Hiking trails near Chattanooga, Tennessee

105 official trails lie within 25 miles of Chattanooga — 325 miles in total, 79 rated easy and 9 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 1,007 ft; the median trail gains 184 ft.

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24 trails worth the drive

Trail	Miles	Climb	Difficulty	From town
Cumberland Trail	12.2	691 ft	Expert	10 mi
Pot Point Loop	10.5	430 ft	Expert	10 mi
Mullens Cove Loop	8.5	508 ft	Hard	11 mi
Horse and Hiking Trail	10.1	282 ft	Hard	7 mi
North Chickamauga Creek Gorge Trail	7.5	281 ft	Hard	12 mi
High Voltage	3.0	851 ft	Moderate	10 mi
Skyuka Trail	3.0	453 ft	Moderate	7 mi
CT - Edwards Point	2.7	441 ft	Moderate	10 mi
Live Wire 2	2.8	599 ft	Moderate	8 mi
Escalator Trail	2.2	748 ft	Moderate	6 mi
Atlas Mountain Bike Trail	5.5	145 ft	Moderate	8 mi
Bluff Trail	2.6	220 ft	Moderate	8 mi
CT - Possum Creek Gorge Trail	3.1	378 ft	Moderate	21 mi
Little Cedar Mountain	3.8	270 ft	Moderate	19 mi
Rock Creek Loop Trail	2.6	611 ft	Moderate	25 mi
Ritchie Hollow Trail	3.0	438 ft	Moderate	9 mi
Box Turtle	4.2	245 ft	Moderate	12 mi
Inman Loop	2.9	360 ft	Moderate	14 mi
Guild Trail	2.6	439 ft	Easy	6 mi
Outer Loop Trail	3.9	133 ft	Moderate	6 mi
Megawatt	2.6	240 ft	Moderate	9 mi
Upper Truck Trail	3.5	206 ft	Moderate	8 mi
Live Wire 1	1.6	545 ft	Easy	8 mi
Mountain Beautiful Trail	1.5	284 ft	Easy	7 mi

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