About hiking in Champaign County

Champaign County, Illinois has 56 named trails tagged for hiking, covering 51.5 miles, an average of 0.9 miles each. The longest is 5-mile Trail, at 4.4 miles.

What the hiking trails in Champaign County are like

By length, 38 are under a mile and 18 run 1 to 5 miles. 4 are loops, ending where they start; the longest is North Waterfowl Trail, at 1.6 miles.

Every one carries a difficulty rating: 55 easy and 1 moderate. Of the 55 with measured elevation, 5-mile Trail climbs the most, about 129 ft.

All 56 hiking trails, longest first

5-mile TrailHike4.4 mi West Lake TrailHike3.4 mi Carle at the Fields TrailHikeMTB2.5 mi Oak Ridge TrailHike2.2 mi South Loop TrailHike2.2 mi First Street TrailHikeMTB2.1 mi Prairie PathHikeMTB1.8 mi Point Pleasant TrailHike1.7 mi Greenbelt BikewayHikeMTB1.7 mi Oak Burl TrailHike1.6 mi North Waterfowl TrailHike1.6 mi Timberdoodle TrailHike1.5 mi Old Miners' TrailHike1.4 mi Sand Beach Cove TrailHike1.3 mi Sycamore TrailHike1.3 mi Flicker Woods TrailHike1.3 mi Roby TrailHikeMTB1.2 mi Robeson Meadows TrailHikeMTB1.1 mi Pipeline TrailHikeMTB1.0 mi Boulware TrailHikeMTB0.9 mi Dark Sky TrailHike0.8 mi Bottomland TrailHike0.8 mi Harold E. Ruppel Bike PathHikeMTB0.8 mi Midland TrailHike0.7 mi Prairie View TrailHike0.7 mi Shadow Lake TrailHike0.7 mi Collins Pond TrailHike0.6 mi Prairie TrailHike0.6 mi Basin LoopHike0.6 mi Northwoods TrailHike0.5 mi Bluebell TrailHike0.5 mi Simon TrailHikeMTB0.5 mi Woodland TrailHike0.5 mi Sculpture Garden LoopHikeMTB0.5 mi Wildcat Slough TrailHike0.5 mi O'Malley's Alley TrailHikeMTB0.5 mi Galaxy LoopHike0.5 mi Dogleg Loop GrassHike0.5 mi Rayburn-Purnell Woods TrailHike0.4 mi Southwoods TrailHike0.4 mi Boardwalk TrailHike0.3 mi Museum Meander TrailHike0.3 mi Beckman Quad WalkHike0.3 mi Wildflower TrailHike0.3 mi Walmart ConnectionHikeMTB0.3 mi Dr. Frank W. Kari WalkwayHike0.3 mi Hickman Wildflower WalkHikeMTB0.3 mi River LoopHike0.2 mi Campground PassHike0.2 mi Greenbelt Connector TrailHikeMTB0.2 mi Greenbelt Bikeway (detour)HikeMTB0.2 mi Elks Lake TrailHike0.2 mi Floodplain TrailHike0.2 mi The Presidents' WalkHikeMTB0.2 mi Pawpaw LoopHike0.1 mi Paved LoopHike0.1 mi

← All Champaign County trails

Trail geometry from OpenStreetMap contributors, licensed ODbL. Elevation from the USGS 3D Elevation Program. Compiled and published by Trailmonger · trail data last rebuilt October 25, 2026.