Zone 5
Great Plains (Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma)
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North Dakota
North Country Trail Western Terminus Loop
2.3 mile lollipop loop; 161ft. elevation gain; Moderate
Prairie; lake; views; Garrison
North Country Trail Western Terminus Loop Trail Guide
South Dakota
Far East/Founders Valley Loop
2.9 mile loop; 327ft. elevation gain; Moderately Strenuous
Rocks; valleys; prairie; Rapid City
Far East/Founders Valley Loop Trail Guide
Iowa
Backbone Lake Loop
6.4 mile loop; 496ft. elevation gain; Moderate
Lake; forest; bluffs; Backbone State Park
Backbone Lake Loop Trail Guide
Nebraska
Swainson Trail
2.9 mile loop; 252ft. elevation gain; Moderately Strenuous
Views; prairie; lake; Ogallala
Swainson Trail Guide; loop back via the Boat Shed Trail
Kansas
Republican River Trail
9.6 mile lollipop loop; 134ft. elevation gain; Easy
River; forest; swamp; wildlife; Junction City
Oklahoma
Lakeview Lodge Loop
3.7 mile loop; 384ft. elevation gain; Moderately Strenuous
Forest; views; lakes; Hochatown State Park
Lakeview Lodge Loop Trail Guide
Zone 6
Great Lakes States (New York, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Indiana, Illinois)
Minnesota
Lebanon Hills Loop
5.3 mile loop; 252ft. elevation gain; Moderately Strenuous
Lake; forest; Lebanon Hills Regional Park
Lebanon Hills Loop Trail Guide
Wisconsin
Black Trail (Moraine Ridge Trail)
6.9 mile loop; 934ft. elevation gain; Moderately Strenuous
Views; fields; forest; views; Wales
Illinois
East Trigg to Millstone Lake
5.2 mile lollipop with spur; 499ft. elevation gain; Strenuous
Lake; forest; swamp; creek; bluffs; Reynoldsburg
East Trigg to Millstone Lake Trail Guide
Indiana
Knobstone Trail: Surgeon Hollow to Delaney Park
10.9 mile loop; 1,381ft. elevation gain; Moderately Strenuous
Forest; lake; Jackson Washington State Forest
Michigan
Highbanks Trail
12.7 miles out & back; 646ft. elevation gain; Moderately Strenuous
Pond; river; forest; views; Huron National Forest
Ohio
Jacobs Ladder and Christmas Rocks Trail
4.5 mile lollipop loop; 672ft. elevation gain; Moderately Strenuous
Views; forest; rocks; Christmas Rocks Nature Preserve
Jacobs Ladder and Christmas Rocks Trail Guide
New York
Cornish/Brook/Notch/Washburn/Undercliff Loop
7.5 mile lollipop loop; 1,496ft. elevation gain; Moderately Strenuous
Views; forest; ruin; rocks; Hudson Highlands State Park