Trail Races & Routes in Al

Explore 200 trail running and hiking routes across Al. 2 organized races and 198 training routes covering distances from 0.1 mi to 1.6 mi. Elevation gains range from 10 ft to 413 ft. Preview every trail in 3D flyover with segment breakdowns.

Key Takeaways

Total Routes

200

Races / Routes

2 / 198

Distance Range

0.1 mi - 1.6 mi

Elevation Range

10 ft - 413 ft

Most Popular Distance

Other (198)

Surface Type

98% Trail

Route Name	Location	Distance	Elevation Gain	Type	Race Date
Beaver Dam Run	AL	0.5 mi	—	race	—
Devil's Racetrack Trail	AL	1.6 mi	198 ft	race	—
McDill Overlook (West Spur)	AL	—	—	route	—
Lost Falls Spur	AL	—	—	route	—
Cutoff	AL	0.1 mi	—	route	—
Flint Creek Parking Connector	AL	0.1 mi	35 ft	route	—
Beaver Pond Overlook Spur	AL	0.1 mi	—	route	—
Hotel Basin Trail	AL	0.1 mi	75 ft	route	—
Town Creek Park East Entrance Trail	AL	0.1 mi	13 ft	route	—
DeSoto Falls Overlook	AL	0.1 mi	—	route	—
Yellow Creek Spur	AL	0.1 mi	—	route	—
Wetlands Trail	AL	0.1 mi	14 ft	route	—
Briarwood Trail	AL	0.1 mi	21 ft	route	—
Lower Two Mile Trail	AL	0.1 mi	—	route	—
Blue - Orange Connector	AL	0.1 mi	—	route	—
South Gay Street to Town Creek Park Trail	AL	0.1 mi	—	route	—
Town Creek Park West Entrance Trail	AL	0.1 mi	—	route	—
Observation Deck	AL	0.1 mi	—	route	—
Cemetery Pass Trail	AL	0.1 mi	—	route	—
Cold Spring Cave	AL	0.1 mi	—	route	—
Blue Mountain Shelter Spur	AL	0.1 mi	—	route	—
Low Shore Trail	AL	0.1 mi	—	route	—
Ampitheater Trail	AL	0.1 mi	12 ft	route	—
Fisherman's Trail	AL	0.2 mi	—	route	—
Dam Trail - Waterfall Shortcut	AL	0.2 mi	—	route	—
Green-White Connector	AL	0.2 mi	—	route	—
White Tail Haven	AL	0.2 mi	—	route	—
Gas Light Trail	AL	0.2 mi	—	route	—
Beaver Dam Trail	AL	0.2 mi	—	route	—
Kentuck ORV Loop 5 Kiddie	AL	0.2 mi	23 ft	route	—
Rocky Branch Waterfall Spur	AL	0.2 mi	—	route	—
Cemetery Trail	AL	0.2 mi	—	route	—
Songo Trail	AL	0.2 mi	32 ft	route	—
Abandoned Camp Trail	AL	0.2 mi	—	route	—
Talmadge Butler Boardwalk Trail	AL	0.2 mi	25 ft	route	—
CCC Pavilion Trail	AL	0.2 mi	10 ft	route	—
100-Acre Woods	AL	0.2 mi	—	route	—
Town Creek Park to East University Drive Trail	AL	0.2 mi	10 ft	route	—
Bluff Trail	AL	0.2 mi	—	route	—
Morgan Lake Connector	AL	0.2 mi	—	route	—
Gunnery Trail	AL	0.2 mi	48 ft	route	—
Dr. George W. Bengtson, Sr. Historic Tree Trail	AL	0.2 mi	—	route	—
Town Creek Park To Town Creek Drive Trail	AL	0.2 mi	10 ft	route	—
Eagle Scout Trail	AL	0.2 mi	—	route	—
