Hiking trails near Knoxville, Tennessee

131 official trails lie within 25 miles of Knoxville — 357 miles in total, 108 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 1,536 ft; the median trail gains 141 ft.

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24 trails worth the drive

Trail	Miles	Climb	Difficulty	From town
Rabbit Creek Trail	23.1	1,254 ft	Expert	25 mi
Cooper Road Trail	31.5	1,113 ft	Expert	25 mi
Ace Gap Trail	16.1	537 ft	Expert	24 mi
Rich Mountain Trail	6.9	1,536 ft	Expert	24 mi
Beard Cane Trail	12.5	624 ft	Expert	22 mi
Little Bottoms Trail	6.7	271 ft	Hard	24 mi
North Ridge Trail	5.9	303 ft	Hard	17 mi
Loyston Point	7.6	237 ft	Hard	21 mi
Cane Creek Trail	6.4	323 ft	Hard	22 mi
Mill Creek Loop	6.5	274 ft	Moderate	21 mi
Lake View Trail	5.2	271 ft	Moderate	19 mi
Highpoint Trail	3.4	281 ft	Moderate	19 mi
Gold Mine Trail	3.0	389 ft	Moderate	22 mi
Hall Bend	4.3	175 ft	Moderate	23 mi
West Overlook Trail	1.5	837 ft	Moderate	14 mi
Marine Railway Trail	3.0	314 ft	Moderate	20 mi
Sinking Creek Branch	4.4	165 ft	Moderate	24 mi
Indian Rock Trail	2.6	456 ft	Moderate	21 mi
River Bluff Trail	2.8	399 ft	Moderate	19 mi
Camp Sam Trail	1.6	582 ft	Easy	19 mi
Dark Hollow Trail	3.3	217 ft	Moderate	21 mi
Big Valley Trail	1.8	376 ft	Easy	19 mi
Lotterdale Branch	3.8	165 ft	Moderate	25 mi
Elkins Trail	2.4	352 ft	Easy	21 mi

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