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Loop Trails near Gothenburg

There are 117 hikes near Gothenburg in our database that fit. They average 5.4 km and 119 m (390 ft) of ascent, with the longest running to 23.1 km.

That is 63 percent of the 186 routes we map near Gothenburg. They are shorter than the local average, 5.4 km against 7.8 km, which is what makes this a practical shortlist for a half day. They also climb less than the area average, 119 m (390 ft) against 171 m (561 ft), so they suit a recovery day or a group with mixed fitness.

Circular routes: park once, finish where you started, and never walk the same section twice. The mix is broad: 86 are rated easy and 3 are hard or harder, so there is something here whether you have two hours or a full day. A good share of them are loops, so you can park once and finish where you started.

Trails

Easy

Berghem Motionsspår

Västra Götaland County · Sweden

Distance
3.4 km
/ 2.1 mi
Elevation gain
75 m
Typical duration
50 min
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Bergsjödal Vit-Svart

Västra Götaland County · Sweden

Distance
11.2 km
/ 7.0 mi
Elevation gain
247 m
Typical duration
2 hr 43 min
  • Waymarked route
Easy

Bergsjödal- Surketjärn Gul

Västra Götaland County · Sweden

Distance
5.6 km
/ 3.5 mi
Elevation gain
124 m
Typical duration
1 hr 21 min
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Björkåsen Grön 10 km

Västra Götaland County · Sweden

Distance
9.6 km
/ 6.0 mi
Elevation gain
212 m
Typical duration
2 hr 20 min
  • Waymarked route
Easy

Björkåsen Gul 5,5 km

Västra Götaland County · Sweden

Distance
5.5 km
/ 3.4 mi
Elevation gain
120 m
Typical duration
1 hr 19 min
  • Waymarked route
Easy

Björkåsen Röd 5 km

Västra Götaland County · Sweden

Distance
5.0 km
/ 3.1 mi
Elevation gain
109 m
Typical duration
1 hr 12 min
  • Waymarked route
Easy

Blå

Västra Götaland County · Sweden

Distance
3.2 km
/ 2.0 mi
Elevation gain
70 m
Typical duration
46 min
  • Waymarked route
Easy

Bunketorp 1.5km

Västra Götaland County · Sweden

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

Bunketorp 2.5km

Västra Götaland County · Sweden

Distance
2.6 km
/ 1.6 mi
Elevation gain
58 m
Typical duration
38 min
  • Waymarked route
Easy

Bunketorp 5 km

Västra Götaland County · Sweden

Distance
4.7 km
/ 2.9 mi
Elevation gain
104 m
Typical duration
1 hr 8 min
  • Waymarked route
Easy

Bunketorp 6,5 km

Västra Götaland County · Sweden

Distance
6.2 km
/ 3.9 mi
Elevation gain
137 m
Typical duration
1 hr 30 min
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Bunketorp 9 km

Västra Götaland County · Sweden

Distance
8.8 km
/ 5.5 mi
Elevation gain
193 m
Typical duration
2 hr 7 min
  • Waymarked route
Hard

Djursjöleden

Västra Götaland County · Sweden

Distance
19.4 km
/ 12.0 mi
Elevation gain
426 m
Typical duration
4 hr 48 min
  • Waymarked route
Easy

Dräggsjön Runt 6,7 km

Västra Götaland County · Sweden

Distance
6.5 km
/ 4.1 mi
Elevation gain
143 m
Typical duration
1 hr 34 min
  • Waymarked route
Hard

Ekleden

Västra Götaland County · Sweden

Distance
21.6 km
/ 13.4 mi
Elevation gain
475 m
Typical duration
5 hr 24 min
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

FVIK 10 km Motionsspår

Västra Götaland County · Sweden

Distance
9.9 km
/ 6.2 mi
Elevation gain
219 m
Typical duration
2 hr 24 min
  • Waymarked route
Easy

FVIK 2,5 km Elljusspår

Västra Götaland County · Sweden

Distance
2.5 km
/ 1.5 mi
Elevation gain
54 m
Typical duration
36 min
  • Waymarked route
Easy

FVIK 2,5 km Motionsspår

Västra Götaland County · Sweden

Distance
2.1 km
/ 1.3 mi
Elevation gain
47 m
Typical duration
31 min
  • Waymarked route
Easy

FVIK 4,2 km Motionsspår

Västra Götaland County · Sweden

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

FVIK 6,2 km Motionsspår

Västra Götaland County · Sweden

Distance
6.1 km
/ 3.8 mi
Elevation gain
134 m
Typical duration
1 hr 28 min
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

FVIK Trail 10 km

Västra Götaland County · Sweden

Distance
10.5 km
/ 6.5 mi
Elevation gain
230 m
Typical duration
2 hr 31 min
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Furulund Grön/vit

Västra Götaland County · Sweden

Distance
7.1 km
/ 4.4 mi
Elevation gain
157 m
Typical duration
1 hr 43 min
  • Waymarked route
Easy

Furulund Gul

Västra Götaland County · Sweden

Distance
4.8 km
/ 3.0 mi
Elevation gain
106 m
Typical duration
1 hr 10 min
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Goråsspåren Blå

