Hiking trails near DeKalb, Illinois

36 official trails lie within 25 miles of DeKalb — 62 miles in total, 36 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 116 ft; the median trail gains 40 ft.

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24 trails worth the drive

Trail	Miles	Climb	Difficulty	From town
Snowmobile Trail	3.6	55 ft	Easy	14 mi
North Ring Route	2.0	116 ft	Easy	21 mi
Arrowhead Trail	2.5	62 ft	Easy	14 mi
Northwestern Medicine XC Course	2.1	51 ft	Easy	24 mi
Tomahawk Trail	2.5	45 ft	Easy	14 mi
Outer Ring Loop	2.1	57 ft	Easy	17 mi
Siegler Lake Loop Trail	1.3	73 ft	Easy	18 mi
The Kishwaukee Gorge Trail	1.2	57 ft	Easy	23 mi
North Trail Loop	1.9	52 ft	Easy	22 mi
West Loop Trail	1.7	47 ft	Easy	22 mi
Orange Trail	2.5	43 ft	Easy	21 mi
Nelson Lake Trail	2.5	30 ft	Easy	20 mi
Wild Turkey Loop (2.09 mi)	2.1	31 ft	Easy	12 mi
Papara Trail	1.2	51 ft	Easy	14 mi
Prairie Loop Trail	1.2	50 ft	Easy	18 mi
North Loop Trail	1.3	48 ft	Easy	17 mi
Chicago Great Western Railway	1.2	51 ft	Easy	19 mi
yellow trail	1.3	40 ft	Easy	18 mi
Coyote Trail	1.6	36 ft	Easy	20 mi
Blue Trail	2.2	29 ft	Easy	20 mi
Bobolink Loop Trail	1.6	27 ft	Easy	18 mi
Northwestern Lot Line Trail	1.7	36 ft	Easy	17 mi
Green Trail	1.5	29 ft	Easy	21 mi
Red Pine Loop	1.1	29 ft	Easy	21 mi

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