Hiking trails near Fairfield, Iowa

32 official trails lie within 25 miles of Fairfield — 117 miles in total, 23 rated easy and 3 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 179 ft; the median trail gains 100 ft.

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24 trails worth the drive

Trail	Miles	Climb	Difficulty	Drive from town
Main	10.3	72 ft	Hard	30 min · 17 mi
Fairfield Trail Loop	16.0	116 ft	Hard	2 min · 1 mi
River	5.2	160 ft	Hard	43 min · 24 mi
Brinton Timber Trails	5.4	119 ft	Moderate	39 min · 18 mi
Chief Wapello Trail	4.5	161 ft	Moderate	36 min · 26 mi
Sockum Ridge Trails	4.7	100 ft	Moderate	54 min · 29 mi
Lake	4.0	118 ft	Moderate	37 min · 22 mi
Kewash Nature Trail	13.8	115 ft	Moderate	47 min · 28 mi
Clemons Creek Trails	3.6	78 ft	Moderate	51 min · 27 mi
Ayres Trail	2.9	138 ft	Easy	45 min · 33 mi
Gate House Trail	2.3	176 ft	Easy	44 min · 24 mi
Mount Pleasant Trail	4.8	100 ft	Easy	36 min · 25 mi
Yellow Trail (Pioneer Ridge Nature Area and Nature Center)	2.0	103 ft	Easy	41 min · 32 mi
Orange Trail (Pioneer Ridge Nature Area and Nature Center)	2.1	120 ft	Easy	44 min · 33 mi
Green Trail (Pioneer Ridge Nature Area and Nature Center)	1.8	107 ft	Easy	45 min · 33 mi
Shimek Forest - Keosaqua Unit Trails	1.5	179 ft	Easy	45 min · 25 mi
Red Trail (Pioneer Ridge Nature Area and Nature Center)	1.7	106 ft	Easy	44 min · 33 mi
East Loop	1.9	57 ft	Easy	30 min · 17 mi
Jefferson County Park Trail	1.9	77 ft	Easy	8 min · 5 mi
Pink Trail (Pioneer Ridge Nature Area and Nature Center)	1.3	107 ft	Easy	41 min · 32 mi
Keosaqua Bike Trail	2.0	71 ft	Easy	32 min · 20 mi
Rubio Loop	1.3	63 ft	Easy	25 min · 15 mi
Ottumwanoc Trail	5.1	17 ft	Easy	32 min · 25 mi
ADA Fishing	1.6	36 ft	Easy	31 min · 18 mi

Quick picks near Fairfield

Easy and short: Ayres Trail — 2.9 mi, rated easy, 24 mi from town
Longest: Fairfield Trail Loop — 16.0 mi, 1 mi from town

What the trails reach

Lakes: Main to Lake Darling; Fairfield Trail Loop to Reservoir Number Two; Mount Pleasant Trail to East Lake; ADA Fishing to Lake Darling

Trail guides near Fairfield

Shimek Forest Trails — 11.8 mi, 147 ft climb · 28 mi away
Shimek Forest - Lick Creek Trails — 26.0 mi, 136 ft climb · 30 mi away
Lake — 7.8 mi, 115 ft climb · 33 mi away
Lakeshore — 7.3 mi, 106 ft climb · 34 mi away

Nearby towns: Mount Pleasant (22 mi) · Iowa City (50 mi) · Cedar Rapids (67 mi) · Newton (73 mi)

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