Hiking trails near Clemson, South Carolina

44 official trails lie within 25 miles of Clemson — 101 miles in total, 27 rated easy and 3 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 2,273 ft; the median trail gains 226 ft.

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24 trails worth the drive

Trail	Miles	Climb	Difficulty	From town
Pinnacle Mountain Trail	4.1	2,273 ft	Hard	25 mi
Foothills	6.8	695 ft	Hard	21 mi
Foothills Trail	5.6	705 ft	Hard	21 mi
Winding Stairs Trail	3.8	1,101 ft	Moderate	22 mi
Stool Mountain Trail	2.5	1,330 ft	Moderate	25 mi
Oconee Connector	3.8	791 ft	Moderate	19 mi
Boundary Trail	5.1	217 ft	Moderate	19 mi
Hunting Arrow Trail	4.9	183 ft	Moderate	3 mi
Palmetto Trail	2.8	633 ft	Moderate	24 mi
Eastatoe Gorge Spur Trail	2.6	626 ft	Moderate	24 mi
Musterground Road Trail	1.8	777 ft	Moderate	24 mi
Payne's Creek MTB Trail - north loop	6.2	120 ft	Moderate	17 mi
Naturaland Way	3.0	478 ft	Moderate	19 mi
Big Bend	2.5	373 ft	Moderate	24 mi
Round Mountain Road (Palmetto Trail)	1.4	816 ft	Moderate	24 mi
Raven Rock Trail	2.4	360 ft	Moderate	18 mi
Double Fork Tree Trail	2.9	239 ft	Moderate	3 mi
Rocky Bald Loop Trail	1.8	363 ft	Easy	18 mi
Hidden Falls	1.4	390 ft	Easy	21 mi
Tamassee Knob	1.2	337 ft	Easy	20 mi
Hidden Falls Trail	1.1	349 ft	Easy	21 mi
RC Edwards Trail	1.9	171 ft	Easy	3 mi
Carolina Hemlock Loop (Palmetto Trail)	1.3	266 ft	Easy	25 mi
Yellow Branch Falls Trail	1.3	214 ft	Easy	20 mi

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