Hiking trails near Lancaster, Ohio

97 official trails lie within 25 miles of Lancaster — 281 miles in total, 73 rated easy and 8 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 392 ft; the median trail gains 146 ft.

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24 trails worth the drive

Trail	Miles	Climb	Difficulty	From town
Hocking Bridle	11.6	381 ft	Expert	18 mi
Dorr Run Loop	13.9	325 ft	Expert	23 mi
Nct Athens Central	26.6	392 ft	Expert	21 mi
Stone Church Main Loop	17.6	272 ft	Hard	21 mi
Buckeye Trail	9.2	358 ft	Hard	23 mi
Nct Athens West	7.9	274 ft	Hard	19 mi
Hocking Hills State Park Bridle Trail	4.7	280 ft	Moderate	23 mi
Purple Trail	4.4	380 ft	Moderate	18 mi
Purdum Loop	3.5	287 ft	Moderate	23 mi
7 Red	3.9	172 ft	Moderate	21 mi
Ross Hollow Trail	3.5	327 ft	Moderate	24 mi
Blue	3.6	124 ft	Moderate	20 mi
Stage Two - Chestnut Ridge MTB Trail	3.6	213 ft	Moderate	10 mi
Bowl Trail	2.3	252 ft	Moderate	24 mi
Cemetery Ridge Trail	2.4	389 ft	Easy	9 mi
Rim Trail	1.9	233 ft	Moderate	18 mi
Grandma Gatewood Trail	2.5	146 ft	Moderate	20 mi
Stage One - Chestnut Ridge MTB Trail	3.8	124 ft	Easy	11 mi
1 Blue	2.5	156 ft	Easy	22 mi
Chestnut Trail	2.1	204 ft	Easy	9 mi
Hemlock Trail	1.5	351 ft	Easy	9 mi
Orange Loop Trail	1.9	310 ft	Easy	6 mi
Benua Loop Trail	2.0	319 ft	Easy	9 mi
Cantwell Rim/Red Trail	1.1	218 ft	Moderate	13 mi

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