Hiking trails near St. Joseph, Missouri

28 official trails lie within 25 miles of St. Joseph — 59 miles in total, 25 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 259 ft; the median trail gains 136 ft.

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23 trails worth the drive

Trail	Miles	Climb	Difficulty	Drive from town
Krug Park Trail	7.0	137 ft	Hard	16 min · 5 mi
Girl Scout Trail	3.8	111 ft	Easy	9 min · 3 mi
Lanowa	2.4	161 ft	Easy	20 min · 7 mi
Corby South	3.0	80 ft	Easy	6 min · 2 mi
Crushed Limestone Trail	2.0	259 ft	Easy	9 min · 4 mi
Lone Pine Trail (Loop B)	1.5	209 ft	Easy	34 min · 15 mi
Low Rider	1.5	172 ft	Easy	20 min · 7 mi
Maple Falls Trail (Loop A)	1.3	244 ft	Easy	26 min · 15 mi
Corby North	2.2	53 ft	Easy	5 min · 2 mi
Rushin Prairie Trail	2.5	71 ft	Easy	8 min · 3 mi
Jeckyll & Hyde	1.2	203 ft	Easy	16 min · 6 mi
Lone Pine Spur	1.3	217 ft	Easy	28 min · 14 mi
Area Access Trail	1.1	217 ft	Easy	30 min · 21 mi
Northwest Parkway Trail	1.7	136 ft	Easy	8 min · 3 mi
North Loop (Sunbridge Hills Conservation Area)	1.1	126 ft	Easy	20 min · 7 mi
Rock Island Trail	2.1	89 ft	Easy	5 min · 2 mi
Bartlet Branch Trail	1.1	106 ft	Easy	2 min · 1 mi
Northeast Parkway Trail	1.1	100 ft	Easy	7 min · 3 mi
Maple Leaf Trail	1.2	76 ft	Easy	7 min · 3 mi
Brownie Trail	1.2	60 ft	Easy	8 min · 3 mi
Blacksnake Trail	1.4	48 ft	Easy	10 min · 4 mi
Gosling Lake Trail	1.2	10 ft	Easy	35 min · 22 mi
Independence Trail	1.5	5 ft	Easy	35 min · 22 mi

Quick picks near St. Joseph

Easy and short: Girl Scout Trail — 3.8 mi, rated easy, 3 mi from town

Nearby towns: Leavenworth (31 mi) · Excelsior Springs (42 mi) · Kansas City (46 mi) · Lawrence (60 mi)

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