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Hiking Trails Under 5 km in Basel-Landschaft

There are 59 hikes in Basel-Landschaft in our database that fit. They average 1.7 km, with the longest running to 4.5 km.

That is 74 percent of the 80 routes we map in Basel-Landschaft. They are shorter than the local average, 1.7 km against 5.8 km, which is what makes this a practical shortlist for a half day. They also climb less than the area average, 3 m (10 ft) against 131 m (430 ft), so they suit a recovery day or a group with mixed fitness.

Short routes for a spare couple of hours, an evening walk, or a day when the weather only gives you a window. Most of these are on the gentler end, which makes the list a good starting point if you are new to the area.

Trails

Easy

Egglisgraben - Ruine Wartenberg

Basel-Landschaft · Switzerland

Distance
2.1 km
/ 1.3 mi
Elevation gain
46 m
Typical duration
30 min
  • Castle and ruins
  • Waymarked route
Easy

Grossi Weid - Ruine Pfeffingen

Basel-Landschaft · Switzerland

Distance
0.9 km
/ 0.6 mi
Elevation gain
21 m
Typical duration
14 min
  • Castle and ruins
  • Waymarked route
Easy

800 m - Ober Hauenstein

Basel-Landschaft · Switzerland

Distance
3.1 km
/ 1.9 mi
Elevation gain
69 m
Typical duration
45 min
  • Waymarked route
Easy

Aesch - Aesch

Basel-Landschaft · Switzerland

Distance
0.4 km
/ 0.2 mi
Elevation gain
9 m
Typical duration
6 min
  • Waymarked route
Easy

Allmend - Bärenwil

Basel-Landschaft · Switzerland

Distance
1.1 km
/ 0.7 mi
Elevation gain
25 m
Typical duration
17 min
  • Waymarked route
Easy

Asp - ?

Basel-Landschaft · Switzerland

Distance
0.6 km
/ 0.4 mi
Elevation gain
13 m
Typical duration
9 min
  • Waymarked route
Easy

Asp - Allerheiligenrank

Basel-Landschaft · Switzerland

Distance
2.2 km
/ 1.4 mi
Elevation gain
49 m
Typical duration
32 min
  • Waymarked route
Easy

Bärengraben - Brotträger

Basel-Landschaft · Switzerland

Distance
0.5 km
/ 0.3 mi
Elevation gain
10 m
Typical duration
7 min
  • Waymarked route
Easy

Bärengraben - fixme

Basel-Landschaft · Switzerland

Distance
0.9 km
/ 0.5 mi
Elevation gain
19 m
Typical duration
12 min
  • Waymarked route
Easy

Bärenwil - fixme

Basel-Landschaft · Switzerland

Distance
1.5 km
/ 0.9 mi
Elevation gain
33 m
Typical duration
21 min
  • Waymarked route
Easy

Bärenwil - Holderbank

Basel-Landschaft · Switzerland

Distance
3.0 km
/ 1.9 mi
Elevation gain
66 m
Typical duration
43 min
  • Waymarked route
Easy

Belchen Süd - Chall

Basel-Landschaft · Switzerland

Distance
2.0 km
/ 1.3 mi
Elevation gain
45 m
Typical duration
30 min
  • Waymarked route
Easy

Belchen Süd - Chambersberg

Basel-Landschaft · Switzerland

Distance
2.3 km
/ 1.4 mi
Elevation gain
51 m
Typical duration
33 min
  • Waymarked route
Easy

Bergflue - Ränggen

Basel-Landschaft · Switzerland

Distance
1.3 km
/ 0.8 mi
Elevation gain
28 m
Typical duration
18 min
  • Waymarked route
Easy

Bergmatten - Hofmatt

Basel-Landschaft · Switzerland

Distance
0.8 km
/ 0.5 mi
Elevation gain
19 m
Typical duration
12 min
  • Waymarked route
Easy

Bienenberg - Frenkendorf

Basel-Landschaft · Switzerland

Distance
1.4 km
/ 0.9 mi
Elevation gain
32 m
Typical duration
21 min
  • Waymarked route
Easy

Bogental - Neuhüsli

Basel-Landschaft · Switzerland

Distance
2.9 km
/ 1.8 mi
Elevation gain
63 m
Typical duration
42 min
  • Waymarked route
Easy

Bogental - Vogelberg

Basel-Landschaft · Switzerland

Distance
3.7 km
/ 2.3 mi
Elevation gain
82 m
Typical duration
54 min
  • Waymarked route
Easy

Breitenhöchi - Langenbruck

Basel-Landschaft · Switzerland

Distance
3.6 km
/ 2.2 mi
Elevation gain
79 m
Typical duration
52 min
  • Waymarked route
Easy

Breitweg Waldhaus - Strick

Basel-Landschaft · Switzerland

Distance
1.0 km
/ 0.6 mi
Elevation gain
22 m
Typical duration
14 min
  • Waymarked route
Easy

Buuseregg - Farnsberg

Basel-Landschaft · Switzerland

Distance
1.5 km
/ 1.0 mi
Elevation gain
34 m
Typical duration
22 min
  • Waymarked route
Easy

Challhöchi - Chall

Basel-Landschaft · Switzerland

Distance
0.5 km
/ 0.3 mi
Elevation gain
11 m
Typical duration
7 min
  • Waymarked route
Easy

Challhöchi - Hauenstein

Basel-Landschaft · Switzerland

Distance
3.3 km
/ 2.0 mi
Elevation gain
72 m
Typical duration
47 min
  • Waymarked route
Easy

