedy Creek Trail	3.7	224 ft	Easy	8 mi
N. Turkey Creek Trail	2.6	203 ft	Easy	5 mi
Laurel Bluffs Trail	2.7	98 ft	Easy	24 mi
High Side to Castor Creek	3.1	90 ft	Easy	19 mi
286 Inner Trail	3.4	86 ft	Easy	8 mi
New Hope Creek Trail North	3.7	132 ft	Easy	23 mi
Regency Trails	2.8	85 ft	Easy	11 mi
WFR Trails	2.0	106 ft	Easy	13 mi
286 Outer Trail	2.6	96 ft	Easy	8 mi
Al Buehler Trail	2.9	132 ft	Easy	21 mi
Mountain Bike trail - Outer loop	2.7	77 ft	Easy	15 mi
Peninsula Trail	4.3	51 ft	Easy	22 mi
S. Turkey Creek Trail	2.7	151 ft	Easy	5 mi
Sal's Branch Trail	2.6	93 ft	Easy	7 mi
Dry Creek Trail	1.8	194 ft	Easy	23 mi
Shady 80	2.7	82 ft	Easy	10 mi
Mountain Bike Trail - West loop	2.3	66 ft	Easy	15 mi
Sludge	1.3	173 ft	Easy	7 mi

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