How do I find short hikes near me?

Press "Use my location" (or choose a city) above and the 269 short hikes on Summit Seeker are ranked by straight-line distance from you, nearest first. Your location stays in your browser.

What is the shortest short hike on the list?

Mount Curwood in Michigan: 0.04 miles round trip.

Which state has the most short hikes here?

Massachusetts, with 17. The full list by state is below.

Short Hikes Near Me

269 trails in 42 states under 3 miles, by a route distance checked against a published source or a verified track. The shortest is Mount Curwood (0.04 mi round trip); the longest is Arethusa Falls (2.9 mi). Use your location to see the nearest first.

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All 269 short hikes by state

Shortest first within each state. Distances and ratings appear only where the route is checked.

Massachusetts (17)

Lulu Cascade · 0.2 mi round trip · Easy · waterfall
Glendale Falls · 0.4 mi round trip · waterfall
Smith Mountain · 0.5 mi round trip · Easy
Tannery Falls · 0.5 mi loop · waterfall
Windsor Jambs · 0.5 mi loop · Easy · waterfall
Doane's Falls · 0.6 mi round trip · waterfall
Bash Bish Falls · 0.7 mi round trip · waterfall
Berry Mountain · 1.4 mi round trip · Easy
Borden Mountain · 1.4 mi round trip · Easy
Stevens Glen · 1.4 mi round trip · waterfall
March Cataract Falls · 1.6 mi round trip · waterfall
Money Brook Falls · 1.6 mi round trip · waterfall
Spirit Falls · 1.8 mi round trip · waterfall
Sanderson Brook Falls · 2 mi round trip · waterfall
Cascades on Dunbar Brook · 2.2 mi round trip · Easy · waterfall
Race Brook Falls · 2.2 mi round trip · waterfall
Widow Whites Peak · 2.2 mi round trip · Moderate

Minnesota (17)

Honeymoon Bluff · 0.3 mi round trip · Easy
Cascade River Falls · 0.5 mi loop · waterfall
Temperance River Falls (Hidden Falls) · 0.5 mi round trip · waterfall
Minneopa Falls · 0.8 mi round trip · waterfall
Winnewissa Falls · 0.8 mi loop · Easy · waterfall
Hidden Falls (Nerstrand) · 1 mi round trip · Easy · waterfall
Farquhar Peak · 1.2 mi round trip · Easy
High Falls (Pigeon River) · 1.2 mi round trip · waterfall
High Falls (Baptism River) · 1.4 mi round trip · waterfall
Inspiration Peak · 1.4 mi round trip · Easy
Mount Rose · 1.9 mi round trip · Easy
Two Step Falls · 1.9 mi round trip · waterfall
Devil's Kettle · 2 mi round trip · waterfall
Manitou Cascades · 2 mi round trip · waterfall
Minnehaha Falls · 2.1 mi loop · waterfall
Big Thunder Peak · 2.4 mi round trip · Easy
Mount Josephine · 2.52 mi round trip · Moderate

Maine (15)

Mother Walker Falls · 0.2 mi round trip · waterfall
Bradbury Mountain · 0.6 mi round trip · Easy
The Cataracts · 0.7 mi round trip · waterfall
Pierce Pond Stream Falls · 0.8 mi round trip · Easy · waterfall
Camden Hills - Mount Battie · 1 mi round trip · Easy
Step Falls · 1 mi round trip · Easy
Angel Falls · 1.1 mi round trip · Easy
Mariaville Falls · 1.3 mi round trip · waterfall
Orris Falls · 1.5 mi round trip · waterfall
Mount Agamenticus · 1.8 mi loop · Easy
Katahdin Stream Falls · 2 mi round trip · waterfall
Moxie Falls · 2 mi round trip · Easy
The Beehive · 2 mi loop · Expert
Little Wilson Falls · 2.4 mi round trip · Easy · waterfall
Dunn Falls · 2.5 mi loop · waterfall

Oregon (15)

Tumalo Falls · 0.5 mi round trip · waterfall
Ponytail Falls · 0.8 mi round trip · Easy · waterfall
Toketee Falls · 0.8 mi round trip · Easy · waterfall
Watson Falls · 0.8 mi loop · Easy · waterfall
Barr Creek Falls · 1.4 mi round trip · Easy · waterfall
White River Falls · 1.4 mi round trip · Easy · waterfall
Elowah Falls · 1.5 mi round trip · Easy · waterfall
Proxy Falls · 1.5 mi loop · Easy · waterfall
The Watchman · 1.6 mi round trip · Easy
Lemolo Falls · 2 mi round trip · waterfall
Multnomah Falls · 2.4 mi round trip · Moderate · waterfall
Wahclella Falls · 2.4 mi round trip · Easy · waterfall
Koosah Falls · 2.6 mi loop · Easy · waterfall
Sahalie Falls · 2.6 mi loop · Easy · waterfall
Eagle Cap · 2.7 mi round trip · Moderate

