Hiking trails near Madison, Wisconsin

44 official trails lie within 25 miles of Madison — 286 miles in total, 30 rated easy and 4 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 769 ft; the median trail gains 155 ft.

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24 trails worth the drive

Trail	Miles	Climb	Difficulty	From town
Ice Age National Scenic Trail	18.6	769 ft	Expert	23 mi
Capital City State Trail	9.8	179 ft	Moderate	5 mi
Badger State Trail	39.8	284 ft	Moderate	5 mi
Overlode	3.7	312 ft	Moderate	21 mi
Glacial Drumlin State Trail	43.1	229 ft	Moderate	21 mi
Great Sauk State Trail	11.2	175 ft	Moderate	24 mi
Havenridge Nature Trail	3.6	155 ft	Moderate	23 mi
Holy Schist	2.8	351 ft	Easy	22 mi
Sugar River State Trail	22.7	72 ft	Easy	21 mi
Gneiss	1.8	239 ft	Easy	21 mi
Pokerville	1.8	146 ft	Easy	22 mi
Military Ridge State Trail	3.6	83 ft	Easy	8 mi
Oak Savanna Trail	1.8	90 ft	Easy	24 mi
Southern Trails	2.5	83 ft	Easy	23 mi
Prairie View Trail	1.9	72 ft	Easy	24 mi
White Trail	1.1	99 ft	Easy	8 mi
Funk	1.7	53 ft	Easy	22 mi
North Prairie Trail	1.6	59 ft	Easy	3 mi
Oregon Rotary Bike Trail	1.8	34 ft	Easy	10 mi
CamRock Trail	2.5	24 ft	Easy	22 mi
Lerner Conservation Park Path	1.9	28 ft	Easy	11 mi
Zeloski Marsh Trail	1.9	23 ft	Easy	23 mi
Habitat Diversity Trail	1.1	24 ft	Easy	24 mi
Central Trails	2.5	20 ft	Easy	23 mi

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