Hiking trails in Massachusetts
282 routes catalogued · 46 with detail pages
Our database holds 282 named hiking routes in Massachusetts. 46 have enough source data to support a dedicated page; the remainder are listed here with their name, length, and network type.
Long-distance trails crossing Massachusetts: Appalachian Trail (2,197 mi) · New England National Scenic Trail (215 mi)
Always check current trail conditions, permits, and water sources with the maintaining organisation before heading out. Many western trails are impassable for half the year due to snow.
Massachusetts trails — curated + by length
| Trail | Length | Network |
|---|---|---|
| Appalachian Trail + GA, NC, TN… | 2,197 mi | National |
| New England National Scenic Trail + CT, NH | 215 mi | National |
| Thoreau’s Footsteps | 10 mi | Local |
| Jones Nose to Summit | 8 mi | Local |
| Wilbur’s Clearing to Summit | 7 mi | Local |
| Rounds Rock Trek | 6 mi | Local |
| ACROSS Lexington Route A | 6 mi | Local |
| ACROSS Lexington Route F | 5 mi | Local |
| Indian Head River Trail | 4 mi | Local |
| ACROSS Lexington Route E | 4 mi | Local |
| Stony Ledge | 4 mi | Local |
| ACROSS Lexington Route G | 3 mi | Local |
| Rounds Rock - Jones Nose Loop | 3 mi | Local |
| Ridge Trail + RI | 2 mi | Local |
| Codman Forest Loop | 2 mi | Local |
| Nauset Marsh Trail | 1 mi | |
| West Trail Loop | 1 mi | Local |
| South Loop Trail | 1 mi | Local |
| Atlantic White Cedar Swamp Trail | 1 mi | |
| Herring River Overlook Conservation Land and Trail | 1 mi | |
| Pond Passage Loop | 1 mi | Local |
| Lookout Trail Loop | 1 mi | Local |
| Stone Cliffs Loop | 0 mi | Local |
| Sunrise Hill Trail | 0 mi | Local |
| Buttonbush Trail | 0 mi | |
| Woodland Path Loop | 0 mi | Local |
| Acorn Trail | — | Local |
| Agawam River Trail | — | |
| Alan Emmet Trail | — | Local |
| Algonquin Trail + CT | — | Local |
| All Persons Trail | — | |
| American Perimeter Trail | — | National |
| Andover Community Paths | — | |
| Aqueduct Trail | — | Local |
| Around Muddy Pond | — | Local |
| Ashley Trail | — | Local |
| Atlantic-Pacific Connector | — | |
| BCT 10 | — | Regional |
| BCT 11 | — | Regional |
| BCT 12 | — | Regional |
| BCT 5a & 6 Billerica/Bedford/Concord | — | Regional |
| BCT 6 Acton/Concord | — | Regional |
| BCT 7 First Drumlin Route (LincolnWeston/Wayland) | — | Regional |
| BCT 7 Lincoln/Wayland | — | Regional |
| BCT Section 13 | — | Local |
| BCT Section 14 | — | Local |
| BCT Section 1A | — | Regional |
| BCT Section 2 | — | Local |
| BCT Section 3 | — | Regional |
| BCT Section 7 Concord/Lincoln | — | Regional |
| BCT section 4 | — | Regional |
| Balsam Trail | — | Local |
| Barretts Mill Loop | — | Local |
| Basin Pond Trail | — | Local |
| Battle Road Trail | — | Local |
| Bay Circuit Trail | — | Regional |
| Bay Circuit Trail Super Route | — | Regional |
| Beach Loop Trail | — | |
| Bear Hill Trail | — | Local |
| Beech Forest Trail | — | |
| Bentley Loop | — | Local |
| Billy Goat Trail | — | Local |
| Black Heritage Trail | — | Local |
| Blue Dot Trail | — | Local |
| Blue Route | — | doyle |
| Blue Spur Trail | — | Local |
| Blue Trail | — | Local |
| Blue Trail | — | Local |
| Blue Trail | — | Local |
| Bob's Trail | — | Local |
| Boston HarborWalk | — | Local |
| Boulder Trail | — | Local |
| BoundaryTrail | — | Local |
| Breakneck Pond View Trail + CT | — | Local |
| Browing Fields & Pigeon Hill Loop | — | Local |
| Buckboard Trail | — | Local |
| Buckley Dunton Trail | — | Local |
| Buelher Winthrop Main Trails | — | Local |
| Burbank Trail | — | Regional |
| Burlington Landlocked Forest Yellow Loop | — | Local |
| Burns Hill Loop Trail | — | Local |
| Busby Trail | — | Local |
| Cape Cod Community College Circuit (Unofficial Cape Cod Pathways) | — | Local |
| Cascade Loop | — | Local |
| Cat Rock Loop | — | Local |
| Charcol Trail | — | Local |
| Charge Pond Loop | — | Local |
| Cheshire Harbor Trail | — | Local |
| Circuit Trail Bedford (Inner) | — | Local |
| Circuit Trail Bedford (Outer) | — | Local |
| Clam River Loop | — | Regional |
| Clam River Trail | — | Regional |
| Corridor 71 | — | |
| Cranberry Bog - Pennensula Trail | — | Local |
| Cross Fells Trail | — | Local |
