Kentucky trails · North-South Trail
North-South Trail
A 17.7-mile out-and-back in Kentucky, with 199 ft of climbing. Reaches Round Top.
Elevation profile
The climbing leans toward the final third: 50% of the ascent falls between mile 11.8 and mile 17.7. It gives back about 978 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Round Top (summit)
Getting there
WILD BILL HICKOCK access. About 39 min drive (25 mi, 1 of them unpaved) from Murray. 36.75438, -88.04617 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:32 a.m., the sun rises at 6:58 a.m. and sets at 6:17 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 6:43 p.m. (CDT) — 11 h 19 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 35.3-mile round trip works out to roughly 13 h 17 min of walking — more than a single day of daylight here, so plan it as an overnight or hike it in sections.
Nearby trails
- North South Trail — 17.1 mi