Hiking trails near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

190 official trails lie within 25 miles of Philadelphia — 1,351 miles in total, 150 rated easy and 11 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 1,584 ft; the median trail gains 92 ft.

Open the map on Philadelphia

24 trails worth the drive

Trail	Miles	Climb	Difficulty	From town
Ridley Creek State Park Trails	13.7	269 ft	Expert	18 mi
Horse-Shoe Trail	138.6	1,584 ft	Expert	18 mi
Tyler State Park Trails	21.9	281 ft	Expert	17 mi
Joseph Plumb Martin Trail	13.8	166 ft	Hard	17 mi
BicyclePA Route S	126.3	640 ft	Hard	16 mi
Evansburg State Park Trails	11.4	125 ft	Hard	19 mi
202 Parkway Trail	8.5	258 ft	Hard	16 mi
Pennypack Trail	11.2	131 ft	Moderate	6 mi
BicyclePA Route E	21.6	117 ft	Moderate	7 mi
Bridle Trail	7.1	134 ft	Moderate	18 mi
Mount Joy Trails	6.0	128 ft	Moderate	18 mi
Chester Valley Trail	14.8	187 ft	Moderate	14 mi
Mt. Joy Trail	3.8	334 ft	Moderate	18 mi
Yellow Trail	5.2	190 ft	Moderate	5 mi
Green Ribbon Trail	10.0	180 ft	Moderate	16 mi
East Coast Greenway	40.0	118 ft	Moderate	7 mi
Norristown Farm Park Trails	6.0	132 ft	Moderate	14 mi
Grand Parade Trail	5.0	114 ft	Moderate	18 mi
Schuylkill River Trail - Philadelphia to Mont Clare/Phoenixville	29.7	129 ft	Moderate	12 mi
Delaware River Water Trail	208.2	932 ft	Easy	24 mi
Trolley Trail	4.3	182 ft	Moderate	4 mi
Chapel Trail	4.5	130 ft	Moderate	18 mi
Peace Valley Park Trails	7.2	119 ft	Moderate	22 mi
Rocky Run Trail	2.9	237 ft	Easy	17 mi

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