Hiking trails near Union, South Carolina

26 official trails lie within 25 miles of Union — 220 miles in total, 17 rated easy and 4 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 283 ft; the median trail gains 109 ft.

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24 trails worth the drive

Trail	Miles	Climb	Difficulty	Drive from town
Woods Ferry Horse Trail	25.9	235 ft	Expert	49 min · 24 mi
Palmetto Trail (En)	37.0	228 ft	Hard	50 min · 32 mi
Buncombe Horse Trail	23.2	191 ft	Hard	38 min · 26 mi
Southside Loop Trail	7.1	157 ft	Moderate	40 min · 21 mi
Fosters Mill Loop Trail	5.2	283 ft	Moderate	49 min · 26 mi
Beech Tree Trail	2.9	220 ft	Moderate	41 min · 20 mi
Rocky Ridge Trail	3.3	259 ft	Moderate	43 min · 23 mi
Lake Johnson Loop Trail	2.9	171 ft	Moderate	50 min · 25 mi
Fairforest Loop Trail	3.2	122 ft	Easy	47 min · 26 mi
Enoree River Canoe Trail	37.9	109 ft	Easy	26 min · 17 mi
Tyger River Canoe Trail	31.1	98 ft	Easy	14 min · 9 mi
High and Dry	1.9	88 ft	Easy	43 min · 22 mi
Nature Trail (Croft State Park)	1.4	106 ft	Easy	49 min · 26 mi
Boy Scout Trail	1.4	137 ft	Easy	48 min · 26 mi
Centerline Trail	1.1	136 ft	Easy	40 min · 21 mi
Musgrove Mill Battlefield Trail	1.1	86 ft	Easy	36 min · 21 mi
Duncan Park Path	1.0	97 ft	Easy	36 min · 24 mi
Rock Creek Trail	1.3	69 ft	Easy	40 min · 21 mi
Woodruff Greenway Trail	1.1	84 ft	Easy	49 min · 30 mi
Lizard Trail	1.2	43 ft	Easy	47 min · 26 mi
Kelsey Creek Trail	1.1	73 ft	Easy	36 min · 22 mi
River Birch Trail	1.4	25 ft	Easy	40 min · 26 mi
Mary Black Rail Trail	1.9	23 ft	Easy	38 min · 25 mi
Cottonwood Trail	1.4	11 ft	Easy	38 min · 24 mi

Quick picks near Union

Easy and short: Fairforest Loop Trail — 3.2 mi, rated easy, 15 mi from town
Longest: Enoree River Canoe Trail — 37.9 mi, 14 mi from town

What the trails reach

Waterfalls: Enoree River Canoe Trail to Hendricks Falls

Lakes: Fosters Mill Loop Trail to Croft Lake; Lake Johnson Loop Trail to Lake Johnson; Duncan Park Path to Duncan Park Lake

Trail guides near Union

Lake Whelchel Trail — 6.5 mi, 53 ft climb · 26 mi away
CCC Trail — 13.1 mi, 215 ft climb · 32 mi away
Browns Mountains Trail — 11.5 mi, 412 ft climb · 32 mi away

Nearby towns: Spartanburg (23 mi) · Rock Hill (37 mi) · Shelby (39 mi) · Greenville (43 mi)

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