| Cross-Wareham Footway | — | Local |
| Crow Hill Ledges | — | Local |
| Crystal Spring Trail | — | Local |
| Dark Hollow Pond Trail | — | Local |
| Delaney South Loop | — | Local |
| Diagle Trail | — | Local |
| Doane Trail | — | |
| Dodge Reservation Trail | — | |
| Dunbar Brook Trail | — | Local |
| Eagle Ledge Trail | — | Local |
| East Head Reservoir Loop | — | Local |
| East Ridge Trail + CT | — | Local |
| East-West Trail | — | |
| Edmund Hill Trail | — | Local |
| Egg Rock Trail | — | Local |
| Emerson-Thoreau Amble | — | Local |
| Estabrook Concord-Carlisle | — | Local |
| Farley Ledge loop | — | Local |
| Farrar Pond Loop | — | Local |
| Father Loop trail | — | Local |
| Favorite Audubon Trail | — | Local |
| Fells Path | — | Local |
| Felton Trail | — | Local |
| Folly Trail | — | Local |
| Fort Hill Trail | — | |
| Fresh Pond Trail | — | |
| Great Island Trail | — | |
| Great Meadows Bird Observer Trail | — | Local |
| Great Meadows Greenaugh Loop | — | Local |
| Hammertown Loop | — | Regional |
| Hazel Brook to Ponyhenge | — | Local |
| Head of the Meadow Bike Trail | — | |
| Hermit Thrush Trail | — | Local |
| Hickey and Peeskawso Loop | — | Regional |
| Hiking Trail to Doane Memorial and Coast Guard Beach | — | |
| Hilltop Loop Trail | — | Local |
| Historic Trail | — | Local |
| Hoosic Ridge Trail | — | Local |
| Ice Line Trail | — | Local |
| Indian Lake Pathway to Nick's Woods Trail Connection | — | |
| Indian Trail | — | Local |
| Interior Loop Trail | — | Local |
| Jazz Along the Charles | — | Local |
| Jeff Smith Trail + NH | — | Local |
| Jennie Dugan Brook and Hosmer Trail Circuit | — | Local |
| John Wing Trail | — | Local |
| Kathy's Trail | — | Local |
| Kennedy Pond Loop | — | Local |
| Keyes the Limit(Unofficial Cape Cod Pathways) | — | |
| Keystone Arch Bridges Trail | — | Local |
| Kingfisher Trail | — | Local |
| Kingston Coast to Hills Pathway | — | Local |
| Kulmala Trail | — | |
| Langone-Pine Grove Farm Trail | — | Local |
| Larabee Trail (Orange Blaze) | — | Local |
| Likely Trail | — | |
| Long Lake Loop | — | Local |
| Long Pond Nature Trail | — | Local |
| Lower Vine Brook Loop | — | Local |
| Lyons-Cutler Loop | — | Local |
| Magnolia Trail | — | |
| Mahican-Mohawk Trail (M-M) | — | Regional |
| Main Trail (blue) | — | Local |
| Maple Heights Farm | — | Local |
| Massport Designated Trail | — | Local |
| Mattison Field Trail yellow | — | Local |
| McAfee Trail | — | |
| Melrose Path | — | |
| Middlesex Canal Trail | — | lcn |
| Midstate Trail + RI | — | Regional |
| Mother Loop Trail | — | Local |
| Mount Hunger Views | — | Local |
| Mount Misery Round Trip | — | Local |
| Mountain House Trail | — | Local |
| Mt. Frissell + CT, NY | — | Local |
| Nashoba Brook Woodland Loop | — | Local |
| Nashua Acton & Boston Railroad Trail | — | |
| Nature Trail | — | Local |
| Nature Trail | — | |
| Nauset Bike Trail | — | |
| Navin Trail | — | Local |
| New England National Scenic Trail | — | |
| Nipmuck Trail + CT | — | Regional |
| North Pond Loop | — | Local |
| North South Trail + CT, RI | — | Regional |
| North Trail | — | Local |
| October Mountain Loop Trail | — | Local |
| Old Coach Trail | — | Local |
| Old Mill Trail | — | Local |
| Orange Trail | — | |
| Orange Trail | — | Local |
| Orange Trail - College Rock Park | — | Local |
| Panther Cave Trail | — | Local |
| Paradise Lane Trail + CT | — | Local |
| Peace Trail | — | Local |
| Peaked Mountain Orange Trails | — | Local |
| Peaked Mountain Pink Trails | — | Local |
| Peaked Mountain Red Trails | — | Local |
| Peaked Mountain White Trails | — | Local |
| Peaked Mountain Yellow Trails | — | Local |
| Pilgrim Spring Trail | — | |
| Pine Barrens Path | — | Local |
| Pine Grove Path | — | |
| Plymouth Sea to Shining Sea Trail | — | Local |
| Plymouth Wishbone Trail | — | Local |
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About this list
Trail data comes from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) plus a hand-curated set of America's 11 National Scenic Trails and 26 well-known regional long-distance trails. Multi-state trails appear under each state they pass through. See our methodology page.