Hiking trails near Waxahachie, Texas

53 official trails lie within 25 miles of Waxahachie — 121 miles in total, 51 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 289 ft; the median trail gains 41 ft.

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24 trails worth the drive

Trail	Miles	Climb	Difficulty	Drive from town
Boulder Park Trails	5.2	80 ft	Moderate	30 min · 22 mi
Dorba Trail 8 Mile	5.7	104 ft	Moderate	42 min · 25 mi
Lake Ridge Trail	3.6	287 ft	Easy	26 min · 18 mi
Balcones Trail	3.2	234 ft	Easy	31 min · 22 mi
Mansfield Road Trail	2.1	289 ft	Easy	30 min · 20 mi
Dorba Trail 12 Mile	4.1	100 ft	Easy	44 min · 25 mi
Runyon Creek Trail	2.9	110 ft	Easy	27 min · 19 mi
Cedar Ridge Preserve - Cedar Brake Trail	1.6	138 ft	Easy	40 min · 24 mi
Coombs Creek Trail	2.1	164 ft	Easy	37 min · 26 mi
Dorba Trail 3 Mile	2.8	73 ft	Easy	40 min · 25 mi
Red Oak Creek Trail	3.1	83 ft	Easy	28 min · 20 mi
Bowman Branch Linear Park Trail	4.3	42 ft	Easy	35 min · 27 mi
Talala Trail	2.3	80 ft	Easy	37 min · 24 mi
Trinity Levee Trail	3.6	31 ft	Easy	32 min · 26 mi
Chalk Hill Trail	2.5	117 ft	Easy	37 min · 25 mi
Honey Springs - Cedar Crest Trail	2.4	67 ft	Easy	27 min · 21 mi
Roy Orr Trail	2.5	52 ft	Easy	23 min · 15 mi
Fish Creek Linear Trail	3.4	54 ft	Easy	38 min · 29 mi
Trinity Forest Trail	4.7	39 ft	Easy	35 min · 25 mi
Kiestwood Trail	1.5	67 ft	Easy	32 min · 23 mi
Interurban Trail	1.4	90 ft	Easy	34 min · 24 mi
Southwest Dallas Trail	2.7	43 ft	Easy	36 min · 24 mi
Crawford Memorial	2.0	41 ft	Easy	39 min · 29 mi
Walnut Creek Linear Park Trail	2.1	38 ft	Easy	30 min · 24 mi

Quick picks near Waxahachie

Easy and short: Lake Ridge Trail — 3.6 mi, rated easy, 13 mi from town

What the trails reach

Summits: Chalk Hill Trail to Chalk Hill

Lakes: Lake Ridge Trail to Magic Valley Ranch Lake; Mansfield Road Trail to Magic Valley Ranch Lake; Trinity Forest Trail to Little Lemmon Lake

Viewpoints: Talala Trail to Talala Overlook

Trail guides near Waxahachie

Village Creek Trail — 5.6 mi, 22 ft climb · 30 mi away
White Rock Lake — 9.5 mi, 95 ft climb · 30 mi away

Nearby towns: Dallas (27 mi) · Joshua (32 mi) · Fort Worth (39 mi) · Rockwall (43 mi)

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