Hiking trails near Jackson, Tennessee

25 official trails lie within 25 miles of Jackson — 42 miles in total, 24 rated easy and 0 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 122 ft; the median trail gains 55 ft.

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20 trails worth the drive

Trail	Miles	Climb	Difficulty	Drive from town
Fred Young MTB North	4.7	81 ft	Moderate	23 min · 11 mi
Rockabilly Red	2.7	59 ft	Easy	13 min · 6 mi
Friends Trail	1.2	109 ft	Easy	45 min · 28 mi
Kerr Trail	1.3	122 ft	Easy	44 min · 23 mi
Fred Young MTB South	1.4	66 ft	Easy	23 min · 11 mi
Outer Loop	2.8	60 ft	Easy	32 min · 18 mi
Blue Trail	1.5	71 ft	Easy	9 min · 4 mi
Nature Trail	1.1	92 ft	Easy	32 min · 18 mi
Faded Rose	1.6	39 ft	Easy	40 min · 28 mi
Rockabilly Blue Trail	1.1	44 ft	Easy	14 min · 7 mi
Lake Lajoie Trail	1.9	41 ft	Easy	47 min · 25 mi
Old Center Trail	1.1	65 ft	Easy	48 min · 24 mi
Inner Loop	1.6	49 ft	Easy	32 min · 18 mi
Sleepy's Twist	1.2	44 ft	Easy	40 min · 28 mi
Lake Shore Trail	1.8	26 ft	Easy	46 min · 28 mi
Middle Fork Bottoms Path	3.0	14 ft	Easy	17 min · 9 mi
Jackson City Park Trail	1.2	24 ft	Easy	11 min · 5 mi
Middle Fork Bottoms Back Country Path	1.2	16 ft	Easy	12 min · 8 mi
Old Brownsville Trail	2.1	5 ft	Easy	41 min · 30 mi
Lake Lajoie Paddle Trail	1.2	0 ft	Easy	47 min · 25 mi

Quick picks near Jackson

Easy and short: Rockabilly Red — 2.7 mi, rated easy, 4 mi from town

What the trails reach

Lakes: Lake Lajoie Trail to Lake Lajoice; Lake Shore Trail to Lake Placid; Lake Lajoie Paddle Trail to Lake Lajoice

Nearby towns: Lexington (26 mi) · Bolivar (29 mi) · Covington (46 mi) · Oakland (49 mi)

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