How many over 20 km hikes are listed in Kansas?

11 routes currently meet both this guide’s filter and the directory quality gate. Each submitted route has a traceable source, mapped geometry and sampled elevation data.

What is the average distance and ascent?

The average mapped distance is 98.8 km with 172 m (564 ft) of recorded ascent. The longest route in this set is 216 km.

How are the routes ordered?

Flint Hills Nature Trail currently ranks first. Ordering uses the directory score and route-data completeness; it is not a claim that editors have field-tested every route.

Does an easy rating mean beginner-safe?

No route in this set is currently rated easy. In every category, verify surface, exposure, access and current conditions independently.

Hiking Trails Over 20 km in Kansas

The directory currently contains 11 quality-checked routes matching this guide in Kansas. Their average mapped distance is 98.8 km and average recorded ascent is 172 m (564 ft); the longest route in the set is 216 km.

This subset represents 31% of the 35 quality-checked routes in Kansas. Its average distance is 98.8 km, compared with 35.5 km across the full local set. Average recorded ascent is 172 m (564 ft), versus 108 m (354 ft) for all quality-checked routes in the same area.

Every route in this set is at least 20 km long. Whether it is normally completed in one day or in stages is not inferred from distance alone. Within this set, 0 routes (0%) are rated easy, 11 (100%) are rated hard or expert, and 2 (18%) are recorded as loops. Ratings are computed from available distance and elevation data and do not establish current terrain or access.

Data refreshed September 2026

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How do these routes differ?

A closer look at the first 6 routes in this page’s default ordering. These comparisons describe this sample, not the entire destination or a field-tested recommendation.

Shortest mapped distance in this sample

87.6 km

ADT - Kansas - N - Seg 1

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Lowest recorded ascent in this sample

25 m

ADT - Kansas - N - Seg 5

6 of 6 have ascent data. Missing measurements are excluded.

Return logistics

0 recorded loops

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Expert

Flint Hills Nature Trail

Kansas · United States

Distance: 200 km
Elevation gain: 291 m
Typical duration: 47 hr

Mountain
Long-distance path

Expert

ADT - Kansas - N - Seg 1

Kansas · United States

Distance: 87.6 km
Elevation gain: 320 m
Typical duration: 20 hr

Mountain
Long-distance path

Expert

ADT - Kansas - N - Seg 3

Kansas · United States

Distance: 99.0 km
Elevation gain: 150 m
Typical duration: 23 hr

Mountain
Long-distance path

Expert

ADT - Kansas - N - Seg 5

Kansas · United States

Distance: 102 km
Elevation gain: 25 m
Typical duration: 23 hr

Mountain
Long-distance path

Expert

ADT - Kansas - N - Seg 7

Kansas · United States

Distance: 92.8 km
Elevation gain: 141 m
Typical duration: 21 hr

Mountain
Long-distance path

Expert

ADT - Missouri - L - Seg 3

Kansas · United States

Distance: 216 km
Elevation gain: 431 m
Typical duration: 51 hr

Mountain
Long-distance path

Expert

ADT - Kansas - N - Seg 4

Kansas · United States

Distance: 129 km
Typical duration: 30 hr

Mountain
Long-distance path

Expert

ADT - Kansas - N - Seg 6

Kansas · United States

Distance: 87.5 km
Elevation gain: 92 m
Typical duration: 20 hr

Mountain
Long-distance path

Hard

Permiter Trail

Kansas · United States

Distance: 23.1 km
Elevation gain: 174 m
Typical duration: 5 hr 19 min

Hard

Red Trail

Kansas · United States

Distance: 27.7 km
Elevation gain: 112 m
Typical duration: 6 hr 19 min

Hard

Elk River Hiking Trail

Kansas · United States

Distance: 23.1 km
Elevation gain: 159 m
Typical duration: 5 hr 18 min

River

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Distance, ascent, walking time and difficulty for the top routes
Route	Distance	Ascent	Time	Difficulty	Best season
Flint Hills Nature TrailKansas	200 km	291 m	47 hr	Expert	April to October
ADT - Kansas - N - Seg 1Kansas	87.6 km	320 m	20 hr	Expert	April to October
ADT - Kansas - N - Seg 3Kansas	99.0 km	150 m	23 hr	Expert	April to October
ADT - Kansas - N - Seg 5Kansas	102 km	25 m	23 hr	Expert	April to October
ADT - Kansas - N - Seg 7Kansas	92.8 km	141 m	21 hr	Expert	April to October
ADT - Missouri - L - Seg 3Kansas	216 km	431 m	51 hr	Expert	April to October
ADT - Kansas - N - Seg 4Kansas	129 km	0 m	30 hr	Expert	April to October
ADT - Kansas - N - Seg 6Kansas	87.5 km	92 m	20 hr	Expert	April to October
Permiter TrailKansas	23.1 km	174 m	5 hr 19 min	Hard	April to October
Red TrailKansas	27.7 km	112 m	6 hr 19 min	Hard	April to October

Flint Hills Nature Trail, ADT - Kansas - N - Seg 3, ADT - Kansas - N - Seg 5 currently rank highest in this filtered set according to the directory score. Open an individual route to inspect its mapped line, elevation profile, data source and planning caveats. Check live access, conditions and local rules with an official source before travelling.

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How many over 20 km hikes are listed in Kansas?

What is the average distance and ascent?

How are the routes ordered?

Does an easy rating mean beginner-safe?

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