Trail Races & Routes in Ky

Explore 200 trail running and hiking routes across Ky. 6 organized races and 194 training routes covering distances from 0.0 mi to 9.5 mi. Elevation gains range from 10 ft to 1,364 ft. Preview every trail in 3D flyover with segment breakdowns.

Key Takeaways

Total Routes

200

Races / Routes

6 / 194

Distance Range

0.0 mi - 9.5 mi

Elevation Range

10 ft - 1,364 ft

Most Popular Distance

Other (200)

Surface Type

95% Trail

Route Name	Location	Distance	Elevation Gain	Type	Race Date
Rock Run Loop	KY	0.6 mi	45 ft	race	—
Cave Run Trail (112)	KY	4.2 mi	675 ft	race	—
Sheltowee Trace - Red River Bridge to Corner Ridge Road	KY	9.0 mi	1,364 ft	race	—
Sheltowee Trace NRT: Section 27	KY	9.1 mi	565 ft	race	—
Sheltowee Trace NRT: Section 1	KY	9.1 mi	633 ft	race	—
Sheltowee Trace NRT: Section 17	KY	9.5 mi	322 ft	race	—
Overlook Connector	KY	0.0 mi	14 ft	route	—
Blue Heron Overlook Trail Spur	KY	0.1 mi	—	route	—
Old Guide's Cemetery Trail	KY	0.1 mi	—	route	—
Boardwalk	KY	0.1 mi	10 ft	route	—
John Volz Loop Spur	KY	0.1 mi	—	route	—
Lookout Point	KY	0.1 mi	—	route	—
Beaver Loop	KY	0.1 mi	—	route	—
Cindy Cave Spur	KY	0.1 mi	31 ft	route	—
King Benson Trail	KY	0.2 mi	22 ft	route	—
Troop 36 Point	KY	0.2 mi	—	route	—
Colonel Cochran Way	KY	0.2 mi	33 ft	route	—
Downhill Road South Connector	KY	0.2 mi	26 ft	route	—
Scenic View Trail	KY	0.2 mi	—	route	—
Cascade Loop Trail	KY	0.2 mi	—	route	—
Spring Spur	KY	0.2 mi	47 ft	route	—
Equestrian Loop Connector	KY	0.2 mi	33 ft	route	—
Major Bigstaff Path	KY	0.2 mi	59 ft	route	—
Colonel Page Way	KY	0.2 mi	49 ft	route	—
Orange Black Connector	KY	0.3 mi	—	route	—
Old Fort Supply Road	KY	0.3 mi	—	route	—
Summit Northeast Ascent	KY	0.3 mi	187 ft	route	—
Eagle's Nest Trail	KY	0.3 mi	—	route	—
Woodpecker Trail	KY	0.3 mi	20 ft	route	—
Fort Duffield Trail	KY	0.3 mi	206 ft	route	—
Angel Windows #218	KY	0.3 mi	—	route	—
Bear Creek Overlook Trail	KY	0.3 mi	41 ft	route	—
Blue Heron Overlook Trail	KY	0.3 mi	—	route	—
Morgans Cave	KY	0.3 mi	84 ft	route	—
Yellow Black Connector	KY	0.3 mi	24 ft	route	—
Buffalo Arch Trail	KY	0.3 mi	53 ft	route	—
Prairie Trail	KY	0.3 mi	22 ft	route	—
Benny Vastine Nature Trail	KY	0.3 mi	78 ft	route	—
Sunset Point Trail	KY	0.3 mi	—	route	—
River Valley Trail	KY	0.3 mi	—	route	—
Yahoo Overlook Trail	KY	0.3 mi	73 ft	route	—
Kiwanis Cutoff	KY	0.3 mi	—	route	—
Whistling Arch Trail #234	KY	0.3 mi	—	route	—