Västra Götaland County · Sweden

Distance
6.7 km
/ 4.2 mi
Elevation gain
147 m
Typical duration
1 hr 37 min
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Goråsspåren Grön

Västra Götaland County · Sweden

Distance
8.0 km
/ 5.0 mi
Elevation gain
176 m
Typical duration
1 hr 56 min
  • Waymarked route
Easy

Goråsspåren Gul

Västra Götaland County · Sweden

Distance
5.4 km
/ 3.4 mi
Elevation gain
119 m
Typical duration
1 hr 19 min
  • Waymarked route
Easy

Gul

Västra Götaland County · Sweden

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

HIF 3,3 km motionsspår

Västra Götaland County · Sweden

Distance
3.4 km
/ 2.1 mi
Elevation gain
74 m
Typical duration
49 min
  • Waymarked route
Easy

Hagryd Dala Blå

Halland County · Sweden

Distance
6.1 km
/ 3.8 mi
Elevation gain
135 m
Typical duration
1 hr 29 min
  • Waymarked route
Easy

Hagryd Dala Grön

Halland County · Sweden

Distance
2.6 km
/ 1.6 mi
Elevation gain
57 m
Typical duration
38 min
  • Waymarked route
Easy

Hedgärdessjön Runt 4 km

Västra Götaland County · Sweden

Distance
3.9 km
/ 2.4 mi
Elevation gain
85 m
Typical duration
56 min
  • Waymarked route
Easy

Helsjön Dammstigen

Västra Götaland County · Sweden

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

Helsjön Kungsstigen

Västra Götaland County · Sweden

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

Helsjön Skogsstigen

Västra Götaland County · Sweden

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

Helsjön Strandvägen

Halland County · Sweden

Distance
2.8 km
/ 1.7 mi
Elevation gain
61 m
Typical duration
40 min
  • Waymarked route
Easy

Herkulesgården grön/vit

Västra Götaland County · Sweden

Distance
6.5 km
/ 4.0 mi
Elevation gain
143 m
Typical duration
1 hr 34 min
  • Waymarked route
Easy

Herkulesgården gul

Västra Götaland County · Sweden

Distance
4.1 km
/ 2.5 mi
Elevation gain
90 m
Typical duration
59 min
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Horred 10 km Motionsspår

Västra Götaland County · Sweden

Distance
9.3 km
/ 5.8 mi
Elevation gain
205 m
Typical duration
2 hr 15 min
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Horred 15 km Motionsspår

Västra Götaland County · Sweden

Distance
13.1 km
/ 8.2 mi
Elevation gain
289 m
Typical duration
3 hr 10 min
  • Waymarked route
Easy

Horred 2,5 km Elljusspår

Västra Götaland County · Sweden

Distance
2.6 km
/ 1.6 mi
Elevation gain
57 m
Typical duration
38 min
  • Waymarked route
Easy

Horred 5 km Motionsspår

Västra Götaland County · Sweden

Distance
5.4 km
/ 3.4 mi
Elevation gain
119 m
Typical duration
1 hr 18 min
  • Waymarked route
Easy

Hälsans Stig Öckerö

Västra Götaland County · Sweden

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

Hälsans stig Kinna

Västra Götaland County · Sweden

Distance
3.9 km
/ 2.4 mi
Elevation gain
86 m
Typical duration
57 min
  • Waymarked route
Easy

Härskogen 2,5 km

Västra Götaland County · Sweden

Distance
2.5 km
/ 1.5 mi
Elevation gain
54 m
Typical duration
36 min
  • Waymarked route
Easy

Härskogen 5,0 km

Västra Götaland County · Sweden

Distance
4.9 km
/ 3.1 mi
Elevation gain
108 m
Typical duration
1 hr 11 min
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

KSK 10 km Motionsspår

Västra Götaland County · Sweden

Distance
9.9 km
/ 6.2 mi
Elevation gain
218 m
Typical duration
2 hr 23 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
Berghem MotionsspårVästra Götaland County3.4 km75 m50 minEasyJune to October
Bergsjödal Vit-SvartVästra Götaland County11.2 km247 m2 hr 43 minModerateJune to October
Bergsjödal- Surketjärn GulVästra Götaland County5.6 km124 m1 hr 21 minEasyJune to October
Björkåsen Grön 10 kmVästra Götaland County9.6 km212 m2 hr 20 minModerateJune to October
Björkåsen Gul 5,5 kmVästra Götaland County5.5 km120 m1 hr 19 minEasyJune to October
Björkåsen Röd 5 kmVästra Götaland County5.0 km109 m1 hr 12 minEasyJune to October
BlåVästra Götaland County3.2 km70 m46 minEasyJune to October
Bunketorp 1.5kmVästra Götaland County1.6 km35 m23 minEasyJune to October
Bunketorp 2.5kmVästra Götaland County2.6 km58 m38 minEasyJune to October
Bunketorp 5 kmVästra Götaland County4.7 km104 m1 hr 8 minEasyJune to October

If you only have time for one, start with KSK 2,5 km Elljusspår, Kyrkobyn Dala Röd, KSK 10 km Motionsspår. 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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