Hiking trails near Gary, Indiana

105 official trails lie within 25 miles of Gary — 296 miles in total, 102 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 164 ft; the median trail gains 29 ft.

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24 trails worth the drive

Trail	Miles	Climb	Difficulty	From town
Lincoln Memorial Trail	10.1	164 ft	Moderate	23 mi
Sunset Hill Farm County Park Trails	4.8	97 ft	Moderate	15 mi
Cowles Bog Trail With Greenbelt	4.8	134 ft	Moderate	14 mi
Glenwood Dunes Trail	5.8	63 ft	Easy	17 mi
Lemon Lake County Park Trails	6.0	48 ft	Easy	14 mi
Trail 9	3.0	97 ft	Easy	16 mi
Lake County Parks Trails	6.4	38 ft	Easy	9 mi
Valpo Priority Loop & Spines	6.5	61 ft	Easy	17 mi
Outback Trails	4.6	34 ft	Easy	11 mi
Oak Savannah Trail	6.4	61 ft	Easy	5 mi
Tolleston Dune Trail	2.6	72 ft	Easy	8 mi
Iron Horse Heritage Trail	5.8	58 ft	Easy	10 mi
Meadowbrook Nature Preserve Trails	3.8	51 ft	Easy	14 mi
Trail 10	5.8	78 ft	Easy	16 mi
NIPSCO/St. John Corridor	5.2	49 ft	Easy	13 mi
Bailly/Chellberg Area Trails	2.1	71 ft	Easy	14 mi
Moraine Nature Preserve Trails	2.5	80 ft	Easy	17 mi
Coffee Creek Preserve Trails	4.5	39 ft	Easy	16 mi
Long Lake Trail	1.5	80 ft	Easy	7 mi
C & O Trail	3.9	71 ft	Easy	8 mi
Dunes Kankakee Trail	1.9	96 ft	Easy	15 mi
Erie Trail Linear Park	5.4	40 ft	Easy	9 mi
Hobart Trails	3.8	39 ft	Easy	6 mi
Monon Rail-Trail	4.0	67 ft	Easy	23 mi

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