Hiking trails near Virginia Beach, Virginia

52 official trails lie within 25 miles of Virginia Beach — 148 miles in total, 52 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 53 ft; the median trail gains 9 ft.

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24 trails worth the drive

Trail	Miles	Climb	Difficulty	From town
First Landing State Park	9.4	34 ft	Easy	9 mi
Portsmouth Trail	7.9	30 ft	Easy	21 mi
Elizabeth River Trail-West	5.5	28 ft	Easy	10 mi
Suffolk Seaboard Coastline Trail	6.5	26 ft	Easy	21 mi
Long Creek Trail	2.3	42 ft	Easy	8 mi
Cape Henry Trail	4.2	17 ft	Easy	8 mi
Indian Creek Trail	1.9	17 ft	Easy	16 mi
Unnamed trail	1.4	17 ft	Easy	13 mi
Fort Perimeter Trail	1.3	16 ft	Easy	22 mi
Elizabeth River Trail-North	9.8	15 ft	Easy	16 mi
Chix Beach	2.5	13 ft	Easy	10 mi
Central Loop	1.1	12 ft	Easy	12 mi
Kempsville	3.5	12 ft	Easy	10 mi
Dismal Swamp Canal Trail	8.5	11 ft	Easy	24 mi
Dam Neck Rd	5.2	11 ft	Easy	4 mi
Sherwood Lakes (Transition Area Trail)	1.8	10 ft	Easy	2 mi
Dam Neck	1.8	10 ft	Easy	5 mi
Little Neck Rd	1.9	9 ft	Easy	6 mi
Norfolk Ave	1.4	9 ft	Easy	4 mi
Board Walk	2.4	9 ft	Easy	5 mi
Bruce_Tyre Neck	2.9	8 ft	Easy	23 mi
Lake Ballard Trail	1.0	8 ft	Easy	22 mi
Lynnhaven Pkwy	1.6	8 ft	Easy	3 mi
Portsmouth Ditch Trail System	4.2	7 ft	Easy	20 mi

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