Hiking trails near Manchester, Tennessee

45 official trails lie within 25 miles of Manchester — 139 miles in total, 40 rated easy and 1 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 730 ft; the median trail gains 92 ft.

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24 trails worth the drive

Trail	Miles	Climb	Difficulty	Drive from town
AEDC MTB Trail	12.4	106 ft	Hard	23 min · 15 mi
Big Creek Gulf Trail	4.0	730 ft	Moderate	59 min · 36 mi
Fiery Gizzard Trail	3.4	494 ft	Moderate	44 min · 30 mi
Dog Hole Trail	3.0	232 ft	Moderate	47 min · 31 mi
Ray Branch Shoreline Trail	3.3	71 ft	Moderate	42 min · 24 mi
Perimeter Trail	1.9	382 ft	Easy	37 min · 24 mi
Lost Cove Trail	1.2	506 ft	Easy	52 min · 34 mi
Ridge Trail	1.1	514 ft	Easy	40 min · 29 mi
Big Creek Rim Trail	3.4	60 ft	Easy	59 min · 36 mi
Evans Loop Trail	2.5	88 ft	Easy	38 min · 22 mi
Old Spann House Trail	2.4	92 ft	Easy	41 min · 24 mi
Machine Falls Loop Trail	1.6	180 ft	Easy	21 min · 11 mi
Grundy Day Loop Trail	2.1	156 ft	Easy	44 min · 30 mi
Dimmick Trail	2.5	129 ft	Easy	36 min · 27 mi
Caldwell Rim Trail	2.4	107 ft	Easy	37 min · 28 mi
Parallel Trail	2.6	84 ft	Easy	54 min · 29 mi
Beckwith's Point Trail	1.8	96 ft	Easy	34 min · 26 mi
Bike Trail	3.2	86 ft	Easy	42 min · 24 mi
Machine Falls Loop Trail White	1.5	182 ft	Easy	21 min · 11 mi
Laurel Bluff Trail	1.4	183 ft	Easy	21 min · 11 mi
Laurel Trail	2.9	94 ft	Easy	1 h 05 min · 40 mi
Lost Creek Overlook Trail	1.3	84 ft	Easy	40 min · 24 mi
Manchester Greenway Trail	2.3	59 ft	Easy	5 min · 2 mi
Chumbley Woods Trail	1.1	184 ft	Easy	8 min · 2 mi

Quick picks near Manchester

Easy and short: Perimeter Trail — 1.9 mi, rated easy, 19 mi from town
Biggest climb: Big Creek Gulf Trail — 730 ft over 4.0 mi, 22 mi from town
Longest: AEDC MTB Trail — 12.4 mi, 10 mi from town

What the trails reach

Waterfalls: Machine Falls Loop Trail to Machine Falls; Machine Falls Loop Trail White to Machine Falls; Enclosure Trail to Bluehole Falls

Lakes: Dimmick Trail to Day Lake; Grundy Lakes Trail to Grundy Lake Number Four; Mountain Goat Trail to Hines Pond

Viewpoints: Big Creek Gulf Trail to Stone Door Big Creek Gulf Overlook; Dog Hole Trail to Werner Point Overlook; Perimeter Trail to Green's View; Big Creek Rim Trail to Stone Door Big Creek Gulf Overlook

Rock formations: Big Creek Gulf Trail to Stone Door; Big Creek Rim Trail to Stone Door; Stone Door Trail to Stone Door

Springs: Lost Cove Trail to Kirk Spring; Tullahoma Rock Creek Greenway Trail - Phase 3 to Big Spring

Trail guides near Manchester

South Rim Trail — 6.3 mi, 91 ft climb · 27 mi away
Collins Rim Trail — 6.2 mi, 259 ft climb · 27 mi away
North Rim Trail — 6.2 mi, 122 ft climb · 27 mi away

Nearby towns: Shelbyville (21 mi) · McMinnville (22 mi) · Murfreesboro (33 mi) · Dunlap (39 mi)

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