Hiking trails near Champaign, Illinois

30 official trails lie within 25 miles of Champaign — 57 miles in total, 30 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 60 ft; the median trail gains 23 ft.

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24 trails worth the drive

Trail	Miles	Climb	Difficulty	Drive from town
Sangamon River Bluff Trail	3.1	36 ft	Easy	37 min · 24 mi
Kickapoo Rail Trail	6.8	60 ft	Easy	21 min · 15 mi
Red Trail (Robert Allerton Park)	3.1	40 ft	Easy	37 min · 24 mi
Green Trail (Robert Allerton Park)	1.8	49 ft	Easy	39 min · 25 mi
Oak Ridge Trail	2.2	32 ft	Easy	38 min · 22 mi
Yellow Trail (Robert Allerton Park)	1.4	41 ft	Easy	37 min · 25 mi
Bruce Hannon Levee Trail	1.8	43 ft	Easy	28 min · 21 mi
Brown Trail (Robert Allerton Park)	1.9	42 ft	Easy	39 min · 25 mi
Prairie Path	1.8	35 ft	Easy	12 min · 6 mi
Oak Burl Trail	1.6	29 ft	Easy	51 min · 33 mi
Orange Trail (Robert Allerton Park)	1.0	46 ft	Easy	36 min · 24 mi
Carle at the Fields Trail	2.6	15 ft	Easy	11 min · 6 mi
First Street Trail	1.1	48 ft	Easy	9 min · 4 mi
Blue Trail (Robert Allerton Park)	1.0	29 ft	Easy	38 min · 25 mi
Sycamore Trail	1.3	23 ft	Easy	24 min · 14 mi
Robeson Meadows Trail	1.1	22 ft	Easy	7 min · 3 mi
North Waterfowl Trail	1.6	22 ft	Easy	42 min · 30 mi
Flicker Woods Trail	1.3	31 ft	Easy	34 min · 21 mi
South Loop Trail	2.1	22 ft	Easy	48 min · 32 mi
Point Pleasant Trail	1.7	21 ft	Easy	49 min · 32 mi
Kirby Wellness Trail	2.1	14 ft	Easy	22 min · 18 mi
Timberdoodle Trail	1.5	14 ft	Easy	34 min · 21 mi
Harold E Ruppel Mem Bike Path	1.8	11 ft	Easy	7 min · 3 mi
Pipeline Trail	1.0	16 ft	Easy	10 min · 5 mi

Quick picks near Champaign

Easy and short: Sangamon River Bluff Trail — 3.1 mi, rated easy, 21 mi from town

What the trails reach

Lakes: Orange Trail (Robert Allerton Park) to Arrowhead Lake; West Lake Trail to Homer Lake; Sand Beach Cove Trail to Homer Lake; draft to Buck Pond (historical)

Trail guides near Champaign

North Riverview Trail — 1.7 mi, 43 ft climb · 28 mi away
Clear Lake Trail — 2.9 mi, 77 ft climb · 29 mi away
North Fork Trail — 5.0 mi, 66 ft climb · 30 mi away

Nearby towns: Clinton (36 mi) · Decatur (39 mi) · Terre Haute (65 mi) · Crawfordsville (73 mi)

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