Trails

Trail
 
The City of West Lafayette offers a variety of trails and footpaths and encourage you to enjoy the outdoors through our growing trail system. The combined distance of trails and footpaths is 21.24 miles.  Click below under 'Related Pages' to print a copy of the Trail Map.
 
PAVED TRAILS 17.06 miles
Cattail Trail 4.33 miles asphalt, 10' wide
Northwest Greenway Trail 7.78 miles asphalt, 10' wide
Wabash Heritage Trail 1.86 miles asphalt, 8' wide
Trolley Line Trail .92 mile asphalt, 12'/8' wide
Nighthawk Trail .31 mile asphalt/concrete 8' wide
Village Fitness Trail                                     1.86 miles           marked on sidewalks
FOOTPATHS 4.18 miles
Celery Bog Footpath 1.50 miles primarily mulch, 6' wide
Happy Hollow Park Footpaths 1.00 mile mulch, 2'/6' wide
Michaud-Sinninger Woods Footpath .50 mile mulch, 6' wide
Northwest Greenway Footpath .87 mile grass, 8' wide
 Village Fitness Trail                                    .31                     
 
CATTAIL TRAIL (4.33 miles)
The Cattail Trail and Northwest Greenway Trail are designated as National Recreation Trails. As part of the National Trails System, they are central features in the network of parks and open space. They provide healthy recreational experiences and encounters with the natural world.
 
(Lindberg Road to US 52) 1.68 miles
(Lindberg Road to Pickett Park) 1.47 miles
  • Lindberg Road to Cherry Lane ~ .50 mile
  • Cherry Lane to McCormick Road ~ .20 mile
  • McCormick Road to Stadium Avenue ~ .58 mile
  • Stadium Avenue to Pickett Park ~ .19 mile

(Northwestern Avenue to McCormick Road) 1.18 mile

  • Northwestern Avenue to Celery Bog entrance ~.68 mile
  • Celery Bog entrance to University Place ~ .09 mile
  • University Place to Willow Brook (Mida Drive) ~ .19 mile
  • Willow Brook (Mida Drive) to McCormick Road ~ .22 mile
NIGHTHAWK TRAIL: .31 mile
(Navajo Street to Sagamore Parkway to Clayton Street, and Sagamore Ridge Apartments) .31 mile
 
NORTHWEST GREENWAY TRAIL: 7.78 miles
(US 52 to Kalberer Road) ~ .50 mile
  • US 52 to Win Hentschel Boulevard ~ .25 mile
  • Win Hentschel Boulevard to Kalberer Road ~ .25 mile
State Farm
(US 52, north side of Cumberland Ave., nearly to Yeager Rd.) ~ .40 miles
(US 52 to State Farm trailhead) ~ .58 mile
 
(Kalberer Road to near Hadley Lake, including Trailhead loop) ~1.40 miles
  • Kalberer Road to Morehouse Road including loop ~ .87 mile
  • Morehouse Road to Abnaki Way ~ .09 mile
  • Abnaki Way to Chenango Place ~ .18 mile
  • Chenango Place to near Hadley Lake ~ .11 mile
  • Trailhead Park loop, north side of Kalberer Rd., to driveway apron ~.15 miles 

(east of Trailhead Park, south side of Kalberer Road, including north Cumberland Park) ~ 1.78 miles

  • Kalberer Road to Kent Avenue ~ .09 mile
  • Kent Avenue to McClure Street ~ .12 mile
  • McClure Street to Yeager Road ~ .25 mile
  • Kalberer Road south to Purdue Technology Center ~ .92 miles
  • Yeager Road to Cinnabar Street ~ .20 mile
  • Cinnabar Street to maintenance barn entry ~ .04 mile
  • Maintenance barn entry to Salisbury Street ~ .24 mile
  • Salisbury Street to Soldiers Home Road ~ .84 mile

(Cumberland Park to Sagamore Park Centre) ~ 2.0 miles

  • Cumberland Park ~ 1.04 miles
  • Cumberland Park (bridge) to Cumberland Ave. ~.18 mile
  • Cumberland Avenue to Sagamore Centre ~ .78 mile
Natural Green Space Management:The Northwest Greenway Trail is a network of 7.78 miles of 10 feet wide, asphalt trail.  Over the next two years, management of th 0.87 mile section of trail in Trailhead Park and from Kalberer Road to Morehouse Road will involve the removal of invasive plants, the planting of a native prairie seed mixture and 150 native wetland plants, and the installation of more than six dozen trees.  This section will be manged to provide a natural vegetation trail corridor adjacent to the next phase of the Purdue Research Park.
 
TROLLEY LINE TRAIL
(Happy Hollow Park restroom area to Indian Trail entrance)  ~.92 mile
 
VILLAGE FITNESS TRAIL  (click HERE for map)
~ 2.17 miles (Morton Center to Happy Hollow School)
Start at Morton Center or the West Lafayette Public Library, then go:
  • North on North Chauncey
  • East on North Street one block
  • North on Salisbury three blocks  
  • West on Lutz to Vine
  • North on Vine four blocks to Centennial Neighborhood Park, a nice place to rest after a 3/4 mile stroll. 
  • West on Lawn to Grant 
  • North on Grant to Meridian and the West Lafayette Junior/Senior High School track

After walking around the 1/4-mile track, proceed:

  • North on Grant to Leslie
  • East on Leslie, cross Salisbury to Kingston
  • North and east around Happy Hollow School, past the pool, and around the 1/4-mile, soft-surface, loop track east of the school 
  • Salisbury Street to Soldiers Home Road ~ .84 mile
Sidewalk markers and four map/information signs note the route.
 
  WABASH HERITAGE TRAIL 1.86
  • North River Road to Tapawingo Park Wabash Heritage Trail Overlook ~ .72 mile
  • Tapawingo Park Wabash Heritage Trail Overlook to South River Road (US 231) ~ .81 mile
  • Tapawingo Park Margerum Fountain, along Tapawingo Drive, South River Road (US 231) ~ .33 mile
CELERY BOG FOOTPATH 1.50 miles
(including all connections to nature center, parking areas and viewing deck)

HAPPY HOLLOW PARK FOOTPATHS: 1.00 mile

  • Garden Trail: Playground to Children's Garden to east parking lot ~ .22 mile
  • Hollowood Trail: Hollowood to Trolley Line Trail ~ .09 mile
  • Rose Street Trail: Rose Street to Garden Trail ~ .24 mile
  • Salisbury Ravine Trail: Salisbury Street to Trolley Line Trail ~ .36 mile
  • Trolley Line Trail: Happy Hollow Park playground to restroom area ~ .09 mile
Michaud-Sinninger Woods
MICHAUD-SINNINGER WOODS FOOTPATH: .50 mile
 
NORTHWEST GREENWAY FOOTPATH: .87 mile 
(Morehouse Road to 100 West)
 
VILLAGE FITNESS TRIAL FOOTPATH(at Happy Hollow Schoo): ~ .31 mile
 
Summary
Paved Trails:  17.06 miles
Footpaths:   4.18 miles
Total trails network mileage: ~21.24 miles.
 
(In addition there are 10.42 miles of bicycle lanes on streets; most of the lanes provide important connections for bicyclists using the trails network.)
 
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