551 Trails in North Carolina

Trail Name Difficulty Length (mi) Rating City
Hickory Mountain Road #33 (DuPont State Recreational Forest) Beginner difficulty 1.0 *** Brevard
Isaac Heath Trail #40 Intermediate difficulty 1.0 **** Brevard
Jim Branch Trail #41 (DuPont State Recreational Forest) Advanced difficulty 1.0 **** Brevard
Nooks Trail #57 (DuPont State Recreational Forest) Intermediate difficulty 1.0 **** Brevard
Big Rock Trail #3 (DuPont State Recreational Forest) Advanced difficulty 1.0 ***** Brevard
Buckhorn Creek Road #10 (DuPont State Recreational Forest) Beginner difficulty 1.0 ** Brevard
Micajah Trail (#54) (DuPont State Recreational Forest) Intermediate difficulty 1.0 *** Brevard
Wilkie Trail, #90 (DuPont State Recreational Forest) Intermediate difficulty 1.0 **** Brevard
Kids Bike Loop (DuPont State Recreational Forest) Beginner difficulty 1.0 *** Brevard
Hoor Hollow (Fontana Village) Intermediate difficulty 1.0 *** Fontana Village
Piney Ridge Ladder (Fontana Village)  difficulty 1.0 Fontana Village
Piney Ridge Chute (Fontana Village)  difficulty 1.0 Fontana Village
Piney Ridge (Fontana Village)  difficulty 1.0 Fontana Village
Brooks Cove (Fontana Village)  difficulty 1.0 Fontana Village
Turkey Chute (Fontana Village) Advanced difficulty 1.0 ***** Fontana Village
First Blood (Fontana Village) Advanced difficulty 1.0 Fontana Village
Jura Drive Trail Easiest difficulty 1.0 * Fayetteville
Lower Cake Walk (Sugar Mountain Resort) Expert difficulty 1.0 **** Banner Elk
Jetton Park Beginner difficulty 1.0 *** Cornelius
Durant Nature Park Intermediate difficulty 1.0 **** Raleigh
Searcy Creek Connector  difficulty 1 Brevard
Rock Nature Trails  difficulty 1 Roxboro
Advanced South Section (Hog Run/Harris Lake)  difficulty 0.9 New Hill
Red/Yellow Loop (Richmond Hill Park)  difficulty 0.9 Asheville
Softball Field Loop (Renaissance Park)  difficulty 0.9 Charlotte
Nature Observation Trail (Carolina North Forest)  difficulty 0.9 Chapel Hill
Intermediate Loop 2 (Hog Run/Harris Lake)  difficulty 0.9 New Hill
Horse Cove Gap  difficulty 0.9 Brevard
Buck Lane (Northeast Park)  difficulty 0.9 Greensboro
Fallstown Loop (Itusi @ Lake Norman State Park) Intermediate difficulty 0.9 ***** Troutman
Riding Ford #450 (Panthertown Valley) Intermediate difficulty 0.9 **** Cashiers
Blue Trail (Richmond Hill Park)  difficulty 0.8 Asheville
Mullinax Trail  difficulty 0.8 Mills River
Lower Wilson Ridge (269) (Wilson Ridge (269))  difficulty 0.8 Mortimer
Lake Trail (Lake Crabtree County Park)  difficulty 0.8 Morrisville
Intermediate Loop 1 (Hog Run/Harris Lake)  difficulty 0.8 New Hill
Hilltop Trail (DuPont State Recreational Forest)  difficulty 0.8 Brevard
Graylyn Trail (Umstead State Park)  difficulty 0.8 Raleigh
Figure 8 (USNWC)  difficulty 0.8 Charlotte
Carpet Loop (USNWC)  difficulty 0.8 Charlotte
Buffalo Creek Trail (Northeast Park)  difficulty 0.8 Greensboro
Biltmore Estate Path (Biltmore Trails)  difficulty 0.8 Asheville
Bear Branch  difficulty 0.8 Avery Creek
King Fisher Intermediate difficulty 0.8 ***** Greensboro
Buckwheat Knob / 122 Advanced difficulty 0.8 **** Brevard
Pilot Connector  difficulty 0.7 Mills River
Northeast Loop 2 (Tanglewood Park)  difficulty 0.7 Winston-Salem
Isaac Heath Trail (DuPont State Recreational Forest)  difficulty 0.7 Brevard
Border Trail (Durant Nature Park)  difficulty 0.7 Raleigh
Beginner Loop (Hog Run/Harris Lake)  difficulty 0.7 New Hill

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