Cannon Mount Row	KY	0.3 mi	25 ft	route	—
Lee Battery Row	KY	0.3 mi	—	route	—
Princess Arch Trail #233	KY	0.3 mi	—	route	—
Mossy Gap Trail	KY	0.3 mi	79 ft	route	—
Yamacraw Loop	KY	0.3 mi	38 ft	route	—
Missing Link	KY	0.3 mi	63 ft	route	—
Goat Path	KY	0.3 mi	—	route	—
Summit Northwest Ascent	KY	0.4 mi	—	route	—
Motor Pool Row	KY	0.4 mi	—	route	—
Tobacco Cave Loop	KY	0.4 mi	34 ft	route	—
Highland Crossing Trail	KY	0.4 mi	14 ft	route	—
Cliffside Loop Trail	KY	0.4 mi	105 ft	route	—
Lee Battery Access Road	KY	0.4 mi	—	route	—
Hult's Wetland Trail	KY	0.4 mi	11 ft	route	—
Blue Hole Loop	KY	0.4 mi	—	route	—
Koger Arch Trail	KY	0.4 mi	—	route	—
Marker Arch Trail	KY	0.4 mi	—	route	—
Dixon Cave Trail	KY	0.4 mi	35 ft	route	—
Natural Bridge Trail	KY	0.4 mi	57 ft	route	—
Fire Tower Loop	KY	0.4 mi	61 ft	route	—
Mini Plunge Trail	KY	0.4 mi	—	route	—
Overlook Trail	KY	0.4 mi	124 ft	route	—
Object Lesson Road	KY	0.4 mi	153 ft	route	—
Fort Putnam Loop	KY	0.4 mi	14 ft	route	—
Grassy Creek Trail	KY	0.4 mi	—	route	—
Redbird Crest Trail #801: Section #3	KY	0.4 mi	23 ft	route	—
Sloans Crossing Pond Walk	KY	0.4 mi	43 ft	route	—
Fire on the Mountain	KY	0.4 mi	11 ft	route	—
Briarwood Forest Trail	KY	0.4 mi	—	route	—
Center Creek Trail	KY	0.4 mi	112 ft	route	—
Perimeter	KY	0.4 mi	48 ft	route	—
Sheltowee Connector Trail #211	KY	0.4 mi	35 ft	route	—
Split Bow Arch Trail	KY	0.4 mi	63 ft	route	—
Tower Rock Trail #229	KY	0.5 mi	205 ft	route	—
Creekside	KY	0.5 mi	—	route	—
Original Trail to Natural Bridge	KY	0.5 mi	327 ft	route	—
Heritage Trail	KY	0.5 mi	54 ft	route	—
Lowland Plain Trail	KY	0.5 mi	—	route	—
Arrowhead Trail	KY	0.5 mi	41 ft	route	—
River Styx Spring Trail	KY	0.5 mi	—	route	—
Old Montague	KY	0.5 mi	111 ft	route	—
James Nickell Loop Trail	KY	0.5 mi	106 ft	route	—
Ludlow Connector Trail	KY	0.5 mi	84 ft	route	—
Trail 8	KY	0.5 mi	56 ft	route	—
Fort Trail	KY	0.5 mi	13 ft	route	—
Wilderness Lake Trail	KY	0.6 mi	—	route	—
Cave Spring Trail	KY	0.6 mi	—	route	—
Bluffs Campsite Access Trail	KY	0.6 mi	—	route	—
John Volz Loop	KY	0.6 mi	73 ft	route	—
Yellow Jacket Trail	KY	0.6 mi	10 ft	route	—
Battleship Rock Trail	KY	0.6 mi	87 ft	route	—
Ed Nichols Memorial Nature Trail	KY	0.6 mi	29 ft	route	—
Flow Trax	KY	0.6 mi	58 ft	route	—
Flat Hollow Arch Trail	KY	0.6 mi	128 ft	route	—
Downhill Switchbacks	KY	0.6 mi	—	route	—
Nature Trail and Peck Education Trail	KY	0.6 mi	10 ft	route	—
Whites Cave Trail	KY	0.6 mi	—	route	—