Town Creek Cemetery Trail	AL	0.2 mi	12 ft	route	—
Frederick Hill Trail	AL	0.2 mi	63 ft	route	—
E-W Connector 2	AL	0.2 mi	—	route	—
Trail #220 & #221 Connector	AL	0.2 mi	—	route	—
Dogwood Trail	AL	0.3 mi	31 ft	route	—
Orange - Silver Connector	AL	0.3 mi	—	route	—
Base Camp Trail	AL	0.3 mi	17 ft	route	—
E-W Connector 1	AL	0.3 mi	—	route	—
Jackson Springs Trail	AL	0.3 mi	29 ft	route	—
Thornberry Trail	AL	0.3 mi	—	route	—
Silent Journey Trail	AL	0.3 mi	—	route	—
Campground/North Trailhead Connector	AL	0.3 mi	37 ft	route	—
Collin Road Trail	AL	0.3 mi	149 ft	route	—
Overlook Trail	AL	0.3 mi	21 ft	route	—
Waterfall Trail	AL	0.3 mi	12 ft	route	—
Connector	AL	0.3 mi	32 ft	route	—
Flat Rock K2 Connector	AL	0.3 mi	279 ft	route	—
General Liddells Trail	AL	0.3 mi	41 ft	route	—
Geology Trail	AL	0.3 mi	10 ft	route	—
Upper Improved Campground Connector	AL	0.3 mi	—	route	—
L&N Trail	AL	0.3 mi	21 ft	route	—
Falls Creek Trail	AL	0.3 mi	151 ft	route	—
Bald Rock Boardwalk	AL	0.3 mi	—	route	—
Eagle Trail	AL	0.3 mi	—	route	—
Buzzards Roost	AL	0.3 mi	84 ft	route	—
Connector B2	AL	0.3 mi	12 ft	route	—
Deer Run	AL	0.3 mi	—	route	—
Whole Planet Trail	AL	0.3 mi	—	route	—
McDill Overlook Spur	AL	0.3 mi	—	route	—
Rim Shelter Trail	AL	0.3 mi	—	route	—
Bushwhacker Johnson	AL	0.3 mi	12 ft	route	—
Ebenezer Swamp Boardwalk	AL	0.3 mi	30 ft	route	—
Main Loop Alternate	AL	0.3 mi	—	route	—
Cotton Valley Trail	AL	0.3 mi	22 ft	route	—
Peak Attack	AL	0.3 mi	10 ft	route	—
Woodfield Drive Pond Trail	AL	0.3 mi	—	route	—
Pete's Trail	AL	0.3 mi	15 ft	route	—
Town Creek Pond Trail	AL	0.3 mi	—	route	—
Three Caves Trail	AL	0.3 mi	49 ft	route	—
Little Big Woods	AL	0.3 mi	—	route	—
Squirrel's Nest Trail	AL	0.3 mi	—	route	—
Pulpit Rock Trail	AL	0.3 mi	—	route	—
Smythe Trail	AL	0.3 mi	145 ft	route	—
Wild Trail	AL	0.3 mi	55 ft	route	—
Duck Weed Basin	AL	0.3 mi	—	route	—
Big Cove Turnpike	AL	0.4 mi	13 ft	route	—
Azalea Trail	AL	0.4 mi	40 ft	route	—
North Highland Trail	AL	0.4 mi	13 ft	route	—
Flat Rock Connector	AL	0.4 mi	291 ft	route	—
Bethel Creek Loop	AL	0.4 mi	—	route	—
Lowery Trail	AL	0.4 mi	228 ft	route	—
N-S Cutoff	AL	0.4 mi	45 ft	route	—
Garden Loop	AL	0.4 mi	—	route	—
Flagg Mountain Trail	AL	0.4 mi	26 ft	route	—
Dallas Branch Trail	AL	0.4 mi	140 ft	route	—
Eastern Trailhead	AL	0.4 mi	74 ft	route	—
Skip Rock Wilderness	AL	0.4 mi	—	route	—
Star Lake Trail	AL	0.4 mi	—	route	—
Spring Trail	AL	0.4 mi	240 ft	route	—
Watts Trail	AL	0.4 mi	59 ft	route	—
Trillium Trail	AL	0.4 mi	75 ft	route	—
