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Easy Hiking Trails near West Palm Beach

The directory currently contains 6 quality-checked routes matching this guide near West Palm Beach. Their average mapped distance is 3.5 km and average recorded ascent is 1 m (3 ft); the longest route in the set is 7.8 km.

This subset represents 67% of the 9 quality-checked routes near West Palm Beach. Its average distance is 3.5 km, compared with 19.5 km across the full local set.

Every route in this set is rated easy by the directory’s distance-and-elevation model. The rating does not verify surface, exposure or current hazards. Within this set, 6 routes (100%) are rated easy, 0 (0%) are rated hard or expert, and 1 (17%) are recorded as loops. Ratings are computed from available distance and elevation data and do not establish current terrain or access.

Data refreshed September 2026

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How do these routes differ?

A closer look at the first 6 routes in this page’s default ordering. These comparisons describe this sample, not the entire destination or a field-tested recommendation.

Shortest mapped distance in this sample

0.8 km

Blue trail (Eeagle View, JDSP)

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Lowest recorded ascent in this sample

0 m

Blue trail (Eeagle View, JDSP)

6 of 6 have ascent data. Missing measurements are excluded.

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1 recorded loop

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Trails

Easy

Green trail (JDSP)

Florida · United States

Distance
7.8 km
/ 4.8 mi
Elevation gain
6 m
Typical duration
1 hr 38 min
  • Waymarked route

The shortlist, side by side

The ten highest scoring routes on this page, so you can compare effort before opening any of them.

Distance, ascent, walking time and difficulty for the top routes
RouteDistanceAscentTimeDifficultyBest season
Green trail (JDSP)Florida7.8 km6 m1 hr 38 minEasyApril to October
Blue trail (Eeagle View, JDSP)Florida0.8 km0 m11 minEasyApril to October
Blue trail (Eeagle View, JDSP)Florida1.6 km0 m20 minEasyApril to October
Red trail (Eeagle View, JDSP)Florida7.4 km0 m1 hr 32 minEasyApril to October
Yellow trail (Eeagle View, JDSP)Florida1.9 km0 m23 minEasyApril to October
Blue trail (Eeagle View, JDSP)Florida1.6 km0 m20 minEasyApril to October

Green trail (JDSP), Blue trail (Eeagle View, JDSP), Blue trail (Eeagle View, JDSP) currently rank highest in this filtered set according to the directory score. Open an individual route to inspect its mapped line, elevation profile, data source and planning caveats. Check live access, conditions and local rules with an official source before travelling.

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