149 official trails lie within 25 miles of Scranton — 1,245 miles in total, 97 rated easy and 24 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 1,609 ft; the median trail gains 155 ft.
| Trail | Miles | Climb | Difficulty | Drive from town |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hickory Run State Park Trails | 28.5 | 757 ft | Expert | 1 h 05 min · 41 mi |
| Lackawanna State Park Trails | 11.5 | 289 ft | Expert | 24 min · 12 mi |
| Delaware State Forest & Promised Land State Park Trails | 57.5 | 153 ft | Hard | 38 min · 31 mi |
| Pinchot Trail System | 22.0 | 553 ft | Hard | 45 min · 25 mi |
| Nescopeck State Park Trails | 10.0 | 192 ft | Hard | 51 min · 32 mi |
| Frances Slocum State Park Trails | 6.8 | 177 ft | Hard | 34 min · 17 mi |
| O&W Rail-Trail | 32.9 | 1,127 ft | Hard | 30 min · 22 mi |
| Bear Creek Preserve Trails | 7.0 | 299 ft | Hard | 43 min · 30 mi |
| Railroad Grade | 8.0 | 754 ft | Hard | 1 h 09 min · 40 mi |
| D&L Trail | 67.4 | 790 ft | Hard | 41 min · 28 mi |
| D&L Trail - Black Diamond Trail | 10.3 | 652 ft | Hard | 47 min · 35 mi |
| D&H Rail-Trail | 38.6 | 1,157 ft | Hard | 30 min · 22 mi |
| Lackawanna River Heritage Trail | 30.7 | 463 ft | Hard | 30 min · 22 mi |
| Watres Trail | 5.5 | 599 ft | Moderate | 54 min · 24 mi |
| D&L Trail - Lehigh Gorge State Park Trail | 24.4 | 602 ft | Moderate | 47 min · 35 mi |
| Disabled Person Route | 6.6 | 530 ft | Moderate | 49 min · 31 mi |
| Gouldsboro State Park Trails | 7.4 | 186 ft | Moderate | 25 min · 20 mi |
| Trails of Keystone College | 3.5 | 197 ft | Moderate | 29 min · 15 mi |
| Back Mountain Recreation Nature Trails | 2.9 | 231 ft | Moderate | 46 min · 30 mi |
| Tobyhanna State Park Trails | 8.3 | 150 ft | Moderate | 42 min · 31 mi |
| Varden Conservation Area Trails | 4.4 | 154 ft | Moderate | 38 min · 24 mi |
| Back Mountain Rail Trail | 4.1 | 379 ft | Moderate | 29 min · 21 mi |
| Sugar Notch Trails: Ridgetop Trail | 2.8 | 493 ft | Moderate | 35 min · 24 mi |
| East Shore Trail | 3.9 | 208 ft | Moderate | 49 min · 32 mi |
Waterfalls: Delaware State Forest & Promised Land State Park Trails to Little Falls; D&H Rail-Trail to Bucks Falls; Davis Trail to Nay Aug Falls; Highland Trail to Tobyhanna Falls
Summits: Lackawanna State Park Trails to Lee Hill; Gouldsboro State Park Trails to Prospect Rock; West Rim Trail to West Mountain; Pine Hill Trail to Big Pine Hill
Lakes: Lackawanna State Park Trails to Lackawanna Lake; Delaware State Forest & Promised Land State Park Trails to Egypt Meadow Lake; Nescopeck State Park Trails to Lake Francis; O&W Rail-Trail to Orson Pond
Viewpoints: D&L Trail to Buttermilk Falls; D&L Trail - Lehigh Gorge State Park Trail to Buttermilk Falls; Pine Hill Trail to Pine Hill Vista; Davis Trail to Mia Overlook
Mountain passes: Sugar Notch Trails: Ridgetop Trail to Sugar Notch
Springs: D&L Trail to Penn Springs; D&H Rail-Trail to Spencer Spring; D&L Trail - Lehigh Gorge State Park Trail to Penn Springs
Nearby towns: Hazleton (35 mi) · East Stroudsburg (38 mi) · Bloomsburg (49 mi) · Binghamton (50 mi)
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