Cheaha Run	AL	0.4 mi	27 ft	route	—
Emergency Access Road	AL	0.4 mi	—	route	—
Panther Knob Trail	AL	0.4 mi	137 ft	route	—
Carpenter Trail	AL	0.4 mi	107 ft	route	—
Highlands Trail	AL	0.4 mi	46 ft	route	—
Rotary Trail	AL	0.4 mi	—	route	—
Parkerson Mill Creek Greenway	AL	0.4 mi	—	route	—
Red Lizard	AL	0.4 mi	413 ft	route	—
Rock Slot	AL	0.4 mi	89 ft	route	—
West Plateau Loop	AL	0.4 mi	40 ft	route	—
Antique Creek Loop	AL	0.4 mi	25 ft	route	—
Path to Learning Trail	AL	0.5 mi	53 ft	route	—
Cave Trail - Alternate	AL	0.5 mi	—	route	—
Moonshine Trail	AL	0.5 mi	72 ft	route	—
Old First Quarters Trail	AL	0.5 mi	39 ft	route	—
Jule Collins Smith Museum Path	AL	0.5 mi	—	route	—
Dells Trail	AL	0.5 mi	—	route	—
Narrows Ridge East Loop	AL	0.5 mi	88 ft	route	—
Crooked Road	AL	0.5 mi	—	route	—
Entrance Trail	AL	0.5 mi	—	route	—
Aldridge Gardens	AL	0.5 mi	40 ft	route	—
Brushy Creek Connector	AL	0.5 mi	—	route	—
Treetop Nature Trail	AL	0.5 mi	201 ft	route	—
Cascade Creek Trail	AL	0.5 mi	31 ft	route	—
Highline Railroad Trail	AL	0.5 mi	82 ft	route	—
Lightning Trail	AL	0.5 mi	27 ft	route	—
Rainbolt Trail	AL	0.5 mi	181 ft	route	—
Eureka Mines Trail	AL	0.5 mi	110 ft	route	—
Nature Trail	AL	0.5 mi	11 ft	route	—
Power Trip	AL	0.5 mi	32 ft	route	—
General Garrard Trail	AL	0.5 mi	12 ft	route	—
ECT Connector	AL	0.5 mi	53 ft	route	—
Yellow Trail	AL	0.5 mi	13 ft	route	—
Beaverdam Swamp Boardwalk	AL	0.5 mi	—	route	—
Wildflower Trail	AL	0.5 mi	56 ft	route	—
Stevenson Trail	AL	0.5 mi	205 ft	route	—
Jones Farm Park Greenway	AL	0.5 mi	—	route	—
Chasco Trail	AL	0.5 mi	19 ft	route	—
Stone Fly Trail	AL	0.5 mi	28 ft	route	—
Approach Trail	AL	0.5 mi	60 ft	route	—
Longleaf Trail	AL	0.5 mi	90 ft	route	—
Eberhart Point Trail	AL	0.5 mi	—	route	—
Eagle's Nest Overlook	AL	0.5 mi	149 ft	route	—
Morton Mountain Road	AL	0.5 mi	—	route	—
Lower Spring Trail (blue blazes)	AL	0.6 mi	135 ft	route	—
Connector B	AL	0.6 mi	18 ft	route	—
Piney Loop Trail	AL	0.6 mi	43 ft	route	—
Five Bridges	AL	0.6 mi	61 ft	route	—
Donald E. Davis Arboretum Outer Rim Trail	AL	0.6 mi	29 ft	route	—
Shoal 'Nuff	AL	0.6 mi	40 ft	route	—
Bobcat Thicket	AL	0.6 mi	—	route	—
Orange Loop Trail	AL	0.6 mi	166 ft	route	—
Mountain Top Trail	AL	0.6 mi	29 ft	route	—
Powell Trail	AL	0.6 mi	—	route	—
Tri-County Trail	AL	0.6 mi	61 ft	route	—
Crusher Trail	AL	0.6 mi	93 ft	route	—
River Trail	AL	0.6 mi	16 ft	route	—
Little River Falls Trail	AL	0.6 mi	55 ft	route	—
Falling Sink Trail	AL	0.6 mi	—	route	—
