551 Trails in North Carolina

Trail Name Difficulty Length (mi) Rating City
Rich Park Beginner difficulty 6.0 ** Mocksville
Boones cave Beginner difficulty 3.0 ** linwood
Hornet's Nest Trail difficulty 5.0 ** Statesville
RTP Beginner difficulty 4.0 ** Morrisville
Jarrett Creek Road Easiest difficulty 8.0 ** Old Fort
Barrington loop Beginner difficulty 2.0 ** Waxhaw
FS 5015 Beginner difficulty 4.0 ** Brevard
Powerline Road #451 (Panthertown Valley) Intermediate difficulty 6.0 ** Cashiers
Tarklin Branch Road #80 (DuPont State Recreational Forest) Beginner difficulty 2.0 ** Brevard
Lake Imaging Road #45 (DuPont State Recreational Forest) Easiest difficulty 2.0 ** Brevard
Buckhorn Creek Road #10 (DuPont State Recreational Forest) Beginner difficulty 1.0 ** Brevard
Country Trail Intermediate difficulty 4.0 ** Raleigh
Duke Forest Beginner difficulty 15.0 ** Durham
FS 5058 Beginner difficulty 7.0 ** Brevard
Nursery Road- Nta Beginner difficulty 7.0 ** Spring Lake
Huntersville Athletic Park Beginner difficulty 1.5 ** Huntersville
Reservoir Park Beginner difficulty 10.0 * Pinehurst
Badin Lake Trail Intermediate difficulty 6.0 * Troy
Area J- Ft. Bragg Easiest difficulty 9.0 * Fort Bragg
Jura Drive Trail Easiest difficulty 1.0 * Fayetteville
Gravity Pits difficulty 11.0 * Fayetteville
Thorps Crk. (279) [Decommissioned] (Wilson Creek Area) Intermediate difficulty 2 * Mortimer
Pinnacle Trail (Bracken Preserve) difficulty 1.5 Brevard
Afton Neighborhood trail difficulty 1.5 Concord
Vinyard Gap #324 difficulty 1.9 Mills River
Upper Falls Trail (South Mountain Loop) difficulty 3.5 Morganton
Uktena (Fire Mountain Trail System) difficulty 1.4 Cherokee
Tower 93 Loop (USNWC) difficulty 0.5 Charlotte
Toilet Bowl (USNWC) difficulty 0.6 Charlotte
Thunder Road (Fisher Farm Park) difficulty 0.6 Davidson
The Glade (Carolina North Forest) difficulty 0.1 Chapel Hill
Stone Soup (Lower Black Forest) (Rocky Knob Park) difficulty 0.1 Boone
Stone Binge (Skills Area) (Rocky Knob Park) difficulty 0.2 Boone
Springhouse Loop (Brumley Forest) difficulty 3.0 Chapel Hill
Advanced South Section (Hog Run/Harris Lake) difficulty 0.9 New Hill
South Main Loop (USNWC) difficulty 2.0 Charlotte
Small Creek Trail (Bent Creek) difficulty 0.1 Asheville
Sludge (Lake Crabtree County Park) difficulty 1.9 Morrisville
Sleepy Gap Trail (Bent Creek) difficulty 0.33 Asheville
Slate Rock Connector difficulty 0.2 Brevard
Slalom Course (USNWC) difficulty 0.2 Charlotte
Simms Branch Trail (Durant Nature Park) difficulty 1.3 Raleigh
Schoolhouse Connector difficulty 0.3 Marion
RTP Trails (Research triangle park) difficulty 0.4 Durham
RTP Loop 3 (Research triangle park) difficulty 1.0 Durham
RTP Loop 2 (Research triangle park) difficulty 0.2 Durham
RTP Loop 4 (Research triangle park) difficulty 0.5 Durham
Rocky Knob Connector (Rocky Knob Park) difficulty 0.0 Boone
Rocky Branch (Rocky Knob Park) difficulty 1.5 Boone
Rock Garden (Moore’s Springs Trails) difficulty 0.1 Danbury

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