Green Trail - East	KY	0.6 mi	104 ft	route	—
Trail 1	KY	0.6 mi	25 ft	route	—
Chimney Top Trail #235	KY	0.6 mi	49 ft	route	—
Abbott Meadow Loop Trail	KY	0.6 mi	—	route	—
Warbler Road Trail	KY	0.6 mi	79 ft	route	—
Southern Scenic Overlook	KY	0.6 mi	—	route	—
E-Munster	KY	0.6 mi	97 ft	route	—
Lick Creek Falls Trail	KY	0.6 mi	131 ft	route	—
Blue Hammond Creek Trail	KY	0.6 mi	10 ft	route	—
Two Springs Trail	KY	0.6 mi	46 ft	route	—
Sky Trail	KY	0.6 mi	44 ft	route	—
Balanced Rock Trail	KY	0.6 mi	336 ft	route	—
Main Dome Trail	KY	0.6 mi	113 ft	route	—
Lake Trail	KY	0.7 mi	—	route	—
Blue Trail / Mitchell Hill Lake Trail	KY	0.7 mi	197 ft	route	—
Play House Loop	KY	0.7 mi	—	route	—
Laurel Ridge Trail	KY	0.7 mi	88 ft	route	—
Sore Heel Trail	KY	0.7 mi	166 ft	route	—
Creekside Loop	KY	0.7 mi	12 ft	route	—
Trail 4	KY	0.7 mi	62 ft	route	—
7 Dwarves	KY	0.7 mi	227 ft	route	—
Downill Rd	KY	0.7 mi	—	route	—
Echo River Spring Trail	KY	0.7 mi	119 ft	route	—
Hillbilly Hayduke Trail	KY	0.7 mi	144 ft	route	—
Lake View Trail	KY	0.7 mi	46 ft	route	—
Brown Spring Loop Trail	KY	0.7 mi	92 ft	route	—
Green Trail	KY	0.7 mi	—	route	—
Folklore Trail	KY	0.7 mi	57 ft	route	—
Lookout Trail	KY	0.7 mi	220 ft	route	—
Incinerator	KY	0.7 mi	187 ft	route	—
Sky Bridge Trail #214	KY	0.7 mi	160 ft	route	—
Valley of the Giants Trail	KY	0.7 mi	—	route	—
Spring Hollow Road	KY	0.7 mi	199 ft	route	—
Sacred Shadow Trail	KY	0.7 mi	46 ft	route	—
Anglin Falls Trail	KY	0.7 mi	235 ft	route	—
Sun and Shade Loop	KY	0.7 mi	—	route	—
Shanty Hollow Waterfall Trail	KY	0.7 mi	48 ft	route	—
Low Line Trail	KY	0.8 mi	203 ft	route	—
Two Ponds Loop	KY	0.8 mi	32 ft	route	—
Ravine Trail	KY	0.8 mi	47 ft	route	—
Beargrass Creek Connector	KY	0.8 mi	30 ft	route	—
Trail 6	KY	0.8 mi	177 ft	route	—
Robe Mountain Trail	KY	0.8 mi	35 ft	route	—
D Boon Hut Trail #209	KY	0.8 mi	20 ft	route	—
Grassy Fork Creek to Wilson Ridge	KY	0.8 mi	—	route	—
Sheltowee Trace NRT: Section 34	KY	0.8 mi	23 ft	route	—
Indian Fort Trail	KY	0.8 mi	409 ft	route	—
Auxier Branch Trail #203	KY	0.8 mi	73 ft	route	—
Haycraft Trail	KY	0.8 mi	58 ft	route	—
Jim Beam Trail	KY	0.8 mi	115 ft	route	—
Holsclaw Hill - Button Mold Connector	KY	0.8 mi	34 ft	route	—
Cottage Furnace Ruins Road	KY	0.8 mi	—	route	—
Hanson's Point Spur	KY	0.8 mi	39 ft	route	—
Eagle Glen Pet Trail	KY	0.8 mi	129 ft	route	—
9-Toe	KY	0.8 mi	44 ft	route	—
Banam Shaw Trail	KY	0.9 mi	11 ft	route	—
Blue Trail	KY	0.9 mi	219 ft	route	—
