Hiking trails near Lafayette, Indiana

57 official trails lie within 25 miles of Lafayette — 145 miles in total, 55 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 210 ft; the median trail gains 38 ft.

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24 trails worth the drive

Trail	Miles	Climb	Difficulty	Drive from town
Northwest Greenway Trail	17.5	47 ft	Moderate	15 min · 7 mi
Tippecanoe County Parks Trails	5.6	82 ft	Moderate	21 min · 11 mi
Lafayette Parks Trails	2.9	83 ft	Easy	8 min · 2 mi
Cattail Trail	6.3	91 ft	Easy	17 min · 9 mi
Wabash Heritage Trail	6.0	75 ft	Easy	17 min · 9 mi
Us 231 Bypass Corridor	7.2	90 ft	Easy	16 min · 9 mi
Horticulture Park Trails	2.2	47 ft	Easy	15 min · 7 mi
Camp Cullom Trails	2.2	69 ft	Easy	36 min · 15 mi
Clegg Memorial Garden	1.3	132 ft	Easy	13 min · 5 mi
Prophetstown State Park Trails	4.6	51 ft	Easy	31 min · 12 mi
Trolley Line Trail	2.2	129 ft	Easy	14 min · 4 mi
Sagamore Parkway Trail	1.1	210 ft	Easy	13 min · 6 mi
Prophetstown Bike Trail	4.7	52 ft	Easy	25 min · 10 mi
Mccormick'S Woods Trails	3.5	36 ft	Easy	17 min · 8 mi
Happy Hollow side path	1.2	195 ft	Easy	13 min · 6 mi
Celery Bog Nature Area	2.3	35 ft	Easy	20 min · 10 mi
Moyer Gould Woods Trail	1.4	90 ft	Easy	38 min · 23 mi
Riley-City Trail	2.3	49 ft	Easy	33 min · 22 mi
Monon high Bridge	1.2	52 ft	Easy	34 min · 22 mi
Pioneer Road Trail	1.4	90 ft	Easy	32 min · 20 mi
Cicott Park Trails	1.5	43 ft	Easy	45 min · 26 mi
Big Four Trail	4.9	39 ft	Easy	32 min · 18 mi
Lafayette Roadway Sidepaths	2.5	43 ft	Easy	11 min · 5 mi
Ravine Park Trails	1.4	36 ft	Easy	42 min · 26 mi

Quick picks near Lafayette

Easy and short: Lafayette Parks Trails — 2.9 mi, rated easy, 2 mi from town
Longest: Northwest Greenway Trail — 17.5 mi, 5 mi from town

What the trails reach

Lakes: Northwest Greenway Trail to Hadley Lake; Riley-City Trail to Wabash and Erie Canal

Rock formations: Wabash Heritage Trail to Prophet Rock

Nearby towns: Monticello (24 mi) · Crawfordsville (25 mi) · Lebanon (33 mi) · Logansport (36 mi)

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