Hiking trails near McMinnville, Tennessee

39 official trails lie within 25 miles of McMinnville — 133 miles in total, 28 rated easy and 6 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 846 ft; the median trail gains 125 ft.

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24 trails worth the drive

Trail	Miles	Climb	Difficulty	Drive from town
Lower Loop Trail	11.5	760 ft	Expert	1 h 08 min · 42 mi
Connector Trail	6.6	807 ft	Hard	39 min · 23 mi
Upper Loop Trail	12.1	247 ft	Hard	56 min · 35 mi
Collins Gulf Trail	4.6	846 ft	Hard	1 h 05 min · 36 mi
Collins Rim Trail	6.2	259 ft	Hard	1 h 05 min · 36 mi
Big Creek Gulf Trail	4.0	730 ft	Moderate	47 min · 28 mi
North Plateau Trail	7.4	216 ft	Moderate	58 min · 32 mi
South Rim Trail	6.3	91 ft	Moderate	1 h 05 min · 36 mi
North Rim Trail	6.2	122 ft	Moderate	1 h 19 min · 23 mi
Stagecoach Road Trail	1.6	682 ft	Easy	1 h 05 min · 36 mi
Prater Place Trail	3.0	426 ft	Moderate	43 min · 27 mi
Apple Brandy Trail	2.4	386 ft	Easy	19 min · 9 mi
Savage Day Loop Trail	3.4	153 ft	Easy	50 min · 32 mi
Piney Creek Mountain Bike Trail	3.1	168 ft	Easy	1 h 03 min · 41 mi
Wheeler Farm Loop	1.5	337 ft	Easy	43 min · 28 mi
Gilbert Gaul Trail	4.1	125 ft	Easy	1 h 03 min · 41 mi
Big Creek Rim Trail	3.4	60 ft	Easy	47 min · 28 mi
Collins River Nature Trail	2.7	89 ft	Easy	22 min · 15 mi
Sparta Calfkiller River Greenway Trail 3	1.8	88 ft	Easy	38 min · 29 mi
Paw Paw Trail	1.8	144 ft	Easy	57 min · 36 mi
Laurel Trail	2.9	94 ft	Easy	40 min · 23 mi
Camps Gulf	1.4	192 ft	Easy	49 min · 31 mi
Manchester Greenway Trail	2.3	59 ft	Easy	32 min · 24 mi
Downstream Trail	1.2	54 ft	Easy	30 min · 17 mi

Quick picks near McMinnville

Easy and short: Stagecoach Road Trail — 1.6 mi, rated easy, 20 mi from town
Biggest climb: Collins Gulf Trail — 846 ft over 4.6 mi, 19 mi from town
Longest: Upper Loop Trail — 12.1 mi, 25 mi from town

What the trails reach

Waterfalls: Lower Loop Trail to Fall Creek Falls; Prater Place Trail to Hemlock Falls; Enclosure Trail to Bluehole Falls; Piney Falls Path to Fall Creek Falls

Lakes: Gilbert Gaul Trail to Fall Creek Falls Lake; Collins River Nature Trail to Great Falls Lake

Viewpoints: Lower Loop Trail to Cane Creek Falls Overlook; Collins Rim Trail to Blue Branch Overlook; Big Creek Gulf Trail to Stone Door Big Creek Gulf Overlook; North Plateau Trail to Coppinger Creek Overlook

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

Nearby towns: Manchester (22 mi) · Dunlap (31 mi) · Cookeville (35 mi) · Murfreesboro (38 mi)

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