462 Trails in Western North Carolina, North Carolina

Trail Name Difficulty Length (mi) Rating City
Horse Pasture / Bootleg Expert difficulty 12.0 ***** Sunset
Wears Bend  difficulty 12.0 Vonore
5 Falls Dupont Sf (DuPont State Recreational Forest) Beginner difficulty 12.0 ***** Brevard
Fire Mountain Trail System Intermediate difficulty 12.0 ***** Cherokee
Cades Cove Beginner difficulty 11.0 **** Maryville
Stonewall Falls Loop Intermediate difficulty 11.0 **** Clayton
Tsali Left Loop (Tsali Recreation Area) Intermediate difficulty 11.0 **** Bryson City
Paris Mountain State Park Intermediate difficulty 11.0 **** Greenville
Sherman Branch Park Mtb Trail Intermediate difficulty 11.0 ***** Charlotte
Little Mountain Trail System Intermediate difficulty 11.0 **** Martinsville
Back Yard Trails Advanced difficulty 11.0 **** Charlotte
Mountain Laurel Trails Intermediate difficulty 11.0 ***** Horsepasture
Anne Springs Close Greenway Intermediate difficulty 10 **** Ft. Mill
UNCC Campus Trails Expert difficulty 10.0 ***** Charlotte
Stanley Gap (Aska Trail System) Intermediate difficulty 10.0 ***** Blue Ridge
Table Rock Advanced difficulty 10.0 ***** Linville
Sugar Mountain Resort Advanced difficulty 10.0 *** Banner Elk
Sugar Hollow Park Intermediate difficulty 10.0 **** Bristol
Salisbury Community Park Beginner difficulty 10 ***** Salisbury
Fairy Stone State Park Advanced difficulty 10.0 *** Stuart
Frozen Head State Park Fire Tower Trail Advanced difficulty 10.0 **** Wartburg
Weed Patch Mountain Trail Advanced difficulty 10.0 ***** Lake Lure
Warrior Creek (Kerr Scott Trails) Intermediate difficulty 9.3 ***** Wilkesboro
South Fork Trail Intermediate difficulty 9.0 **** Blue Ridge
Back Creek  difficulty 9.0 Morganton
Rocky River Trail Intermediate difficulty 9.0 **** Concord
Grayson Highlands State Park Beginner difficulty 9.0 ** Mouth of Wilson
LIttle Citico Horse Trails 2&3  difficulty 9.0 Vonore
Laurel Loop (Itusi @ Lake Norman State Park) Intermediate difficulty 9.0 **** Troutman
Oak Hill Community Park and Forest  difficulty 9 Morganton
Buffalo Mountain Advanced difficulty 8.0 **** Elizabethton
Country Park Intermediate difficulty 8.0 **** Greensboro
Hanging Dog Intermediate difficulty 8.0 **** Murphy
Owls Roost (Bur-Mil Park) Intermediate difficulty 8.0 **** Greensboro
Stecoah Gap Beginner difficulty 8.0 *** Robbinsville
Tanglewood Park Intermediate difficulty 8.0 **** Winston-Salem
Yancey Ridge  difficulty 8.0 **** Linville
Warriors' Path State Park Intermediate difficulty 8.0 ***** Kingsport
Iron Mountain Advanced difficulty 8.0 **** Damascus
Riverbend Park Intermediate difficulty 8.0 *** Hickory
George Poston Park Intermediate difficulty 8.0 *** Lowell
No Business Mountain Trail  difficulty 8.0 Critz
Fs 477 Beginner difficulty 8.0 **** Brevard
Natural Tunnel State Park  difficulty 8.0 Duffield
Wilderness Road State Park Easiest difficulty 8.0 *** Ewing
River walk Intermediate difficulty 8.0 **** Rock Hill
Anderson School/Helix Intermediate difficulty 8.0 ***** Knoxville
Bracken Preserve Intermediate difficulty 8.0 **** Brevard
Baxter Trails Intermediate difficulty 8.0 *** Fort Mill
Tusculum Linear Park Trail Beginner difficulty 8 ***** Greeneville

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