Hiking trails near Muncie, Indiana

34 official trails lie within 25 miles of Muncie — 144 miles in total, 29 rated easy and 1 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 274 ft; the median trail gains 25 ft.

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24 trails worth the drive

Trail	Miles	Climb	Difficulty	Drive from town
Westwood Park Trails	10.6	92 ft	Hard	45 min · 25 mi
Mounds State Park Trails	5.9	69 ft	Moderate	32 min · 18 mi
Cardinal Greenway	51.3	274 ft	Moderate	7 min · 3 mi
Rangeline Nature Preserve	5.2	40 ft	Moderate	31 min · 17 mi
Prairie Creek Reservoir Trails	4.3	36 ft	Easy	18 min · 11 mi
South Muncie Trail System	8.4	61 ft	Easy	8 min · 4 mi
Wilbur Wright Trail	3.6	101 ft	Easy	37 min · 20 mi
White River Greenway Trail	5.7	48 ft	Easy	4 min · 1 mi
Summit Lake State Park Trails	2.4	33 ft	Easy	36 min · 19 mi
Pendleton Trails	2.4	15 ft	Easy	41 min · 27 mi
Prairie Creek Reservoir Hiking and Biking Trail	1.7	41 ft	Easy	18 min · 11 mi
White River Trace Trail	2.3	25 ft	Easy	36 min · 20 mi
Prairie Creek Multi-Use Trail	1.6	56 ft	Easy	22 min · 12 mi
Mcvey Memorial Forest Trails	1.8	21 ft	Easy	30 min · 19 mi
Honey Creek Trail	1.6	38 ft	Easy	30 min · 16 mi
Shadyside Recreation Trail/Killbuck Wetlands	3.1	15 ft	Easy	35 min · 19 mi
Expert Loop 5	1.1	41 ft	Easy	31 min · 18 mi
Woollybear Parkway Trail	1.6	23 ft	Easy	46 min · 26 mi
Advanced Geology	1.0	24 ft	Easy	20 min · 12 mi
Anderson Parks Trails	1.1	21 ft	Easy	35 min · 22 mi
Mounds Road Trail	1.5	18 ft	Easy	29 min · 17 mi
Morrison Road Trail	1.3	24 ft	Easy	7 min · 3 mi
Muncie Side Paths	1.4	19 ft	Easy	7 min · 3 mi
Parks Riverwalk	1.1	11 ft	Easy	32 min · 18 mi

Quick picks near Muncie

Easy and short: Prairie Creek Reservoir Trails — 4.3 mi, rated easy, 8 mi from town
Longest: Cardinal Greenway — 51.3 mi, 2 mi from town

What the trails reach

Lakes: Westwood Park Trails to Westwood Park Reservoir; Cardinal Greenway to Phillips Lake; Prairie Creek Reservoir Trails to Prairie Creek Reservoir; White River Greenway Trail to Phillips Lake

Nearby towns: Elwood (24 mi) · Marion (28 mi) · Connersville (39 mi) · Kokomo (43 mi)

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