Running trails in Laramie, WY
Laramie has 9 trails in the directory — 3 on crushed gravel or dirt, 2 shaded, and 5 open 24 hours. 6 of them post opening hours, so you can check the gate before an early start. They're ranked here by rating weighted by review volume, across 6,079 Google reviews. Filter by surface, loop, distance, shade or lighting to get to the run you're actually planning — no made-up difficulty score, just the facts you'd check before driving out.
Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest
4.8 ★★★★★ 4,848 reviews
Expansive forest providing lots of hiking trails, campgrounds, fishing, waterfalls & scenic vistas.
Undine Park
4.6 ★★★★★ 389 reviews
Neighborhood park with picnic shelters & BBQs, plus facilities for tennis, volleyball & basketball.
LaBonte Park
4.4 ★★★★☆ 290 reviews
Public park offering picnic pavilions, a playground, walking trails, a pond, and a skate park.
LaPrele Park
4.7 ★★★★★ 197 reviews
Relaxed park popular for its disc-golf course, alongside a pond where kids can fish and frisbee golf.
Optimist Park
4.6 ★★★★★ 156 reviews
River-bordered park featuring fenced areas for dogs to socialize as well as a playground.
Happy Jack Recreation Area Trailhead
4.7 ★★★★★ 105 reviews
Popular recreation area featuring mountain-biking paths, groomed trails and climbing locations.
Summit Trailhead
4.9 ★★★★★ 40 reviews
Fee-charging hiking and biking area with trails and views, plus snowshoeing in winter.
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How to pick a trail in Laramie
- Match the surface to your legs. Laramie gives you a choice: 3 natural surface and 1 mixed. Asphalt and concrete are fast, predictable and runnable year-round but the least forgiving; crushed limestone and dirt take the sting out of high mileage; boardwalk is flat and scenic but slick in the wet. If your shins or knees are complaining, the fix that actually works is varying the surface you run on rather than chasing one "best" one. More natural surface trails →
- Loop or out-and-back? A loop finishes back at the car with no backtracking; on an out-and-back you simply turn round at half your distance.
- Check the hours before a 6am run. 5 trails in Laramie are open 24 hours — the rest can sit inside a park that gates at dusk and doesn't unlock until well after sunrise. 6 of the 9 listings carry posted opening hours — worth a look before you set an alarm.
- Long run? Check water and restrooms first. 8 have trailhead parking, 7 have restrooms, and 1 has a water fountain in Laramie. Anything over an hour and those stop being nice-to-haves — and in summer, shade counts double.
- The small things that decide it. 2 shaded, 2 that runners describe as quiet, 6 dog-friendly, and 3 smooth and wide enough for a stroller or a wheelchair. Busy or quiet isn't a good-or-bad thing here: a busy path is the safer choice for a solo run at dawn, a quiet one is better for intervals.
More on all of this in the trail-running guides.
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