Challhöchi - Schmutzberg

Basel-Landschaft · Switzerland

Distance
1.2 km
/ 0.8 mi
Elevation gain
27 m
Typical duration
18 min
  • Waymarked route
Easy

Chlusweid - Schöntal

Basel-Landschaft · Switzerland

Distance
1.4 km
/ 0.9 mi
Elevation gain
31 m
Typical duration
21 min
  • Waymarked route
Easy

Diepflingen - Thürnen

Basel-Landschaft · Switzerland

Distance
1.1 km
/ 0.7 mi
Elevation gain
24 m
Typical duration
16 min
  • Waymarked route
Easy

Dornach Bahnhof - Schlosshof

Basel-Landschaft · Switzerland

Distance
2.3 km
/ 1.5 mi
Elevation gain
51 m
Typical duration
34 min
  • Waymarked route
Easy

Dreilauf-Buche - Chapf

Basel-Landschaft · Switzerland

Distance
1.1 km
/ 0.7 mi
Elevation gain
24 m
Typical duration
16 min
  • Waymarked route
Easy

Eggflue - Grossi Weid

Basel-Landschaft · Switzerland

Distance
1.3 km
/ 0.8 mi
Elevation gain
28 m
Typical duration
18 min
  • Waymarked route
Easy

Farnsberg - Rickenbach

Basel-Landschaft · Switzerland

Distance
1.6 km
/ 1.0 mi
Elevation gain
34 m
Typical duration
22 min
  • Waymarked route
Easy

Farnsberg - Rickenbach

Basel-Landschaft · Switzerland

Distance
0.8 km
/ 0.5 mi
Elevation gain
17 m
Typical duration
11 min
  • Waymarked route
Easy

fixme - fixme

Basel-Landschaft · Switzerland

Distance
1.9 km
/ 1.2 mi
Elevation gain
41 m
Typical duration
27 min
  • Waymarked route
Easy

fixme - fixme

Basel-Landschaft · Switzerland

Distance
1.9 km
/ 1.1 mi
Elevation gain
41 m
Typical duration
27 min
  • Waymarked route
Easy

Forenacher - Uf Edletten

Basel-Landschaft · Switzerland

Distance
0.9 km
/ 0.6 mi
Elevation gain
21 m
Typical duration
14 min
  • Waymarked route
Easy

Forenhof - Hasmatt

Basel-Landschaft · Switzerland

Distance
1.8 km
/ 1.1 mi
Elevation gain
40 m
Typical duration
27 min
  • Waymarked route
Easy

Frenkendorf - Pratteln

Basel-Landschaft · Switzerland

Distance
4.2 km
/ 2.6 mi
Elevation gain
92 m
Typical duration
1 hr 1 min
  • Waymarked route
Easy

Grauboden - Bürten

Basel-Landschaft · Switzerland

Distance
0.8 km
/ 0.5 mi
Elevation gain
17 m
Typical duration
11 min
  • Waymarked route
Easy

Grauboden - Vogelberg

Basel-Landschaft · Switzerland

Distance
0.7 km
/ 0.4 mi
Elevation gain
14 m
Typical duration
9 min
  • Waymarked route
Easy

Grimstelucke - fixme

Basel-Landschaft · Switzerland

Distance
0.8 km
/ 0.5 mi
Elevation gain
17 m
Typical duration
11 min
  • Waymarked route
Easy

Grimstelucke - Nusshof

Basel-Landschaft · Switzerland

Distance
0.7 km
/ 0.5 mi
Elevation gain
16 m
Typical duration
11 min
  • Waymarked route
Easy

Grimstelucke - Schward

Basel-Landschaft · Switzerland

Distance
0.7 km
/ 0.4 mi
Elevation gain
15 m
Typical duration
10 min
  • Waymarked route
Easy

Gwidmenhöchi - Dürstel

Basel-Landschaft · Switzerland

Distance
1.6 km
/ 1.0 mi
Elevation gain
35 m
Typical duration
23 min
  • Waymarked route
Easy

Hard - fixme

Basel-Landschaft · Switzerland

Distance
0.4 km
/ 0.3 mi
Elevation gain
9 m
Typical duration
6 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
Burg Reichenstein - Gstüd RänggersmattBasel-Landschaft1.5 km34 m22 minEasyApril to October
Burg Reichenstein - Spitalholz - fixmeBasel-Landschaft2.4 km53 m35 minEasyApril to October
Egglisgraben - Ruine WartenbergBasel-Landschaft2.1 km46 m30 minEasyApril to October
Grossi Weid - Ruine PfeffingenBasel-Landschaft0.9 km21 m14 minEasyApril to October
800 m - Ober HauensteinBasel-Landschaft3.1 km69 m45 minEasyApril to October
Aesch - AeschBasel-Landschaft0.4 km9 m6 minEasyApril to October
Aesch - Dornachbrugg? - fixmeBasel-Landschaft2.7 km59 m39 minEasyApril to October
Allmend - BärenwilBasel-Landschaft1.1 km25 m17 minEasyApril to October
Asp - ?Basel-Landschaft0.6 km13 m9 minEasyApril to October
Asp - AllerheiligenrankBasel-Landschaft2.2 km49 m32 minEasyApril to October

If you only have time for one, start with Aesch - Dornachbrugg? - fixme, Asp - ?, Aesch - Aesch. Those are the routes people come back to. Every route on this page links through to a full guide with the map, elevation profile, seasonal advice and what to bring.

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