108 Trails in Kentucky

Rank Trail Name Difficulty Length (mi) Rating City
1. Sheltowee Trace, Section 31 (Sheltowee Trace) difficulty 7.0 Flatrock
2. Nine Toe (Sugarcamp Mountain) difficulty 1.0 Prestonsburg
3. Switchback Trail (Sugarcamp Mountain) difficulty 1.0 Prestonsburg
4. Burning Tree (Sugarcamp Mountain) difficulty 1.0 Prestonsburg
5. Escalator (Sugarcamp Mountain) difficulty 3.0 Prestonsburg
6. Briar Pit (Sugarcamp Mountain) difficulty 1.0 Prestonsburg
7. Fern Gully (Sugarcamp Mountain) difficulty 2.0 Prestonsburg
8. Greenway Trail difficulty 9.0 Paducah
9. Sheltowee Trace - New Virginia Section (Sheltowee Trace) difficulty 2.0 Bear Track
10. Sheltowee Trace - Little Sinking Section (Sheltowee Trace) difficulty 1.0 Greeley
11. Flat Holler (Pendergrass-Murray Recreational Preserve) difficulty 1.0 Beattyville
12. Grace Phelps (Cedar Hill Park) difficulty 0
13. Deer Haven Park difficulty 1 Lexington
14. Greenbelt difficulty 15.0 owensboro
15. Railroad Trail difficulty 3.0 Cave city
16. Arrowhead Trail (Sugarcamp Mountain) difficulty 2.0 Prestonsburg
17. Reclamation Loop (Sugarcamp Mountain) difficulty 1.0 Prestonsburg
18. The Bluff / Missing Link (Sugarcamp Mountain) difficulty 2.0 Prestonsburg
19. Sheltowee Trace - Lakeview Ridge Section (Sheltowee Trace) difficulty 5.0 Morehead
20. Sheltowee Trace - Big Bend Section (Sheltowee Trace) difficulty 5.0 Standing Rock
21. Sideways (Elizabethtown Nature Park) difficulty 5.0 Elizabethtown
22. West Sixth Farm difficulty 4.0 Frankfort
23. Sore Heel Trail (Pendergrass-Murray Recreational Preserve) difficulty 1.0 Beattyville
24. Perimeter Loop difficulty 3.0 Elizabethtown
25. Big Sinking Loop difficulty 6.0 Bear Track
26. Powder Mill Branch Trail difficulty 2.0 Stanton
27. Multi-use Trail (Sugarcamp Mountain) difficulty 8.0 Prestonsburg
28. Hayes Gap difficulty 9.0 Barbourville
29. Lake To Lake difficulty 10.0 Cadiz
30. Ft. Knox Trail difficulty 10 ** Ft. Knox
31. Elizabethtown Nature Park difficulty 3.0 Elizabethtown
32. Chromer Ridge (Sheltowee Trace) difficulty 30.0 London
33. Jenny Wiley at Paragon difficulty 0.0 Morehead/West Liberty
34. Doctors Park difficulty 3.25 Calvert City
35. Silver Creek Bike Park difficulty 3.5 Berea
36. Freeman Lake Trail difficulty 8 ** Elizabethtown
37. Lake Trail difficulty 30.0 Linton
38. Shawnee Run difficulty 6.0 Harrodsburg
39. Highlands Cemetry difficulty 4.0 * FT. Mitchell
40. Barren River Lake Intermediate difficulty 0.0 *** Glasgow
41. Silver grove mtb trail Easiest difficulty 1 *** Silver grove
42. Barkley Lake Intermediate difficulty 0.0 ** Grand Rivers
43. Lake Cumberland State Park Beginner difficulty 0.0 ** Somerset
44. Laural Lake To Cumberland Falls (sheltowee Trace) (Sheltowee Trace) Expert difficulty 14.0 ** London
45. The Flats Intermediate difficulty 3.0 *** Barbourville
46. Coppiced Wood Trail Intermediate difficulty 2.0 **** Louisville
47. Woven Wire MTB Park difficulty 1.5 Danville
48. Lake Barkley Trail Intermediate difficulty 9.0 ** Cadiz
49. Ft. Campbell Bike Loop Beginner difficulty 2.0 ** Ft. Campbell
50. Broken spoke trail Intermediate difficulty 5.0 *** London

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