551 Trails in North Carolina

Rank Trail Name Difficulty Length (mi) Rating City
1. Rock Nature Trails difficulty 1 Roxboro
2. Chestnut Mountain Park difficulty 14 Canton
3. Elliott Coues Nature Trail difficulty 3.2 Atlantic Beach
4. Bailey and Sarah Williamson Preserve difficulty 8.3 Knightdale
5. Afton Neighborhood trail difficulty 1.5 Concord
6. Upper Falls Trail (South Mountain Loop) difficulty 3.5 Morganton
7. Tower 93 Loop (USNWC) difficulty 0.5 Charlotte
8. Stone Binge (Skills Area) (Rocky Knob Park) difficulty 0.2 Boone
9. Advanced South Section (Hog Run/Harris Lake) difficulty 0.9 New Hill
10. Slalom Course (USNWC) difficulty 0.2 Charlotte
11. Simms Branch Trail (Durant Nature Park) difficulty 1.3 Raleigh
12. RTP Loop 2 (Research triangle park) difficulty 0.2 Durham
13. RTP Loop 4 (Research triangle park) difficulty 0.5 Durham
14. Roberts Loop (Northeast Park) difficulty 0.2 Greensboro
15. Riverside Trail #115 difficulty 2.6 Mills River
16. East Loop (Alexander Mountain Bike Park) difficulty 2.1 Asheville
17. Red/Yellow Loop (Richmond Hill Park) difficulty 0.9 Asheville
18. Connector (Richmond Hill Park) difficulty 0.1 Asheville
19. Upper Yellow Trail (Richmond Hill Park) difficulty 0.6 Asheville
20. Blue Trail (Richmond Hill Park) difficulty 0.8 Asheville
21. Reservoir Loop (Fisher Farm Park) difficulty 0.1 Davidson
22. Tennis Court Loop (Renaissance Park) difficulty 1.8 Charlotte
23. Reedy Overlook (Northeast Park) difficulty 0.4 Greensboro
24. Reedy Creek Lake Trail (Umstead State Park) difficulty 0.1 Raleigh
25. Pump Track (Lake Crabtree County Park) difficulty 0.0 Morrisville
26. PBJ (Rocky Knob Park) difficulty 0.3 Boone
27. Old Blue (Fisher Farm Park) difficulty 0.4 Davidson
28. Number 5 (Carolina North Forest) difficulty 0.2 Chapel Hill
29. Northeast Loop 2 (Tanglewood Park) difficulty 0.7 Winston-Salem
30. North Section (Hog Run/Harris Lake) difficulty 1.5 New Hill
31. Nance Springs Loop (North Wake Landfill District Park) difficulty 1.7 Raleigh
32. Middle of Nowhere Connector (Rocky Knob Park) difficulty 0.2 Boone
33. Middle Earth (Rocky Knob Park) difficulty 1.1 Boone
34. West Loop (Alexander Mountain Bike Park) difficulty 2.2 Asheville
35. E Connector (Lake Crabtree County Park) difficulty 0.3 Morrisville
36. Loop 3-4 Connector (Lake Crabtree County Park) difficulty 0.0 Morrisville
37. Laurel Mountain Connector (Laurel Mountain) difficulty 0.1 Mills River
38. Jump Line 1 (Lake Crabtree County Park) difficulty 0.1 Morrisville
39. Jump Line 2 (Lake Crabtree County Park) difficulty 0.0 Morrisville
40. Joe Vines Trail difficulty 0.1 Morganton
41. Jackson Knob Trail difficulty 1.6 Morganton
42. Inner Loop B (Hog Run/Harris Lake) difficulty 0.6 New Hill
43. Inner Loop A (Hog Run/Harris Lake) difficulty 0.4 New Hill
44. Horse Cove Gap difficulty 0.9 Brevard
45. Hog Run Connector (Hog Run/Harris Lake) difficulty 0.1 New Hill
46. High Shoals Falls Trail (South Mountain Loop) difficulty 0.4 Morganton
47. Granny Burrell Falls #486 (Panthertown Valley) difficulty 0.4 Cashiers
48. Flow Track (Hog Run/Harris Lake) difficulty 0.2 New Hill
49. Enchanted Forest (Fisher Farm Park) difficulty 0.2 Davidson
50. Deer Run (Northeast Park) difficulty 0.3 Greensboro

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