Hiking trails near Leesburg, Virginia

391 official trails lie within 25 miles of Leesburg — 1,242 miles in total, 319 rated easy and 25 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 1,192 ft; the median trail gains 79 ft.

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24 trails worth the drive

Trail	Miles	Climb	Difficulty	From town
Appalachian National Scenic Trail	16.1	633 ft	Expert	23 mi
Loudoun County Trails	16.1	396 ft	Expert	9 mi
Bull Run Occoquan Trail	18.9	151 ft	Expert	22 mi
Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail	23.0	472 ft	Hard	9 mi
Custis Trail	14.4	309 ft	Hard	21 mi
Prince William County Trails	29.0	141 ft	Hard	20 mi
W&od Rr Trail	24.8	251 ft	Hard	20 mi
Cross County Trail	6.9	193 ft	Moderate	19 mi
Fairfax County Trail	7.4	123 ft	Moderate	18 mi
Arlington Blvd Sidepath	7.5	148 ft	Moderate	23 mi
Unnamed trail	1.5	907 ft	Moderate	23 mi
Bull Run-Occoquan Trail	5.6	142 ft	Moderate	22 mi
Pohick Stream Valley Trail	6.0	155 ft	Moderate	25 mi
Manassas Park Trails	2.5	125 ft	Moderate	24 mi
Bull Run Overlook	5.0	149 ft	Moderate	13 mi
Meadowlark Botanical Garden Trails	4.3	93 ft	Moderate	19 mi
Reston Pathways	3.9	127 ft	Moderate	16 mi
Loudoun Heights Trail	1.5	474 ft	Easy	17 mi
Herndon Parkway Trail	6.4	107 ft	Moderate	13 mi
Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve Trails	3.0	135 ft	Easy	6 mi
Grant Loop	5.1	132 ft	Easy	9 mi
Evergreen Mills Equestrian, Biking and Hiking Trail	3.4	185 ft	Easy	5 mi
Potomac Heritage Trail	5.0	137 ft	Easy	12 mi
Fairfax County Parkway Trail	4.1	122 ft	Easy	17 mi

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