Hiking trails near Ottawa, Kansas

30 official trails lie within 25 miles of Ottawa — 94 miles in total, 24 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 124 ft; the median trail gains 69 ft.

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24 trails worth the drive

Trail	Miles	Climb	Difficulty	From town
White Trail	10.7	84 ft	Hard	25 mi
Yellow Trail	7.3	95 ft	Moderate	22 mi
Blue Camp Trail	7.0	93 ft	Moderate	20 mi
Blue Trail	6.7	79 ft	Moderate	25 mi
Orange Trail	4.8	64 ft	Moderate	21 mi
Red Trail	6.8	72 ft	Easy	20 mi
Blue West Trail	3.6	116 ft	Easy	19 mi
American Equestrian Trails	3.2	69 ft	Easy	18 mi
Grapevine Trail	2.1	112 ft	Easy	21 mi
Hidden Springs Nature Trail	1.3	102 ft	Easy	20 mi
Quarry Loop	2.4	53 ft	Easy	18 mi
Haskell Cross Country Course	2.7	44 ft	Easy	23 mi
Miola Lake - South Trail	1.3	71 ft	Easy	23 mi
Smokehouse Trail	1.6	54 ft	Easy	22 mi
Arabian Equestrian Trail	1.9	86 ft	Easy	19 mi
Appaloosa Equestrian Trail	1.5	64 ft	Easy	19 mi
Bull Creek Loop	1.8	40 ft	Easy	19 mi
Miola Lake - West Trail	2.7	29 ft	Easy	23 mi
Blue Bird Loop	1.2	47 ft	Easy	20 mi
Prairie Park Trail	1.1	46 ft	Easy	23 mi
Coyote Run	1.2	37 ft	Easy	19 mi
Miola Lake - East Trail	2.9	21 ft	Easy	23 mi
Diagonal Trail	2.0	17 ft	Easy	22 mi
Mink Creek Trail	1.7	7 ft	Easy	22 mi

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