Green Family Trail	AL	0.6 mi	33 ft	route	—
Tupelo Tree Path	AL	0.6 mi	11 ft	route	—
Irondale Furnace Trail	AL	0.6 mi	58 ft	route	—
Gristmill Trail	AL	0.6 mi	42 ft	route	—
APCO Road	AL	0.6 mi	31 ft	route	—
Bow String Road	AL	0.6 mi	—	route	—
East Plateau Trail	AL	0.6 mi	54 ft	route	—
High Point Spur Trail	AL	0.6 mi	128 ft	route	—
Mill Trail	AL	0.6 mi	390 ft	route	—
Fagan Springs	AL	0.6 mi	107 ft	route	—
Canyon Mouth Trail	AL	0.7 mi	62 ft	route	—
Davis Mountain Road	AL	0.7 mi	—	route	—
Ogletree Trail North Loop	AL	0.7 mi	62 ft	route	—
Holland Lakes Nature Trail	AL	0.7 mi	—	route	—
Energy Trail	AL	0.7 mi	138 ft	route	—
Gristmill Sidewalk	AL	0.7 mi	109 ft	route	—
Bar S Road Connector	AL	0.7 mi	286 ft	route	—
Turtleback Ridge	AL	0.7 mi	—	route	—
Rock Bluff Trail	AL	0.7 mi	21 ft	route	—
Spring Gap Trail	AL	0.7 mi	117 ft	route	—
Mill Creek Greenway	AL	0.7 mi	11 ft	route	—
Dragon's Tail	AL	0.7 mi	12 ft	route	—
Dry Creek Trail	AL	0.7 mi	20 ft	route	—
Buckeye Trail	AL	0.7 mi	27 ft	route	—
Flying Squirrel	AL	0.7 mi	—	route	—
Canyon Center Bridge Trail	AL	0.7 mi	—	route	—
TCI Connector Trail	AL	0.7 mi	23 ft	route	—
Troop 30 Trail	AL	0.7 mi	11 ft	route	—
Black Creek Loop Trail	AL	0.7 mi	10 ft	route	—
S.A.M.'s Creekside Trail	AL	0.7 mi	11 ft	route	—
Trillium	AL	0.7 mi	10 ft	route	—
Chalet Trail	AL	0.7 mi	51 ft	route	—
Orange Connector	AL	0.7 mi	67 ft	route	—
Chelsea Recreational Park Trail	AL	0.7 mi	39 ft	route	—
Shovelton Trail	AL	0.7 mi	—	route	—
Discovery Trail	AL	0.7 mi	134 ft	route	—

Frequently Asked Questions

How many trail races are in Al?

There are 2 organized races and 198 self-supported routes available in Al.

What is the average elevation gain in Al?

The average elevation gain is 69 feet, with routes ranging from 10 to 413 feet.

What distances are available in Al?

Available distances include: 5K.

Can these trail routes in Al be used for hiking?

Yes. 98% of these routes are on trail surfaces, making them suitable for both trail running and hiking. The terrain analysis and elevation profiles help hikers plan their adventures just as effectively as runners.

What's the best time of year to run trails in Al?

Trail running conditions in Al vary by season and elevation. Check the race date column for organized events, which are typically scheduled during optimal weather windows. For year-round training routes, elevation profiles help you plan for seasonal conditions.

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