252 Trails in Pisgah National Forest, North Carolina

Trail Name Difficulty Length (mi) Rating City
Off Road Assault On Mount Mitchell Expert difficulty 59.0 ***** Black Mountain
Horse Pasture / Bootleg Expert difficulty 12.0 ***** Sunset
Club Gap Expert difficulty 0.7 *** Brevard
Laurel Creek #348 Expert difficulty 1.4 **** Horse Shoe
Farlow Gap Advanced difficulty 2.4 **** Brevard
Coontree Advanced difficulty 1.1 *** Brevard
Big Rock Trail #3 (DuPont State Recreational Forest) Advanced difficulty 1.0 ***** Brevard
Squirrel Gap Advanced difficulty 6.2 ***** Mills River
Buffalo Mountain Advanced difficulty 8.0 **** Elizabethton
Canyons Advanced difficulty 3.0 **** Blowing Rock
Table Rock Advanced difficulty 10.0 ***** Linville
Lees-McRae College Advanced difficulty 5.0 ***** Banner Elk
Blackrock #447 (Panthertown Valley) Advanced difficulty 1.5 ***** Cashiers
Pilot Cove-Slate Rocks / 102 Advanced difficulty 3.7 *** Mills River
Bennett Gap / 138 Advanced difficulty 2.6 ***** Brevard
Buckwheat Knob / 122 Advanced difficulty 0.8 **** Brevard
Pilot Cove Trail Advanced difficulty 1.7 ***** Brevard
Star Gap Advanced difficulty 2.0 ***** Old Fort
Reeb Ranch Advanced difficulty 1.0 **** Brevard
Beech Mountain Resort Advanced difficulty 5.0 **** Banner Elk
Estes Mill Trail aka Yellow Mailbox Trail Advanced difficulty 2.2 **** Mortimer
Pilot Rock Advanced difficulty 1.8 ***** Brevard
Steele Creek Park Advanced difficulty 21 **** Bristol
Black Mountain Advanced difficulty 5.1 ***** Brevard
Sugar Mountain Resort Advanced difficulty 10.0 *** Banner Elk
Laurel Mountain Advanced difficulty 5 ***** Mills River
Butter Gap / Trail #123 Advanced difficulty 1.6 ***** Brevard
Buckhorn Gap / 103 (Avery Creek) Advanced difficulty 2.0 **** Brevard
Jim Branch Trail #41 (DuPont State Recreational Forest) Advanced difficulty 1.0 **** Brevard
Green River Advanced difficulty 13.0 **** Saluda
Kitsuma Advanced difficulty 4.1 ***** Black Mountain
Heartbreak Ridge Advanced difficulty 2.3 ***** Old Fort
Rocky Knob Park Advanced difficulty 7.0 ***** Boone
Turkeypen Gap / 131 Advanced difficulty 5.3 **** Brevard
Cove Creek Trail / 340 Advanced difficulty 1.8 ***** Brevard
Weed Patch Mountain Trail Advanced difficulty 10.0 ***** Lake Lure
Warrior Creek (Kerr Scott Trails) Intermediate difficulty 9.3 ***** Wilkesboro
North Slope Intermediate difficulty 3.4 **** Brevard
Panther Creek State Park Intermediate difficulty 7.0 **** Morristown
Emerald Outback Intermediate difficulty 6.0 **** Beech Mountain
Etsu Campus Trail System Intermediate difficulty 5.0 **** Johnson City
Alexander Mountain Bike Park Intermediate difficulty 7.0 *** Asheville
Cedar Rock Trail #16 (DuPont State Recreational Forest) Intermediate difficulty 2.0 **** Brevard
Warriors' Path State Park Intermediate difficulty 8.0 ***** Kingsport
Greenslick (Bent Creek) Intermediate difficulty 1.7 ***** Asheville
Dark Mountain Trail (Kerr Scott Trails) Intermediate difficulty 6 **** Wilkesboro
Daniel Ridge Intermediate difficulty 3.1 **** Brevard
Wolf Branch / 666 (Bent Creek) Intermediate difficulty 1.1 **** Asheville
Buffalo Creek Park: The Head, The Heart & The Tail (HHT) Intermediate difficulty 2.0 **** Lake Lure
Paris Mountain State Park Intermediate difficulty 11.0 **** Greenville

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