Kentucky trails · Loop hikes
Loops computed from the connected trail network — each starts and ends at the same trailhead. Explore any of them on the interactive map (Loops layer).
| Route | Distance | Gain | Trailhead |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laurel Ridge Road + Watson Branch Trail + Kentucky Trail (Segment G) | 8.7 mi | 1,302 ft | Laurel Ridge Road access |
| Laurel Ridge Road + (Bradley Kidd) Cat Ridge Trail + Kentucky Trail (Segment H) | 9.8 mi | 1,610 ft | Watson Branch Trail access |
| McCoy Hollow Trail + Wet Prong Connector + Wet Prong-Mccoy Hollow Spur | 15.9 mi | 2,705 ft | McCoy Hollow Trail access |
| BTRL-First Creek Backcountry Surface Trail + First Creek 1 Trail + McCoy Hollow Trail | 15.9 mi | 2,707 ft | BTRL-First Creek Backcountry Surface Trail access |
| Cotton Patch Loop + Bear Creek Loop + Bear Creek Gaging Station Trail | 8.8 mi | 1,674 ft | Peter Tapley Trail access |
| Lick Fish1023 + Loop1b 102408 + Loop1a 102408 | 8.6 mi | 2,542 ft | Loop2a 102408 access |
| BILLY THE KID + MATT DILLON + WYATT EARP | 6.9 mi | 720 ft | BILLY THE KID access |
| NORTH SOUTH TRAIL + WYATT EARP + MATT DILLON | 9.8 mi | 1,044 ft | WYATT EARP access |
| Laurel Ridge Road + (Bradley Kidd) Cat Ridge Trail + Kentucky Trail (Segment I) | 6.7 mi | 1,011 ft | Laurel Hill Multiple Use Trail access |
| WILD BILL HICKOCK + FRANK JAMES + JESSE JAMES | 6.5 mi | 620 ft | WILD BILL HICKOCK access |
| Rockcastle-Narrows + Sheltowee Trace | 8.7 mi | 1,121 ft | Rockcastle Connector Trail #401A |
| Cave Run + 108 Connector Trail + Buckskin | 8.8 mi | 1,512 ft | Tater Knob Connector access |
| FRANK JAMES + WILD BILL HICKOCK + LAURA FURNACE TRAIL | 4.8 mi | 478 ft | WILD BILL HICKOCK access |
| Little Lick | 5.8 mi | 661 ft | Wash Ridge Spur access |
| Lee Hollow Loop + Laurel Branch Horse Trail | 5.2 mi | 1,081 ft | Blue Heron Road (Mine 18 Road) access |
| Bear Creek Loop + Bear Creek Horse Camp Connector + Lee Hollow Loop | 5.9 mi | 1,202 ft | Bear Creek Loop access |
| Cave Run + Buckskin + 108 Connector Trail | 8.3 mi | 1,241 ft | Tater Knob Connector access |
| Natural Arch + Buffalo Canyon | 5.7 mi | 937 ft | Natural Arch access |
| Otter Creek + Red Cedar + Connector | 6.8 mi | 689 ft | Valley Overlook access |
| White Sulphur + White Sulphur A + Sheltowee Trace | 9.4 mi | 1,315 ft | White Sulphur access |
| FTRL-Turnhole Bend Front Country Trail + Good Springs Trail + Good Springs Loop Trail | 7.8 mi | 1,012 ft | Sal Hallow Trail access |
| Buckskin + Hog Pen | 11.7 mi | 1,254 ft | Tater Knob Connector access |
| Cave Run + Buckskin + Hog Pen | 13.1 mi | 2,301 ft | Tater Knob Connector access |
| Laurel Ridge Road + Sheltowee Trace Trail + Trace Branch Road 6308 | 6.9 mi | 1,082 ft | Watson Branch Trail access |
| Collie Ridge Trail + Blair Springs Hollow Trail + Ferguson Campsite Trail | 7.7 mi | 936 ft | Good Springs Trail access |
| Wilson Ridge Road + Sheltowee Trace (USFS) + Kentucky Trail (Segment A) | 6.9 mi | 1,088 ft | Sheltowee Trace access |
| Valley Overlook + Connector + Otter Creek | 3.7 mi | 463 ft | Valley Overlook access |
| REDBIRD CREST + GILBERT CK / ELISHA CK LOOP + LEFT FORK OF ELISHA CREEK | 12.9 mi | 2,304 ft | LEFT FORK OF ELISHA CREEK access |
| Swink Bottoms + Horse Trail 505 + Unnamed trail | 2.4 mi | 281 ft | Horse Trail 635 access |
| Pine Mountain + High Rock Loop Trail | 6.8 mi | 905 ft | Bad Branch Falls Trail access |
| Flood Route For Sheltowee Lon + Sheltowee Trace | 5.8 mi | 917 ft | Flood Route for Sheltowee Trace Trail #100A access |
| WYATT EARP + WILD BILL HICKOCK + FRANK JAMES | 12.8 mi | 1,116 ft | WYATT EARP access |
| East Loop + Middle Loop | 5.1 mi | 177 ft | Middle Loop access |
| WYATT EARP + WILD BILL HICKOCK + LAURA FURNACE TRAIL | 7.2 mi | 652 ft | WYATT EARP access |
| Horse Trail 6 + Horse Trail 7 + Horse Trail 2 | 2.6 mi | 467 ft | Horse Trail 5 access |
| Buck + Sheltowee Trace + Rough | 7.4 mi | 1,312 ft | Koomer Ridge access |
| Sheltowee Trace + Belgian Loop | 7.5 mi | 656 ft | Canter Loop access |
| FRANK JAMES + DALE EVANS + ANNIE OAKLEY | 12.9 mi | 1,113 ft | WILD BILL HICKOCK access |
| Shawnee Run Trail + connector (Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill) + West Lot & Chinquapin | 4.5 mi | 455 ft | Towering Sycamores Trail access |
| CANAL LOOP + CANAL LOOP CONNECTOR B + CANAL LOOP CONNECTOR C | 4.8 mi | 505 ft | CANAL LOOP CONNECTOR C access |
| E.L. LOOP 1 + E.L. LOOP 2 | 4.2 mi | 562 ft | E.L. LOOP 1 access |
| Renfro Loop | 4.4 mi | 943 ft | Renfro Loop access |
| 6307 + MAIN TRAIL, PTS. 1-9 + 6201 | 2.5 mi | 522 ft | 6203 access |
| Brownies Creek Road Trail + Martin's Fork Campsite Trail + Ridge Trail | 2.4 mi | 548 ft | Farm Road Trail access |
| Horse Trail 50 + Horse Trail 48 + Horse Trail 49 | 3.5 mi | 617 ft | Horse Trail 51 access |
| Backcountry + Wilderness Lake + Warbler Rd. | 2.1 mi | 582 ft | Wilderness Lake access |
| Arthur Curtis Horse Trail + JD Boss Horse Trail | 5.9 mi | 146 ft | JD Boss Horse Trail access |
| Horse Trail 508 + Shelman Cemetery/ Hylton Ridge Access Trail + Horse Trail 236 | 1.9 mi | 200 ft | Horse Trail 236 access |
| MAIN TRAIL, PTS. 1-9 + 6306 + 6202 | 2.2 mi | 398 ft | MAIN TRAIL PT 8-E access |
| 5207 + 5320 + MAIN TRAIL, PTS. 1-9 | 3.0 mi | 350 ft | MAIN TRAIL PT D-2 access |