Hiking trails near Aurora, Illinois

75 official trails lie within 25 miles of Aurora — 154 miles in total, 74 rated easy and 0 hard or expert. Every distance and elevation figure below is computed from the agency centerline and a 10 m elevation model, not crowd-sourced.

The biggest climb nearby gains 143 ft; the median trail gains 42 ft.

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24 trails worth the drive

Trail	Miles	Climb	Difficulty	From town
Yellow Unpaved Loop	7.2	143 ft	Moderate	23 mi
Orange Single Track Trail	3.9	124 ft	Easy	20 mi
Yellow Unpaved Trail	5.4	75 ft	Easy	22 mi
Yellow Single Track Trail	3.0	135 ft	Easy	20 mi
CAMBr Yellow Trail	5.0	54 ft	Easy	24 mi
Black Single Track Trail	4.0	105 ft	Easy	21 mi
Brown Unpaved Trail	3.9	92 ft	Easy	23 mi
CAMBR Brown Trail	4.6	60 ft	Easy	23 mi
Blue Single Track Trail	2.2	86 ft	Easy	20 mi
Tan Unpaved Trail	2.5	100 ft	Easy	22 mi
Green Unpaved Trail	2.1	80 ft	Easy	22 mi
North Ring Route	2.0	116 ft	Easy	11 mi
Poplar Creek Yellow Unpaved Trail	3.7	58 ft	Easy	19 mi
Orange Unpaved Trail	1.9	86 ft	Easy	20 mi
Cemetery Hill Loop	1.9	64 ft	Easy	21 mi
Sag Valley Brown Unpaved Loop	2.9	46 ft	Easy	20 mi
Red Single Track Trail	4.0	27 ft	Easy	22 mi
Tan Single Track Trail	1.6	63 ft	Easy	21 mi
Northwestern Medicine XC Course	2.1	51 ft	Easy	8 mi
Sag Valley Red Unpaved Trail	2.5	49 ft	Easy	20 mi
CAMBr Orange Trail	3.6	29 ft	Easy	24 mi
Poplar Creek Brown Unpaved Trail	2.6	66 ft	Easy	21 mi
Henslow's Trail	2.0	42 ft	Easy	7 mi
Outer Ring Loop	2.1	57 ft	Easy	13 mi

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