Here is a list of the longest hiking trails in the world from longest to shortest.
Trails over 1,500 kilometres in length
Trans Canada Trail – In Canada, this trail extends to around from coast to coast and is still in need of completion. American Discovery Trail – Extends from coast to coast in the USA, the longer Southern route is long. Grand Italian Trail – This trail is around through Italy. Continental Divide Trail – USA about Hokkaidō Nature Trail – In Japan, this trail is about long. Tōhoku Nature Trail – A trail in Japan about long. Pacific Crest Trail – Extends from Mexico to Canada, through California, Oregon and Washington. Chubu Hokuriku Nature Trail – In Japan, about long. Great American Rail-Trail - A cross country rail-trail in the United States. Appalachian Trail – This trail is around stretching throughout most of the east coastal United States. Kinki Nature Trail – In Japan, about long. Greater Patagonian Trail – In Chile and Argentina is currently long and can potentially be extended to approx. . The entire route network exceeds . Te Araroa – In New Zealand, about . Kyushu Nature Trail – In Japan, about . Camino de Santiago de Compostela – In France and Spain, about + long. The Sultans Trail – Runs through Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, and Turkey at a distance of . Chugoku Nature Trail – In Japan, about long. Great Himalaya Trail – In the Himalayas near Nepal is a northern route with high elevation, about . The low route is long with a total of nearly . Via Francigena in UK, France, and Italy is .
Trails under 1,500 kilometres in length
Great Baikal Trail is a series of trails in Russia projected to be finished in 2014. National Blue Trail in Hungary is 1,168 km (725 mi) long. Trans-Panama Trail in Panama is long. South West Coast Path in the United Kingdom is around . Bibbulmun Track in Australia is around . Israel National Trail or Shvil Yisrael is long. The Bruce Trail in Ontario, Canada is long. Cesta hrdinov SNP in Slovakia The Baekdu-Daegan Trail in South Korea is . Kom-Emine in Bulgaria is in length. Jordan Trail in Jordan is long. The Sir Samuel and Lady Florence Baker Trail in South Sudan to Uganda is . The Lycian Way in Turkey is . The Main Beskid Trail in Poland is The Main Sudetes Trail Główny Szlak Sudecki in Poland is Snowman Trek in Bhutan is . Tahoe Rim Trail in Lake Tahoe is long. Tour de Mont Blanc through France, Italy, and Switzerland is .