Hiking trails near Reading, Pennsylvania

173 official trails lie within 25 miles of Reading — 994 miles in total, 114 rated easy and 23 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 1,784 ft; the median trail gains 224 ft.

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24 trails worth the drive

Trail	Miles	Climb	Difficulty	From town
Nolde Forest Environmental Education Center Trails	13.6	510 ft	Expert	5 mi
State Game Land 106 Trails	8.9	1,069 ft	Expert	20 mi
Coventry Woods Park Trails	10.3	496 ft	Expert	14 mi
Appalachian Trail	235.1	1,784 ft	Expert	17 mi
Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Trails	6.6	893 ft	Expert	20 mi
Marsh Creek State Park Trails	16.6	245 ft	Expert	23 mi
Horse-Shoe Trail	56.2	835 ft	Expert	10 mi
Port Clinton Snowmobile Trails	6.1	1,071 ft	Hard	18 mi
Blue Marsh Lake Trails	29.5	318 ft	Expert	9 mi
BicyclePA Route L	11.1	550 ft	Hard	18 mi
French Creek State Park Trails	6.7	547 ft	Hard	12 mi
Conestoga Trail	31.2	298 ft	Hard	23 mi
Snowmobile Route	7.3	711 ft	Hard	17 mi
Springton Manor Farm Trails	6.6	306 ft	Hard	20 mi
ATV\ Disabled Person Route	4.5	823 ft	Moderate	16 mi
Sand Spring to Tom Lowe Loop Trail	4.6	745 ft	Moderate	17 mi
Perkiomen Trail	21.5	293 ft	Moderate	23 mi
Hibernia County Park Trails	5.8	224 ft	Moderate	21 mi
Tom Lowe Trail	2.9	737 ft	Moderate	17 mi
Schuylkill River Trail - Thun Trail	19.0	159 ft	Moderate	16 mi
Sadsbury Woods Preserve Trails	4.8	234 ft	Moderate	24 mi
Money Rocks County Park Trails	3.1	343 ft	Moderate	17 mi
Pinnacle Trail (Yellow Trail)	1.5	989 ft	Moderate	17 mi
Crow's Nest Preserve Trails	3.6	194 ft	Moderate	14 mi

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