Hiking trails near Lexington-Fayette urban county, Kentucky

39 official trails lie within 25 miles of Lexington-Fayette urban county — 170 miles in total, 35 rated easy and 0 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 358 ft; the median trail gains 131 ft.

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24 trails worth the drive

Trail	Miles	Climb	Difficulty	From town
Tanyard	4.5	195 ft	Moderate	21 mi
Elkhorn Creek	19.3	183 ft	Moderate	22 mi
Pelly Trail	4.5	168 ft	Moderate	23 mi
Red Loop Trail	3.8	277 ft	Moderate	11 mi
Unnamed trail	2.8	253 ft	Easy	24 mi
Green Trail	3.2	117 ft	Easy	20 mi
Lower Palisades Loop Trail	1.9	358 ft	Easy	21 mi
Sally Brown Nature Preserve Trail	1.3	307 ft	Easy	19 mi
Cross Country Course	2.6	109 ft	Easy	17 mi
Upper Hines trail	1.1	342 ft	Easy	14 mi
Meadow View Trail	2.0	137 ft	Easy	21 mi
Fort Jones Loop Trail	1.1	211 ft	Easy	19 mi
Upper Palisades Loop Trail	1.6	187 ft	Easy	21 mi
West Lot	2.1	137 ft	Easy	22 mi
Kentucky River Pool 6	20.7	71 ft	Easy	21 mi
Perimeter Trail	1.8	129 ft	Easy	23 mi
Rim to Rim Trail	1.1	232 ft	Easy	11 mi
Shawnee Run Trail	1.9	163 ft	Easy	22 mi
John Holder Trail	1.1	218 ft	Easy	13 mi
Woodland Trail	1.1	240 ft	Easy	19 mi
Red Oak Loop	1.6	142 ft	Easy	22 mi
Anderson Trail	1.5	131 ft	Easy	23 mi
Tudor Farm Trail	1.4	93 ft	Easy	24 mi
Messers Trail	1.4	73 ft	Easy	23 mi

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