Michigan (14)

Mount Curwood · 0.04 mi round trip · Easy
Sable Falls · 0.4 mi round trip · waterfall
Wolf Mountain · 0.4 mi round trip · Easy
Bond Falls · 1 mi loop · waterfall
Laughing Whitefish Falls · 1 mi round trip · waterfall
Miners Falls · 1.2 mi round trip · waterfall
Gratiot Mountain · 1.3 mi round trip · Easy
Cote Dame Marie · 1.5 mi round trip · Easy
Mosquito Falls · 2 mi round trip · waterfall
Rainbow Falls · 2 mi round trip · waterfall
Mount Arvon · 2.3 mi round trip · Easy
Chapel Falls · 2.5 mi round trip · waterfall
Manabezho Falls · 2.7 mi loop · waterfall
O Kun de Kun Falls · 2.8 mi round trip · waterfall

North Carolina (14)

Hooker Falls · 0.6 mi round trip · waterfall
Kuwohi · 1 mi round trip · Easy
Hickory Nut Falls · 1.4 mi round trip · waterfall
Roaring Fork Falls · 1.4 mi round trip · waterfall
Richland Balsam · 1.5 mi loop · Easy
Linville Falls · 1.6 mi round trip · waterfall
Glen Falls · 1.7 mi round trip · Easy · waterfall
Mount Craig · 2.1 mi round trip · Easy
High Falls · 2.2 mi round trip · waterfall
Triple Falls · 2.2 mi round trip · waterfall
Indian Creek Falls · 2.4 mi loop · waterfall
Crabtree Falls · 2.5 mi loop · waterfall
Schoolhouse Falls · 2.5 mi round trip · waterfall
High Shoals Falls · 2.7 mi loop · waterfall

New Jersey (12)

Laurel Falls · 0.3 mi round trip · waterfall
Schooley's Mountain Falls · 0.8 mi round trip · waterfall
Jenny Jump Mountain · 1 mi round trip · Easy
Mount Arlington · 1.2 mi round trip · Easy
Kanouse Mountain · 1.4 mi round trip · Easy
Morris County High Point · 1.6 mi round trip · Easy
Bald Mountain · 1.7 mi round trip · Easy
Mount Paul · 1.8 mi round trip · Easy
Mount Mohican · 2.2 mi round trip · Moderate
Van Campens Glen Falls · 2.2 mi round trip · waterfall
Allamuchy Mountain · 2.5 mi round trip · Moderate
Wawayanda Mountain · 2.6 mi round trip · Moderate

Georgia (11)

Helton Creek Falls · 0.6 mi round trip · waterfall
Anna Ruby Falls · 0.8 mi round trip · waterfall
Brasstown Bald Summit Trail · 1.2 mi round trip · Easy
Dick's Creek Falls (Chattooga) · 1.2 mi round trip · waterfall
Keown Falls · 1.7 mi loop · waterfall
Angel Falls · 1.75 mi round trip · waterfall
Dukes Creek Falls · 2 mi round trip · waterfall
Hemlock Falls (Cloudland Canyon) · 2 mi round trip · waterfall
Holcomb Creek Falls · 2 mi loop · waterfall
Amicalola Falls · 2.1 mi loop · Moderate · waterfall
DeSoto Falls · 2.2 mi round trip · waterfall

New Hampshire (11)

Huntington Cascades · 0.4 mi round trip · waterfall
Triple Falls · 0.4 mi round trip · Easy · waterfall
Glen Ellis Falls · 0.6 mi round trip · waterfall
Chesterfield Gorge · 0.7 mi loop · Easy · waterfall
Crystal Cascade · 0.8 mi round trip · waterfall
Dianas Baths · 1.2 mi round trip · Easy
Ripley Falls · 1.2 mi round trip · waterfall
Thompson Falls · 1.4 mi round trip · waterfall
Georgiana Falls · 1.5 mi round trip · waterfall
Mount Kearsarge · 2.2 mi round trip · Moderate
Arethusa Falls · 2.9 mi round trip · Moderate

Connecticut (10)

Cotton Hollow Cascades · 0.6 mi round trip · Easy · waterfall
Haystack Mountain · 0.6 mi round trip · Easy
Kent Falls · 0.84 mi round trip · waterfall
The Pinnacle · 0.9 mi round trip · Easy
Blackledge Falls · 1 mi round trip · waterfall
Mohawk Mountain · 1.4 mi round trip · Easy
Lion's Head · 1.5 mi round trip · Easy
Bird Peak · 1.9 mi round trip · Easy
Pine Mountain · 2.6 mi round trip · Moderate
Stone Man Mountain · 2.9 mi round trip · Moderate

