Hiking trails near North Vernon, Indiana

69 official trails lie within 25 miles of North Vernon — 187 miles in total, 58 rated easy and 2 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 368 ft; the median trail gains 79 ft.

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24 trails worth the drive

Trail	Miles	Climb	Difficulty	Drive from town
Versailles Mountain Bike Trails	19.4	180 ft	Expert	50 min · 26 mi
Tipton Lakes Trails	8.8	63 ft	Moderate	46 min · 26 mi
Daryl R. Karns Natural History Trails	2.6	297 ft	Moderate	48 min · 28 mi
Trail1	2.8	190 ft	Moderate	43 min · 25 mi
Potato Peeler	4.4	174 ft	Moderate	50 min · 26 mi
Scottsburg Multiuse Trails	7.6	47 ft	Easy	49 min · 36 mi
Madison Connector	2.0	368 ft	Easy	41 min · 25 mi
Columbus People Trails	21.0	39 ft	Easy	37 min · 22 mi
Muscatuck Park River Trail	2.6	146 ft	Easy	7 min · 3 mi
Scottsburg to Pigeon Roost Trail	3.9	89 ft	Easy	50 min · 37 mi
Tripton Park Trails	2.6	44 ft	Easy	7 min · 2 mi
Hiking Trails (multiple)	3.1	71 ft	Easy	17 min · 5 mi
Charles & Nan Hurley Interpretive Trail	2.0	123 ft	Easy	8 min · 3 mi
Muscatatuck Park Ridge Trail	1.7	97 ft	Easy	9 min · 3 mi
Horse Trail Y (Boot Loop_	1.7	124 ft	Easy	46 min · 31 mi
Last Chance	1.5	176 ft	Easy	1 h 01 min · 33 mi
Office Site Trail	2.1	51 ft	Easy	50 min · 28 mi
Black Trail (Muscatatuck County Park)	1.1	84 ft	Easy	7 min · 3 mi
Sycamore Land Trust Preserve Trails	2.0	80 ft	Easy	46 min · 27 mi
Horse Trail R (Gobblers Loop)	1.3	106 ft	Easy	46 min · 31 mi
Horse Trail W (White Pine Loop)	1.2	87 ft	Easy	52 min · 30 mi
Green Trail (Muscatatuck County Park)	2.0	66 ft	Easy	10 min · 3 mi
Outward Bound Trail	1.5	51 ft	Easy	50 min · 24 mi
Island Trail	1.3	51 ft	Easy	50 min · 24 mi

Quick picks near North Vernon

Easy and short: Madison Connector — 2.0 mi, rated easy, 23 mi from town
Biggest climb: Madison Connector — 368 ft over 2.0 mi, 23 mi from town
Longest: Columbus People Trails — 21.0 mi, 20 mi from town

What the trails reach

Waterfalls: Daryl R. Karns Natural History Trails to Horseshoe Falls

Summits: Versailles Mountain Bike Trails to Hassmer Hill

Lakes: Scottsburg Multiuse Trails to Scottsburg Reservoir; Iola Lake Trails to Iola Lake

Viewpoints: Charles & Nan Hurley Interpretive Trail to Sam Calli/Rosemary Calli Memorial Overlook

Trail guides near North Vernon

Laura Hare Nature Preserve — 5.2 mi, 223 ft climb · 30 mi away
Knobstone Trail — 57.4 mi, 438 ft climb · 30 mi away
Horse Trail B (Brown County State Park) — 8.5 mi, 381 ft climb · 32 mi away
Nebo Ridge Trail 1 — 8.6 mi, 356 ft climb · 34 mi away
Brown County State Park Mountain Bike Trails — 24.5 mi, 360 ft climb · 34 mi away
Hickory Ridge 2 — 6.7 mi, 221 ft climb · 35 mi away
Clark SF Horse Trails — 36.6 mi, 462 ft climb · 36 mi away
Grubb Ridge Trail — 13.3 mi, 336 ft climb · 38 mi away

Nearby towns: Columbus (20 mi) · Madison (22 mi) · Scottsburg (24 mi) · Batesville (30 mi)

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