About hiking in Monroe County

Monroe County, Indiana has 65 named trails tagged for hiking, covering 156 miles, an average of 2.4 miles each. The longest is Three Lakes Trail, at 19.8 miles. 7 run 5 miles or longer.

What the hiking trails in Monroe County are like

By length, 35 are under a mile, 23 run 1 to 5 miles, and 7 are 5 miles or longer. 10 are loops, ending where they start; the longest is Martin Hollow Trail, at 5.1 miles.

Every one carries a difficulty rating: 39 easy, 23 moderate, and 3 hard. Of the 65 with measured elevation, Three Lakes Trail climbs the most, about 1,827 ft, and 4 gain 1,000 ft or more.

All 65 hiking trails, longest first

Three Lakes TrailHike19.8 mi Karst Farm GreenwayHikeMTB14.8 mi Pate Hollow TrailHike13.3 mi Low Gap TrailHike11.5 mi Grubb Ridge TrailHike11.4 mi Cope Hollow TrailHike6.1 mi Martin Hollow TrailHike5.1 mi Axsom Branch TrailHike4.9 mi Morgan-Monroe Hike Bike TrailHikeMTB4.5 mi South Shore TrailHike4.4 mi Low Gap/Tecumseh TrailHike4.2 mi Mason Ridge TrailHike4.0 mi Rock Shelter TrailHike3.8 mi Griffy Creek TrailHike3.3 mi Jeff Richardson TrailHike3.1 mi Huckleberry RidgeHike2.9 mi Hayes TrailHike2.3 mi Rock Shelter/Low Gap/Tecumseh TrailHike2.3 mi Hike/Bike Beach TrailHikeMTB2.0 mi Turkey Trot TrailHike2.0 mi Peninsula TrailHike1.9 mi Grubb Ridge Wilderness RoadHike1.8 mi Whitehead TrailHike1.4 mi Mason Ridge/Low Gap/Tecumseh TrailHike1.3 mi Lanam TrailHike1.2 mi Old Three Lakes TrailHike1.2 mi RCA community park dirt pathHike1.1 mi North Shore TrailHike1.0 mi Patton Cave TrailHike1.0 mi Tree Identification TrailHike1.0 mi Grubb Ridge LoopHike0.9 mi Blue Bird TrailHike0.9 mi Olcott XC TrailHike0.9 mi North Shore Loop TrailHike0.9 mi West North Shore LoopHike0.9 mi Horse Trail XHike0.9 mi Ted T. Turtle Interpretive TrailHike0.9 mi Hunter Creek TrailHike0.8 mi Blue Ridge TrailHike0.7 mi Scout Ridge Nature TrailHike0.7 mi Whitetail TrailHike0.6 mi Tecumseh/Morgan-Monroe Hike Bike TrailHikeMTB0.6 mi Lakeview School Nature TrailHike0.6 mi Lakeside TrailHike0.6 mi Overlook TrailHike0.5 mi Meadowood ConnectorsHike0.5 mi Monroe TrailHike0.5 mi Wetlands TrailHike0.5 mi Scout Ridge Pathfinder TrailHike0.5 mi Weir TrailHike0.5 mi Twin Lakes Natural Surface TrailHike0.4 mi Tree Trek TrailHike0.4 mi Three Lakes Trail-Cherry Lake CircuitHike0.3 mi Three Lakes Trail-Cherry Lake CutoffHike0.3 mi Red Line TrailHike0.3 mi Ravine TrailHike0.2 mi Vernal Pike SidepathHikeMTB0.2 mi Kathy Illich Gutowsky TrailHike0.2 mi South Shore/North Shore Trail ConnectionHike0.2 mi Wapehani Natural Surface TrailHikeMTB0.2 mi Dunn TrailHike0.2 mi Opossum Hollow TrailHike0.1 mi Sycamore Land Trust TrailHike0.1 mi Shelterhouse ConnectorHike0.1 mi Chapel Bridge TrailHike0.1 mi

← All Monroe 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.