Ohio (10)

Great Falls of Tinkers Creek · 0.4 mi loop · waterfall
Mount Pleasant · 0.9 mi round trip · Easy
Conkle's Hollow Falls · 1 mi round trip · waterfall
Gildersleeve Mountain · 1.4 mi loop · Easy
Mount Pisgah · 1.4 mi round trip · Easy
Brandywine Falls · 1.5 mi loop · waterfall
Mount Logan · 1.7 mi round trip · Easy
Mount Ives · 1.8 mi round trip · Easy
Big Lyons Falls · 2 mi loop · waterfall
Palmer Mountain · 2.2 mi round trip · Easy

Washington (10)

Panther Creek Falls · 0.16 mi round trip · Easy · waterfall
Narada Falls · 0.2 mi round trip · Easy · waterfall
Tumwater Falls · 0.5 mi loop · Easy · waterfall
Palouse Falls · 1 mi round trip · waterfall
Snoqualmie Falls · 1.4 mi round trip · Easy · waterfall
Murhut Falls · 1.6 mi round trip · Easy · waterfall
Sol Duc Falls · 1.6 mi round trip · Easy · waterfall
Marymere Falls · 1.8 mi round trip · Easy · waterfall
Franklin Falls · 2 mi round trip · Easy · waterfall
Twin Falls · 2.5 mi round trip · waterfall

New York (9)

Salmon River Falls · 0.4 mi round trip · waterfall
Tinker Falls · 0.5 mi round trip · Easy · waterfall
Kaaterskill Falls · 0.6 mi round trip · waterfall
Awosting Falls · 1.1 mi round trip · waterfall
Chittenango Falls · 1.1 mi loop · waterfall
Eternal Flame Falls · 1.12 mi round trip · waterfall
Lucifer Falls · 2.2 mi one way · Moderate · waterfall
Anthony's Nose · 2.4 mi round trip · Moderate
Storm King Mountain · 2.5 mi loop · Moderate

Montana (8)

Baring Falls · 0.6 mi round trip · waterfall
Running Eagle Falls · 0.6 mi round trip · waterfall
Palisade Falls · 1.2 mi round trip · waterfall
Woodbine Falls · 1.5 mi round trip · waterfall
Ousel Falls · 1.6 mi round trip · waterfall
McDonald Falls · 1.8 mi loop · Easy · waterfall
Apikuni Falls · 2 mi round trip · Moderate · waterfall
St. Mary Falls · 2.4 mi round trip · waterfall

Vermont (8)

Warren Falls · 0.2 mi round trip · waterfall
Sterling Falls Gorge · 0.4 mi round trip · waterfall
Thundering Falls · 0.6 mi round trip · Easy · waterfall
Texas Falls · 1 mi loop · Easy · waterfall
Cascades at the Equinox Preserve · 2 mi round trip · Easy · waterfall
Mount Philo · 2 mi loop · Easy
Falls on the Waterbury Trail · 2.8 mi round trip · Moderate · waterfall
Stowe Pinnacle · 2.8 mi round trip · Moderate

Tennessee (7)

Fall Creek Falls · 0.8 mi round trip · waterfall
Foster Falls · 1 mi round trip · waterfall
Big Falls (Old Stone Fort) · 1.4 mi loop · waterfall
Upper Piney Falls · 2.2 mi round trip · waterfall
Gee Creek Falls · 2.6 mi round trip · waterfall
Laurel Fork Falls · 2.6 mi round trip · waterfall
Margarette Falls · 2.7 mi round trip · waterfall

Alabama (6)

Sand Point · 0.7 mi round trip · Easy
Round Top Mountain · 0.8 mi round trip · Easy
Devil's Den Falls · 1 mi round trip · waterfall
Peavine Falls · 1.8 mi round trip · Easy · waterfall
Monte Sano Mountain · 2 mi loop · Easy
Huntsville Mountain · 2.5 mi round trip · Easy

California (6)

Bridalveil Fall · 0.5 mi round trip · Easy
McWay Falls · 0.6 mi round trip · waterfall
Lower Yosemite Fall · 1 mi loop · Easy
May Lake · 2.4 mi round trip · Easy
Vernal Fall · 2.4 mi round trip · Moderate
Santa Ynez Falls · 2.5 mi round trip · Easy · waterfall

Colorado (6)

Horseshoe Falls · 0.4 mi round trip · Easy · waterfall
Adams Falls · 0.6 mi round trip · Easy · waterfall
Copeland Falls · 0.6 mi round trip · Easy · waterfall
Rifle Falls · 0.9 mi loop · Easy · waterfall
Zapata Falls · 0.9 mi round trip · Easy · waterfall
Alberta Falls · 1.2 mi round trip · Easy · waterfall

