Hiking trails near Houston, Texas

31 official trails lie within 25 miles of Houston — 62 miles in total, 31 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 39 ft; the median trail gains 12 ft.

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24 trails worth the drive

Trail	Miles	Climb	Difficulty	From town
Anthills	4.6	29 ft	Easy	12 mi
Newport trails	2.2	24 ft	Easy	20 mi
Mason Creek Hike & Bike Trail	2.6	21 ft	Easy	21 mi
Roller Coaster (Lowers)	1.4	17 ft	Easy	22 mi
Tower Loop	2.0	12 ft	Easy	22 mi
Buddy's Trail	1.3	14 ft	Easy	23 mi
Mccormick Nature Trail	2.0	18 ft	Easy	19 mi
Spring Creek Nature Trail MC 3	2.3	13 ft	Easy	23 mi
Paul Carr Jogging Trail	1.8	18 ft	Easy	1 mi
South Loop Trail	2.1	15 ft	Easy	24 mi
Outer Loop	1.8	13 ft	Easy	4 mi
Oyster Creek Loop Trail	1.6	10 ft	Easy	20 mi
Lung Buster	1.0	15 ft	Easy	23 mi
Palmetto Trail	1.2	11 ft	Easy	17 mi
Spring Creek Nature Trail MC 2	1.3	14 ft	Easy	24 mi
Mind Bender	2.3	12 ft	Easy	23 mi
Matt's Trail	1.9	12 ft	Easy	15 mi
Barker Dam	5.9	10 ft	Easy	16 mi
Cullen Park North Trail	4.0	10 ft	Easy	16 mi
Long Loop	1.0	10 ft	Easy	23 mi
Resilience Trail	1.1	10 ft	Easy	12 mi
Justin Brindley Memorial Trail	1.0	8 ft	Easy	22 mi
Bootlegger	1.0	8 ft	Easy	20 mi
Pumkin Pass	1.4	8 ft	Easy	20 mi

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