Hiking trails near Bowling Green, Kentucky

28 official trails lie within 25 miles of Bowling Green — 208 miles in total, 19 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 442 ft; the median trail gains 159 ft.

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24 trails worth the drive

Trail	Miles	Climb	Difficulty	From town
BTRL-First Creek Backcountry Surface Trail	6.7	442 ft	Hard	20 mi
McCoy Hollow Trail	7.5	370 ft	Hard	20 mi
Sal Hallow Trail	8.6	369 ft	Hard	21 mi
Mammoth Cave Railroad Bike and Hike Trail	8.7	245 ft	Moderate	23 mi
Collie Ridge Trail	4.5	159 ft	Moderate	21 mi
Raymer Hollow-Good Springs Connector	4.1	312 ft	Moderate	23 mi
West Fork Drakes Creek	24.2	141 ft	Moderate	19 mi
Barren River Below the Dam	25.2	161 ft	Moderate	10 mi
Raymer Hallow Trail	4.7	187 ft	Moderate	23 mi
Trammel Fork, Middle Fork & Main Stem Drakes Creek	30.8	75 ft	Easy	6 mi
Green River at Mammoth Cave National Park (Dennison Ferry to Green River Ferry)	19.7	41 ft	Easy	19 mi
Gasper River	25.9	112 ft	Easy	14 mi
Good Springs Trail	2.0	292 ft	Easy	22 mi
Big Hollow Trail North Loop	4.5	77 ft	Easy	23 mi
Mammoth Dome Sink Trail	1.3	273 ft	Easy	23 mi
FTRL-Turnhole Bend Front Country Trail	2.7	169 ft	Easy	22 mi
CTRL Cave Trails	1.1	278 ft	Easy	23 mi
Blair Springs Hollow Trail	1.6	257 ft	Easy	23 mi
Buffalo Trail	3.1	78 ft	Easy	21 mi
Wet Prong Loop	1.3	267 ft	Easy	23 mi
Bicycle	2.5	154 ft	Easy	22 mi
Raymer Hollow Trail	1.1	147 ft	Easy	23 mi
Wet Prong of Buffalo Trail	1.5	119 ft	Easy	23 mi
Connell	1.3	108 ft	Easy	22 mi

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