Hiking trails near Dayton, Ohio

88 official trails lie within 25 miles of Dayton — 262 miles in total, 81 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 296 ft; the median trail gains 60 ft.

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24 trails worth the drive

Trail	Miles	Climb	Difficulty	Drive from town
Perimeter Trail	12.8	87 ft	Hard	47 min · 31 mi
Solidago, Horse Trail	14.8	82 ft	Hard	42 min · 25 mi
Mountain Bike Trail, Blue Trail	6.8	108 ft	Moderate	59 min · 31 mi
Red Horse Trail	8.6	86 ft	Moderate	24 min · 10 mi
Great-Little Trail	6.5	296 ft	Moderate	27 min · 16 mi
Buckeye Trail	26.4	143 ft	Moderate	25 min · 13 mi
Wolf Creek Trail	8.0	215 ft	Moderate	32 min · 17 mi
Great Miami River Recreation Trail	10.5	52 ft	Easy	46 min · 31 mi
Buckeye Trail (Great Miami River Recreational Trail)	16.9	80 ft	Easy	30 min · 24 mi
Caesar Creek Gorge Trail	2.3	169 ft	Easy	47 min · 29 mi
Fifty Springs	3.4	59 ft	Easy	47 min · 31 mi
Mountain Bike, Red Trail	2.6	55 ft	Easy	52 min · 33 mi
Orange Trail (Germantown MetroPark)	1.8	123 ft	Easy	37 min · 19 mi
Hawks Lair	2.0	92 ft	Easy	13 min · 7 mi
Orange Bridle	3.1	134 ft	Easy	19 min · 9 mi
John L Rich Trail	1.5	84 ft	Easy	39 min · 22 mi
Brown Trail (Sugarcreek MetroPark)	2.6	130 ft	Easy	28 min · 14 mi
Mountain Bike Trail, Green Loop, Campground	2.5	116 ft	Easy	57 min · 31 mi
Pink Trail (Germantown MetroPark)	2.2	146 ft	Easy	41 min · 20 mi
Yellow Trail (Germantown MetroPark)	1.8	155 ft	Easy	41 min · 20 mi
Wellman Loops	1.7	57 ft	Easy	53 min · 30 mi
Lebanon Countryside YMCA Trail	1.7	171 ft	Easy	44 min · 29 mi
Richard L. Frederick Memorial Bikeway	1.5	167 ft	Easy	30 min · 15 mi
Orange Trail	2.3	117 ft	Easy	38 min · 18 mi

Quick picks near Dayton

Easy and short: Caesar Creek Gorge Trail — 2.3 mi, rated easy, 21 mi from town
Longest: Buckeye Trail — 26.4 mi, 11 mi from town

What the trails reach

Lakes: Perimeter Trail to Caesar Creek Lake; Buckeye Trail to Island Park Reservoir; Great Miami River Recreation Trail to Middletown Reservoir; Buckeye Trail (Great Miami River Recreational Trail) to Troy Low Head Reservoir

Viewpoints: Long Loop to Observation Hill

Rock formations: John L Rich Trail to Steamboat Rock; North Rim Trail to Steamboat Rock

Nearby towns: Middletown (21 mi) · Springfield (24 mi) · Piqua (25 mi) · Wilmington (32 mi)

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