Hiking trails near Amarillo, Texas

26 official trails lie within 25 miles of Amarillo — 64 miles in total, 23 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 614 ft; the median trail gains 53 ft.

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24 trails worth the drive

Trail	Miles	Climb	Difficulty	Drive from town
Lower Comanche	4.5	416 ft	Moderate	52 min · 36 mi
Rock Garden Trail	2.5	614 ft	Moderate	48 min · 35 mi
Soncy Running trail	3.7	243 ft	Easy	13 min · 9 mi
CCC Trail	1.5	492 ft	Easy	35 min · 29 mi
Upper Comanche	3.5	86 ft	Moderate	40 min · 31 mi
Capitol Peak Mountain Trail	3.6	68 ft	Easy	46 min · 34 mi
Lighthouse Trail	3.1	181 ft	Easy	45 min · 33 mi
Givens, Spicer and Lowry Trail	3.1	78 ft	Easy	42 min · 32 mi
Juniper Trail - Cliffside	2.9	104 ft	Easy	46 min · 34 mi
Rylander Fortress Cliff Trail	3.8	97 ft	Easy	56 min · 28 mi
Rock Island Rail Trail	3.9	52 ft	Easy	8 min · 5 mi
Rim Trail	2.7	52 ft	Easy	58 min · 28 mi
Rojo Grande Trail	1.2	50 ft	Easy	47 min · 34 mi
Kiowa	1.4	59 ft	Easy	42 min · 32 mi
Mullinaw Trail	2.2	44 ft	Easy	1 h 23 min · 33 mi
Little Fox Canyon Trail	1.4	55 ft	Easy	42 min · 32 mi
Sunflower Trail	1.2	53 ft	Easy	48 min · 35 mi
Outer Limits	3.2	33 ft	Easy	10 min · 6 mi
Juniper Trail - Riverside	1.2	46 ft	Easy	51 min · 36 mi
Mullinaw Trail - Riverside Loop	1.5	32 ft	Easy	1 h 16 min · 34 mi
Tarantula	4.1	20 ft	Easy	10 min · 5 mi
Cottonwood Trail	1.4	22 ft	Easy	48 min · 35 mi
All the Trees	2.5	16 ft	Easy	10 min · 4 mi
Paseo del Rio Trail	1.0	27 ft	Easy	45 min · 33 mi

Quick picks near Amarillo

Easy and short: Soncy Running trail — 3.7 mi, rated easy, 7 mi from town
Biggest climb: Rock Garden Trail — 614 ft over 2.5 mi, 20 mi from town

What the trails reach

Summits: CCC Trail to Goodnight Peak; Capitol Peak Mountain Trail to Capitol Peak

Rock formations: Juniper Trail - Cliffside to Judys Arch

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