Kansas Bicycle Trails
There is a huge variety of places to ride your bike within the state of Kansas. In addition to a large
and well-maintained system of streets, highways, and secondary roads, Kansas offers a wealth of
off-road riding opportunities as well. Many Kansas communities have networks of both paved and unpaved
paths that are used by cyclists, walkers, and joggers.
Kansas also features a growing list of rail-to-trail
projects that use railbanked train right-of-ways for inter-community transportation and recreation. And finally,
although Kansas has no true mountains, it boasts an outstanding variety of
mountain bike trails
in parks throughout the state.
A Few Random Trails
 | The Blue River Rail Trail in Marysville, Kansas connects to the Homestead Trail in Nebraska, on what will eventually be a 68-mile rail-to-trail project from Marysville to Lincoln.  |
 | When completed will be a 117-mile rail-trail connecting Osawatomie in the east and Herington in the west, making it the longest in the state. |
 | Coronado Heights rises 300 feet above the plains near Lindsborg, KS, with a spectacular view from the top, and 3 miles of mountain bike and hiking trails that wind around the hill. |
 | A 7-mile trail that circles the Scott State Fishing Lake, through a startling oasis of natural springs, deep wooded canyons, and craggy bluffs on the western Kansas prairie near Scott City. |
 | A 10-mile hiking and biking trail that connects Riverfront Park in downtown Atchison, Kansas with the historic Independence Creek area where the Lewis and Clark expedition camped on July 4, 1804. |
