Hiking trails near Monroe, North Carolina

43 official trails lie within 25 miles of Monroe — 79 miles in total, 41 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 111 ft; the median trail gains 48 ft.

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24 trails worth the drive

Trail	Miles	Climb	Difficulty	Drive from town
Midddle Third	4.8	103 ft	Moderate	41 min · 24 mi
Sherman Branch (New)	4.1	85 ft	Moderate	32 min · 22 mi
Renaissance Park Mountain Bike Trail	2.9	74 ft	Easy	46 min · 29 mi
Reedy Creek Greenway	2.5	111 ft	Easy	38 min · 23 mi
Park Red	3.3	82 ft	Easy	25 min · 15 mi
Purser-Hulsey Back 40 Loop	2.6	54 ft	Easy	21 min · 13 mi
Campground Purple	2.1	56 ft	Easy	31 min · 17 mi
Twelve Mile Creek Trail	1.8	39 ft	Easy	27 min · 15 mi
Marion Diehl	1.7	90 ft	Easy	41 min · 24 mi
Campbell Creek Greenway	2.2	89 ft	Easy	22 min · 15 mi
Park Road Park Loop	1.9	64 ft	Easy	40 min · 28 mi
Farms at Heartwood Green Trail	1.3	65 ft	Easy	36 min · 19 mi
Sherman Branch (old)	1.3	46 ft	Easy	32 min · 22 mi
Farmbrook Loop	1.8	45 ft	Easy	41 min · 24 mi
Campground Red	1.4	69 ft	Easy	31 min · 17 mi
Heelsplitter Trail	1.6	100 ft	Easy	21 min · 12 mi
Four Mile Creek Greenway	2.0	83 ft	Easy	21 min · 13 mi
Uptown CycleLink	1.3	73 ft	Easy	32 min · 22 mi
Little Sugar Creek Greenway	1.1	80 ft	Easy	33 min · 23 mi
Larry McAfee Course At McAlpine Creek Park	2.4	43 ft	Easy	22 min · 15 mi
Sierra Loop Trail	1.2	67 ft	Easy	43 min · 25 mi
Red Trail (Jesse Helms Park)	1.2	54 ft	Easy	10 min · 7 mi
McAlpine Creek Greenway	3.8	32 ft	Easy	30 min · 18 mi
Purser-Hulsey Main Loop	1.4	57 ft	Easy	21 min · 13 mi

Quick picks near Monroe

Easy and short: Renaissance Park Mountain Bike Trail — 2.9 mi, rated easy, 23 mi from town

What the trails reach

Lakes: Campground Purple to Cane Creek Lake; Park Road Park Loop to Park Road Lake

Nearby towns: Charlotte (21 mi) · Rock Hill (26 mi) · Albemarle (32 mi) · Kannapolis (33 mi)

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