diff --git a/src/motile_toolbox/candidate_graph/__init__.py b/src/motile_toolbox/candidate_graph/__init__.py
index f3eec97..efd4cbb 100644
--- a/src/motile_toolbox/candidate_graph/__init__.py
+++ b/src/motile_toolbox/candidate_graph/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 from .graph_from_segmentation import graph_from_segmentation
+from .graph_to_nx import graph_to_nx
diff --git a/src/motile_toolbox/candidate_graph/graph_to_nx.py b/src/motile_toolbox/candidate_graph/graph_to_nx.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ac722a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/motile_toolbox/candidate_graph/graph_to_nx.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import networkx as nx
+from motile import TrackGraph
+
+
+def graph_to_nx(graph: TrackGraph) -> nx.DiGraph:
+    """Convert a motile TrackGraph into a networkx DiGraph.
+
+    Args:
+        graph (TrackGraph): TrackGraph to be converted to networkx
+
+    Returns:
+        nx.DiGraph: Directed networkx graph with same nodes, edges, and attributes.
+    """
+    nx_graph = nx.DiGraph()
+    nodes_list = list(graph.nodes.items())
+    nx_graph.add_nodes_from(nodes_list)
+    edges_list = [
+        (edge_id[0], edge_id[1], data) for edge_id, data in graph.edges.items()
+    ]
+    nx_graph.add_edges_from(edges_list)
+    return nx_graph
diff --git a/tests/test_candidate_graph/test_graph_to_nx.py b/tests/test_candidate_graph/test_graph_to_nx.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b52d864
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_candidate_graph/test_graph_to_nx.py
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import networkx as nx
+import pytest
+from motile import TrackGraph
+from motile_toolbox.candidate_graph import graph_to_nx
+from networkx.utils import graphs_equal
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def graph_3d():
+    graph = nx.DiGraph()
+    nodes = [
+        ("0_1", {"z": 50, "y": 50, "x": 50, "t": 0, "segmentation_id": 1}),
+        ("1_1", {"z": 20, "y": 50, "x": 80, "t": 1, "segmentation_id": 1}),
+        ("1_2", {"z": 60, "y": 50, "x": 45, "t": 1, "segmentation_id": 2}),
+    ]
+    edges = [
+        # math.dist([50, 50], [20, 80])
+        ("0_1", "1_1", {"distance": 42.43}),
+        # math.dist([50, 50], [60, 45])
+        ("0_1", "1_2", {"distance": 11.18}),
+    ]
+    graph.add_nodes_from(nodes)
+    graph.add_edges_from(edges)
+    return graph
+
+
+def test_graph_to_nx(graph_3d: nx.DiGraph):
+    track_graph = TrackGraph(nx_graph=graph_3d, frame_attribute="t")
+    nx_graph = graph_to_nx(track_graph)
+    assert graphs_equal(graph_3d, nx_graph)