Hiking trails near Topeka, Kansas

30 official trails lie within 25 miles of Topeka — 96 miles in total, 23 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 161 ft; the median trail gains 89 ft.

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24 trails worth the drive

Trail	Miles	Climb	Difficulty	From town
Perry Lake Trail	10.8	142 ft	Hard	17 mi
White Trail	10.7	84 ft	Hard	17 mi
Yellow Trail	7.3	95 ft	Moderate	22 mi
Blue Trail	6.7	79 ft	Moderate	17 mi
Orange Trail	4.8	64 ft	Moderate	21 mi
Kaw River Red Trail	2.3	151 ft	Easy	4 mi
Great White	2.3	99 ft	Easy	15 mi
Skyline	2.7	120 ft	Easy	15 mi
Blackfoot	2.2	93 ft	Easy	15 mi
Dornwood Loop	4.0	61 ft	Easy	3 mi
Logan's Run	1.8	119 ft	Easy	15 mi
Sports Pavilion Lawrence Trails	2.0	91 ft	Easy	20 mi
Twin Peaks	2.0	89 ft	Easy	15 mi
Copperhead	1.9	48 ft	Easy	15 mi
Carlyle	1.6	101 ft	Easy	16 mi
Smokehouse Trail	1.6	54 ft	Easy	19 mi
Daisy Point	1.8	48 ft	Easy	15 mi
North Summit Loop	1.4	78 ft	Easy	3 mi
Red Trail	1.0	80 ft	Easy	20 mi
Sunrise Loop	1.0	73 ft	Easy	3 mi
Shawnee North Nature Trail	1.3	38 ft	Easy	7 mi
Tower Trail	1.0	32 ft	Easy	4 mi
Orville Rice Nature Trail	1.7	19 ft	Easy	2 mi
Willkomm Trail	1.2	12 ft	Easy	16 mi

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