462 Trails in Western North Carolina, North Carolina

Rank Trail Name Difficulty Length (mi) Rating City
1. Chestnut Mountain Park difficulty 14 Canton
2. Black Forest (Rocky Knob Park) difficulty 0.3 Boone
3. Chimney Rock #154 (Paint Creek) difficulty 1.3 Newport
4. Daniel Ridge Connector difficulty 0.1 Brevard
5. Deep Gap #449 (Panthertown Valley) difficulty 1.0 Cashiers
6. Enchanted Forest (Fisher Farm Park) difficulty 0.2 Davidson
7. Sheltowee Trace, Section 31 (Sheltowee Trace) difficulty 7.0 Flatrock
8. Granny Burrell Falls #486 (Panthertown Valley) difficulty 0.4 Cashiers
9. High Shoals Falls Trail (South Mountain Loop) difficulty 0.4 Morganton
10. Horse Cove Gap difficulty 0.9 Brevard
11. Jackson Knob Trail difficulty 1.6 Morganton
12. Joe Vines Trail difficulty 0.1 Morganton
13. Laurel Mountain Connector (Laurel Mountain) difficulty 0.1 Mills River
14. West Loop (Alexander Mountain Bike Park) difficulty 2.2 Asheville
15. Middle Earth (Rocky Knob Park) difficulty 1.1 Boone
16. Middle of Nowhere Connector (Rocky Knob Park) difficulty 0.2 Boone
17. Northeast Loop 2 (Tanglewood Park) difficulty 0.7 Winston-Salem
18. Old Blue (Fisher Farm Park) difficulty 0.4 Davidson
19. Paint Rock Trail #154A difficulty 0.6 Newport
20. PBJ (Rocky Knob Park) difficulty 0.3 Boone
21. Tennis Court Loop (Renaissance Park) difficulty 1.8 Charlotte
22. Reservoir Loop (Fisher Farm Park) difficulty 0.1 Davidson
23. Blue Trail (Richmond Hill Park) difficulty 0.8 Asheville
24. Upper Yellow Trail (Richmond Hill Park) difficulty 0.6 Asheville
25. Connector (Richmond Hill Park) difficulty 0.1 Asheville
26. Red/Yellow Loop (Richmond Hill Park) difficulty 0.9 Asheville
27. East Loop (Alexander Mountain Bike Park) difficulty 2.1 Asheville
28. Riverside Trail #115 difficulty 2.6 Mills River
29. Slalom Course (USNWC) difficulty 0.2 Charlotte
30. Stone Binge (Skills Area) (Rocky Knob Park) difficulty 0.2 Boone
31. Tower 93 Loop (USNWC) difficulty 0.5 Charlotte
32. Upper Falls Trail (South Mountain Loop) difficulty 3.5 Morganton
33. Brissy Ridge Trail (Paris Mountain State Park) difficulty 1.2 Greenville
34. Yellow Gap difficulty 0.4 Brevard
35. Weigh Station Loop (USNWC) difficulty 0.6 Mount Holly
36. The Thickets difficulty 0
37. The Chapters difficulty 0
38. TC Trail difficulty 0
39. Pilot Connector difficulty 0.7 Mills River
40. Thorps Crk. (279) [Decommissioned] (Wilson Creek Area) Intermediate difficulty 2 * Mortimer
41. Alt Explorer / 377a (Bent Creek) difficulty 0.1 Asheville
42. Lake Loop Connector (Kerr Scott Trails) difficulty 0.1 Wilkesboro
43. Slate Rock Connector difficulty 0.2 Brevard
44. Searcy Creek Connector difficulty 1 Brevard
45. Deerfield Connector (Bent Creek) difficulty 0.1 Asheville
46. Antler Hill Road (Biltmore Trails) difficulty 0.6 Asheville
47. Biltmore Estate Path (Biltmore Trails) difficulty 0.8 Asheville
48. Fish Dam Creek Trail (Kerr Scott Trails) difficulty 0.4 Wilkesboro
49. Mullinax Trail difficulty 0.8 Mills River
50. North Central Loop (Tanglewood Park) difficulty 4.0 Winston-Salem

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