Hiking trails near St. Albans, Vermont

161 official trails lie within 25 miles of St. Albans — 630 miles in total, 100 rated easy and 27 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 3,204 ft; the median trail gains 170 ft.

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24 trails worth the drive

Trail	Miles	Climb	Difficulty	Drive from town
Long Trail	19.1	2,325 ft	Expert	1 h 07 min · 41 mi
108	12.7	1,197 ft	Expert	40 min · 24 mi
36A	10.5	1,070 ft	Expert	40 min · 19 mi
109	9.1	1,034 ft	Expert	39 min · 20 mi
Haselton Trail	3.2	1,987 ft	Hard	1 h 25 min · 38 mi
104	26.5	741 ft	Expert	8 min · 4 mi
139	21.2	722 ft	Hard	44 min · 29 mi
Butler Lodge Trail	2.6	1,547 ft	Hard	59 min · 31 mi
Bruce Trail	2.4	2,216 ft	Hard	1 h 25 min · 38 mi
235	10.2	507 ft	Hard	32 min · 15 mi
Hell Brook	1.1	2,208 ft	Hard	53 min · 31 mi
Sunset Ridge Trail	1.6	1,855 ft	Hard	1 h 07 min · 35 mi
Hell Brook Trail	1.0	2,178 ft	Hard	53 min · 31 mi
15	18.8	187 ft	Hard	40 min · 24 mi
Indian Brook Park	5.7	183 ft	Hard	44 min · 28 mi
Hazelton	1.3	1,895 ft	Hard	1 h 25 min · 38 mi
Mills Riverside Trail	5.1	358 ft	Hard	45 min · 27 mi
15/15A	5.5	707 ft	Moderate	1 h 04 min · 34 mi
7	11.6	294 ft	Hard	11 min · 7 mi
Laura Cowles	1.1	1,921 ft	Hard	1 h 07 min · 35 mi
Overland Trail	2.6	1,224 ft	Moderate	59 min · 31 mi
15A	6.0	609 ft	Moderate	48 min · 28 mi
120	8.3	355 ft	Moderate	21 min · 14 mi
Frost Trail	1.2	1,434 ft	Hard	59 min · 31 mi

Quick picks near St. Albans

Easy and short: Daniel's Notch — 1.4 mi, rated easy, 22 mi from town
Biggest climb: Long Trail — 2,325 ft over 19.1 mi, 25 mi from town
Longest: 136 — 29.0 mi, 9 mi from town

What the trails reach

Waterfalls: Hell Brook to Bingham Falls; Hell Brook Trail to Bingham Falls

Summits: Long Trail to Laraway Mountain; 36A to Coombs Hill; Hell Brook to Adams Apple; Hell Brook Trail to Adams Apple

Lakes: Long Trail to Ritterbush Pond; Hell Brook to Lake of the Clouds; Hell Brook Trail to Lake of the Clouds; Indian Brook Park to Indian Brook Reservoir

Viewpoints: Long Trail to Ritterbush Overlook; Ridgeline to Mansfield View; Island Line Trail to Granite Steps; Winooski Nature Trail to C Nature area

Mountain passes: Overland Trail to Needles Eye; Nebraska Notch Trail to Nebraska Notch; Sterling Pond Trail to Smugglers Notch; Daniel's Notch to Daniels Notch

Springs: Hell Brook to Big Spring

Trail guides near St. Albans

closed — 17.4 mi, 1,238 ft climb · 28 mi away
C-118 — 6.7 mi, 198 ft climb · 29 mi away
The Long Trail — 18.4 mi, 2,345 ft climb · 29 mi away
Long Trail — 37.2 mi, 3,751 ft climb · 31 mi away
Woodward Trail — 4.5 mi, 2,064 ft climb · 33 mi away
Catamount Trail — 13.3 mi, 1,391 ft climb · 36 mi away

Nearby towns: Burlington (23 mi) · Barre (51 mi) · Malone (59 mi)

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