Piney Grove Trail	KY	0.9 mi	194 ft	route	—
West Pinnacle Trail	KY	0.9 mi	—	route	—
Karst Climb Trail	KY	0.9 mi	177 ft	route	—
Switchback Trail	KY	0.9 mi	102 ft	route	—
Double Arch Trail #201	KY	0.9 mi	144 ft	route	—
Rough River Walking Trail	KY	0.9 mi	77 ft	route	—
Vogle Loop Trail	KY	0.9 mi	50 ft	route	—
Full Monty	KY	0.9 mi	12 ft	route	—
Hamby Branch Trail	KY	0.9 mi	91 ft	route	—
Red Trail	KY	0.9 mi	37 ft	route	—
Sky Meadows Trail	KY	0.9 mi	63 ft	route	—
Connector Trail	KY	0.9 mi	29 ft	route	—
Crags Loop Road	KY	0.9 mi	124 ft	route	—
Sassafras Self-Guided Interpretive Trail	KY	0.9 mi	94 ft	route	—
River Trail	KY	0.9 mi	—	route	—
Tater Knob Trail (104)	KY	0.9 mi	—	route	—
Boone Trace Loop Trail	KY	0.9 mi	43 ft	route	—
Trail 3	KY	1.0 mi	—	route	—
Jailhouse Ridge	KY	1.0 mi	279 ft	route	—
Train Surfer	KY	1.0 mi	176 ft	route	—
Orange Trail	KY	1.0 mi	50 ft	route	—
Sinkhole Trail	KY	1.0 mi	28 ft	route	—
Coral Ridge - Holsclaw Hill Connector	KY	1.0 mi	—	route	—
Osage	KY	1.0 mi	125 ft	route	—
Sleepy Hollow Trail	KY	1.0 mi	86 ft	route	—
Rush Ridge Trail #227	KY	1.0 mi	69 ft	route	—
Kentucky Trail (Segment)	KY	1.0 mi	297 ft	route	—
John B. Stephenson Memorial Trail	KY	1.0 mi	—	route	—
Cedar Sink Trail	KY	1.0 mi	41 ft	route	—
Pot Hollow	KY	1.0 mi	422 ft	route	—
Laurel Loop Trail	KY	1.0 mi	121 ft	route	—
Holly	KY	1.0 mi	205 ft	route	—
Woodland Trail	KY	1.0 mi	38 ft	route	—
Mutli-use Trail	KY	1.0 mi	60 ft	route	—
East Pinnacle Trail	KY	1.1 mi	248 ft	route	—
Pilot Knob Trail	KY	1.1 mi	619 ft	route	—
Tioga Falls	KY	1.1 mi	326 ft	route	—
Upper Trail	KY	1.1 mi	139 ft	route	—
Big Dig	KY	1.1 mi	168 ft	route	—
Yahoo Falls Loop	KY	1.1 mi	147 ft	route	—
Seaton Valley Trail	KY	1.1 mi	—	route	—
FS Road 2010 (Lost Marbles)	KY	1.1 mi	—	route	—
Lost River Cave Greenway Trail	KY	1.1 mi	38 ft	route	—

Frequently Asked Questions

How many trail races are in Ky?

There are 6 organized races and 194 self-supported routes available in Ky.

What is the average elevation gain in Ky?

The average elevation gain is 119 feet, with routes ranging from 10 to 1,364 feet.

What distances are available in Ky?

Available distances include: 5K, Half Marathon.

Can these trail routes in Ky be used for hiking?

Yes. 95% 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 Ky?

Trail running conditions in Ky 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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