Maryland (6)

Great Falls of the Potomac (Maryland) · 1 mi round trip · waterfall
Kilgore Falls · 1 mi round trip · waterfall
Cunningham Falls · 1.2 mi round trip · Easy · waterfall
Muddy Creek Falls · 1.5 mi loop · waterfall
Swallow Falls · 1.5 mi loop · waterfall
Hoye-Crest · 2 mi round trip · Moderate

Virginia (5)

Lands Run Falls · 1.3 mi round trip · Easy · waterfall
Dark Hollow Falls · 1.4 mi round trip · Easy · waterfall
Roaring Run Falls · 1.5 mi loop · waterfall
Barren Rock · 2.5 mi round trip · Moderate
Apple Orchard Falls · 2.6 mi round trip · waterfall

Wisconsin (5)

Eagle Heights · 0.7 mi round trip · Easy
Dundee Mountain · 0.8 mi round trip · Easy
Blue Mounds · 1.3 mi round trip · Easy
Copper Falls · 1.7 mi loop · waterfall
Red Granite Falls · 2.5 mi round trip · waterfall

Idaho (4)

Grouse Creek Falls · 1 mi round trip · Easy · waterfall
Copper Falls · 1.4 mi loop · waterfall
Cervidae Peak · 1.9 mi round trip · Moderate
Elk Creek Falls · 2.8 mi loop · Moderate · waterfall

Illinois (4)

Mount Hoy · 0.3 mi round trip · Easy
Starved Rock · 0.7 mi loop · Easy
Garden Of the Gods · 0.9 mi round trip · Easy
Charles Mound · 2 mi round trip

Kentucky (4)

Joe Knob · 1.1 mi round trip · Easy
Yahoo Falls · 1.1 mi loop · Easy · waterfall
Tri-State Peak · 1.4 mi round trip · Easy
Tioga Falls · 2 mi round trip · waterfall

South Carolina (4)

Issaqueena Falls · 0.4 mi round trip · waterfall
Brasstown Falls · 0.6 mi round trip · waterfall
King Creek Falls · 1 mi round trip · waterfall
Carrick Creek Falls · 2 mi loop · waterfall

West Virginia (4)

Blackwater Falls · 0.4 mi round trip · waterfall
Sandstone Falls · 0.4 mi round trip · waterfall
Cabin Creek Falls · 1 mi loop · waterfall
Big Branch Falls · 2 mi loop · Easy · waterfall

Iowa (3)

Dakota Point · 0.4 mi round trip · Easy
North Bluff · 0.6 mi round trip · Easy
Mount Hosmer · 0.7 mi loop · Easy

Pennsylvania (3)

Raymondskill Falls · 0.3 mi loop · waterfall
Mount Davis · 1.6 mi round trip · Easy
Tumbling Waters Falls · 2.8 mi loop · waterfall

Rhode Island (3)

Jerimoth Hill · 0.3 mi round trip · Easy
Wolf Rocks · 0.8 mi round trip · Easy
Benson Mountain · 1.8 mi round trip · Easy

Delaware (2)

Drummond Hill · 1.2 mi round trip · Easy
Bottom Hills · 2 mi round trip · Easy

Florida (2)

Britton Hill · 0.8 mi round trip · Easy
Sixteenth Hill · 1 mi round trip · Easy

Indiana (2)

The Mounds · 1.2 mi round trip · Easy
Pinnacle · 2 mi round trip · Easy

Louisiana (2)

False Mountain · 0.9 mi round trip · Easy
Driskill Mountain · 1.5 mi round trip · Easy

Mississippi (2)

Little Mountain · 1.7 mi round trip · Easy
Woodall Mountain · 2 mi round trip · Easy

Missouri (2)

Cuthbertson Mountain · 1.3 mi round trip · Easy
Taum Sauk Mountain · 2.9 mi round trip · Moderate

Alaska (1)

Race Point · 1.8 mi round trip · Moderate

Arizona (1)

Mount Bigelow · 1.6 mi round trip · Easy

Hawaii (1)

Pākaʻaoʻao · 0.4 mi round trip · Easy

North Dakota (1)

White Butte · 1.5 mi round trip · Easy

Oklahoma (1)

Quartz Mountain · 0.4 mi loop · Easy

South Dakota (1)

Mount Rushmore · 0.6 mi loop

Short Hikes near me: common questions

How do I find short hikes near me?: Press "Use my location" (or choose a city) above and the 269 short hikes on Summit Seeker are ranked by straight-line distance from you, nearest first. Your location stays in your browser.
What is the shortest short hike on the list?: Mount Curwood in Michigan: 0.04 miles round trip.
Which state has the most short hikes here?: Massachusetts, with 17. The full list by state is below.