Hiking trails near Kansas City, Missouri

97 official trails lie within 25 miles of Kansas City — 198 miles in total, 93 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 222 ft; the median trail gains 85 ft.

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24 trails worth the drive

Trail	Miles	Climb	Difficulty	From town
Wudchuk Run	6.9	150 ft	Moderate	10 mi
Brush Creek Loop	4.4	120 ft	Moderate	13 mi
Tasty Goodness	4.2	157 ft	Moderate	18 mi
River Bluff Nature Trail	2.5	144 ft	Moderate	10 mi
Augie Phase 1	3.1	115 ft	Easy	17 mi
Weston Bluffs Trail	3.3	221 ft	Easy	24 mi
Longview Lake Horse Trail	3.2	63 ft	Easy	18 mi
Matt Quary Trail	3.0	122 ft	Easy	13 mi
Augie Phase 3	3.2	104 ft	Easy	16 mi
The Red Route (red blazes)	2.7	123 ft	Easy	24 mi
Augie Phase 2	2.9	68 ft	Easy	16 mi
Paved Bicycle Lake Trail	4.1	85 ft	Easy	24 mi
Slim Jim	2.9	85 ft	Easy	17 mi
Northeast Loop Trail	2.7	159 ft	Easy	22 mi
Cool Ranch	2.9	94 ft	Easy	4 mi
Rancho D-Lux	3.2	114 ft	Easy	10 mi
Carl L. Chinnery Nature Trail	2.4	138 ft	Easy	15 mi
River Trail	5.4	85 ft	Easy	14 mi
Southwest Loop Trail	3.3	109 ft	Easy	22 mi
Smith's Fork Trail	1.6	124 ft	Easy	19 mi
Stocksdale	2.7	106 ft	Easy	11 mi
Scotts's Gunbarrel	1.8	128 ft	Easy	17 mi
North Shore Trail	3.4	79 ft	Easy	15 mi
Unnamed trail	1.2	222 ft	Easy	8 mi

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