546 Trails in North Carolina

Trail Name Difficulty Length (mi) Rating City
Briar Chapel Advanced difficulty 5.0 **** Chapel Hill
Flint Ridge Advanced difficulty 5.0 **** Bryson City
San-lee Park Intermediate difficulty 10.0 **** Sanford
Warrior Creek (Kerr Scott Trails) Intermediate difficulty 9.3 ***** Wilkesboro
George Poston Park Intermediate difficulty 8.0 *** Lowell
mcmichael hike bike run trail Intermediate difficulty 5.0 **** mayodan
North Slope Intermediate difficulty 3.4 **** Brevard
Bigleaf Slopes Park Intermediate difficulty 3.0 **** Statesville
286 Main Loop (286 Main Loop) Intermediate difficulty 13.9 **** Cary
Hobby Park Intermediate difficulty 7.0 **** Winston-Salem
Emerald Outback Intermediate difficulty 6.0 **** Beech Mountain
Moore's Springs Trails Intermediate difficulty 6.0 ***** Danbury
Alexander Mountain Bike Park Intermediate difficulty 7.0 *** Asheville
Cedar Rock Trail #16 (DuPont State Recreational Forest) Intermediate difficulty 2.0 **** Brevard
New Light Trails Intermediate difficulty 15.0 **** Raleigh
Legend Park Intermediate difficulty 6.0 **** Clayton
Greenslick (Bent Creek) Intermediate difficulty 1.7 ***** Asheville
Bicycle Post Trails Intermediate difficulty 10.0 **** Greenville
USNWC Intermediate difficulty 45.0 ***** Charlotte
Dark Mountain Trail (Kerr Scott Trails) Intermediate difficulty 6 **** Wilkesboro
Wolf Branch / 666 (Bent Creek) Intermediate difficulty 1.1 **** Asheville
Daniel Ridge Intermediate difficulty 3.1 **** Brevard
Buffalo Creek Park: The Head, The Heart & The Tail (HHT) Intermediate difficulty 2.0 **** Lake Lure
Rocky River Trail Intermediate difficulty 9.0 **** Concord
Tsali Right Loop (Tsali Recreation Area) Intermediate difficulty 14.0 **** Bryson City
Salem Lake Intermediate difficulty 6.0 **** Winston-Salem
Horizons Park Intermediate difficulty 4.0 *** Winston-Salem
Tsali Left Loop (Tsali Recreation Area) Intermediate difficulty 11.0 **** Bryson City
Thorps Crk. (279) [Decommissioned] (Wilson Creek Area) Intermediate difficulty 2 * Mortimer
Jedi Spur (Carolina North Forest) Intermediate difficulty 0.2 ***** Chapel Hill
Cascade Trail (DuPont State Recreational Forest) Intermediate difficulty 1.1 **** Brevard
Carolina Thread Trail (USNWC) Intermediate difficulty 1.5 **** Charlotte
Airstrip Trail (DuPont State Recreational Forest) Intermediate difficulty 0.5 ***** Brevard
Elkin Creek and Iron Falls Intermediate difficulty 4.0 *** Elkin
Shady 80 Intermediate difficulty 2 ***** Wake Forest
Old Place Mountain Bike Trail Intermediate difficulty 4.3 ***** East Bend
Darth Vader Intermediate difficulty 2.0 **** Elkin
Sink's Way (Steele Creek Park) Intermediate difficulty 1.0 **** Bristol
Upper Wilson's Ridge aka 21 Jumps (Wilson Ridge (269)) Intermediate difficulty 1.5 **** Mortimer
Gem Mine Intermediate difficulty 8.0 **** Lenoir
Downwinder Intermediate difficulty 4.0 **** Asheville
Laurel Loop (Itusi @ Lake Norman State Park) Intermediate difficulty 9.0 **** Troutman
Horton's Holler (formerly Berry Mountain loops) (Kerr Scott Trails) Intermediate difficulty 7.0 ***** Wilkesboro
Turkey Knob (DuPont State Recreational Forest) Intermediate difficulty 1.1 ***** Brevard
Circuit City Trail (Signal Hill) Intermediate difficulty 1.0 ***** Statesville
Fox Loop (Itusi @ Lake Norman State Park) Intermediate difficulty 1.7 ***** Troutman
Old Creedmoor Intermediate difficulty 10.0 ***** Wake Forest
Zack's Fork Intermediate difficulty 3.0 ***** Lenoir
Kolo Super-D course Intermediate difficulty 0.0 ***** Asheville
Hickory Mountain Loop (DuPont State Recreational Forest) Intermediate difficulty 1.0 ***** Brevard

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