Hiking trails near Louisville, Kentucky

63 official trails lie within 25 miles of Louisville — 163 miles in total, 55 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 454 ft; the median trail gains 92 ft.

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24 trails worth the drive

Trail	Miles	Climb	Difficulty	Drive from town
Seven Arrows Trail	9.2	264 ft	Expert	47 min · 25 mi
Siltstone Trail	6.6	344 ft	Hard	25 min · 11 mi
Louisville Loop	9.1	195 ft	Moderate	22 min · 10 mi
Red Trail (Horine Reservation)	4.5	250 ft	Moderate	35 min · 14 mi
Scott's Gap Trail	3.1	294 ft	Moderate	34 min · 16 mi
Orange	2.3	454 ft	Moderate	43 min · 25 mi
Harrods Creek Park Trail	3.3	134 ft	Moderate	38 min · 18 mi
Fresh Air Loop	3.0	192 ft	Moderate	30 min · 13 mi
Floyd's Fork - Walnut Grove to Cliffside Center	8.8	85 ft	Easy	21 min · 10 mi
Purple Heart Trail	1.8	296 ft	Easy	27 min · 12 mi
Cherokee Loop	3.3	96 ft	Easy	20 min · 7 mi
Blue Trail 1	2.0	236 ft	Easy	42 min · 24 mi
Red Trail 1 (Fort Duffield Park and Historic Site)	1.7	256 ft	Easy	42 min · 24 mi
Floyd's Fork - North Beckley to Cane Run Access	10.7	68 ft	Easy	29 min · 18 mi
Yost Ridge Trail	2.1	221 ft	Easy	25 min · 11 mi
Yellow	2.0	246 ft	Easy	40 min · 24 mi
Mitchell Hill Lake Trail	1.5	248 ft	Easy	32 min · 13 mi
Coral Ridge Trail	2.3	180 ft	Easy	27 min · 12 mi
Clinic Loop	2.4	173 ft	Easy	31 min · 14 mi
Twisted Bends Loop	2.2	101 ft	Easy	31 min · 14 mi
White Oak Ridge Trail	1.9	89 ft	Easy	29 min · 13 mi
Blue	1.0	168 ft	Easy	38 min · 25 mi
Holsclaw Hill Loop	2.5	122 ft	Easy	31 min · 15 mi
Paw Paw Trail	2.5	105 ft	Easy	30 min · 13 mi

Quick picks near Louisville

Easy and short: Purple Heart Trail — 1.8 mi, rated easy, 9 mi from town
Biggest climb: Orange — 454 ft over 2.3 mi, 19 mi from town
Longest: Floyd's Fork - North Beckley to Cane Run Access — 10.7 mi, 11 mi from town

What the trails reach

Summits: Seven Arrows Trail to Britts Knob; Scott's Gap Trail to Miller Hill; Mitchell Hill Lake Trail to Mitchell Hill; Holsclaw Hill Loop to Holsclaw Hill

Lakes: Siltstone Trail to Tom Wallace Lake; Purple Heart Trail to Tom Wallace Lake; Yost Ridge Trail to Big Horn Lake; Biking to Willow Lake

Viewpoints: Louisville Loop to Big Vista Overlook

Nearby towns: La Grange (22 mi) · Bardstown (26 mi) · Radcliff (28 mi) · Scottsburg (36 mi)

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