Hiking trails near Lancaster, Pennsylvania

192 official trails lie within 25 miles of Lancaster — 1,260 miles in total, 137 rated easy and 16 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 1,039 ft; the median trail gains 177 ft.

Open the map on Lancaster

24 trails worth the drive

Trail	Miles	Climb	Difficulty	From town
Nolde Forest Environmental Education Center Trails	13.6	510 ft	Expert	24 mi
Rocky Ridge County Park Trails	19.2	430 ft	Expert	18 mi
Conestoga Trail	30.7	595 ft	Expert	16 mi
Mason Dixon Trail	102.0	979 ft	Expert	22 mi
Turkey Hill Trail	7.0	349 ft	Hard	10 mi
Susquehannock State Park Trails	5.7	417 ft	Hard	16 mi
Mason-Dixon Trail	6.9	587 ft	Hard	15 mi
Jonathan Eshenour Memorial Trail	11.9	235 ft	Hard	24 mi
BicyclePA Route J	259.2	1,039 ft	Moderate	23 mi
Lancaster County Central Park Trail	6.6	150 ft	Hard	2 mi
BicyclePA Route J-1	40.7	270 ft	Hard	0 mi
ATV\ Disabled Person Route	5.3	580 ft	Moderate	14 mi
Heritage Rail Trail County Park	27.0	533 ft	Moderate	21 mi
Enola Low Grade Trail	29.1	432 ft	Moderate	18 mi
Wolf's Hollow County Park Trails	5.5	253 ft	Moderate	19 mi
Hibernia County Park Trails	5.8	224 ft	Moderate	24 mi
Lebanon Valley Rail Trail	14.9	330 ft	Moderate	21 mi
Clarence Schock Memorial Park Trails at Governor Dick	5.6	247 ft	Moderate	17 mi
Sadsbury Woods Preserve Trails	4.8	234 ft	Moderate	20 mi
Money Rocks County Park Trails	3.1	343 ft	Moderate	17 mi
Welsh Mountain Nature Preserve Trails	4.7	247 ft	Moderate	16 mi
Tucquan Trail	2.8	279 ft	Moderate	12 mi
Trout Run Trail System	2.8	278 ft	Moderate	9 mi
Steinman Run Nature Preserve Trail	2.8	242 ft	Moderate	10 mi

All Pennsylvania trail guides · Hiking by city · Dispersed camping rules