253 Trails in Pisgah National Forest, North Carolina

Trail Name Difficulty Length (mi) Rating City
Rocky Branch (Rocky Knob Park) difficulty 1.5 Boone
Fletcher Creek Intermediate difficulty 1.6 ***** Mills River
Butter Gap / Trail #123 Advanced difficulty 1.6 ***** Brevard
Buckhorn Gap / 103 (Clawhammer Creek) difficulty 1.6 Brevard
Jackson Knob Trail difficulty 1.6 Morganton
Middle Wilson Ridge (269) (Wilson Ridge (269)) difficulty 1.6 Mortimer
Sycamore Cove Intermediate difficulty 1.7 **** Brevard
Greenslick (Bent Creek) Intermediate difficulty 1.7 ***** Asheville
Pilot Cove Trail Advanced difficulty 1.7 ***** Brevard
Sassafras Loop difficulty 1.78 Greenville
Brushy Creek (Bracken Preserve) difficulty 1.8 Brevard
Cove Creek Trail / 340 Advanced difficulty 1.8 ***** Brevard
Pilot Rock Advanced difficulty 1.8 ***** Brevard
Little Hickory Top / 136 (Bent Creek) Intermediate difficulty 1.9 **** Asheville
Vinyard Gap #324 difficulty 1.9 Mills River
One Beer Loop Easiest difficulty 2.0 * Cleveland
Bodenheimer Parking Lot Trail difficulty 2.0 Boone
Cedar Rock Trail #16 (DuPont State Recreational Forest) Intermediate difficulty 2.0 **** Brevard
Mine Mountain (DuPont State Recreational Forest) Intermediate difficulty 2.0 **** Brevard
Devils Elbow #448 (Panthertown Valley) Intermediate difficulty 2.0 *** Cashiers
Buckhorn Gap / 103 (Avery Creek) Advanced difficulty 2.0 **** Brevard
Broad River Greenway Beginner difficulty 2.0 **** Boiling Springs
Buffalo Creek Park: The Head, The Heart & The Tail (HHT) Intermediate difficulty 2.0 **** Lake Lure
New Vista Rd difficulty 2.0 Brevard
Rock Quarry Road (DuPont State Recreational Forest) Beginner difficulty 2.0 *** Brevard
Lake Imaging Road #45 (DuPont State Recreational Forest) Easiest difficulty 2.0 ** Brevard
Star Gap Advanced difficulty 2.0 ***** Old Fort
RIverbend Equestrian Park difficulty 2.0 Greenville
Climbworks El Regis Intermediate difficulty 2 ***** Gatlinburg
Sinkhole difficulty 2.0 Mortimer
Lake Ridge Trail (Steele Creek Park) Intermediate difficulty 2.0 **** Bristol
Woodruff Ridge difficulty 2.0 Mortimer
Spencer Branch (Spencer Gap) difficulty 2.0 Mills River
Hooker Creek Trail (DuPont State Recreational Forest) Beginner difficulty 2.0 **** Brevard
Thorps Crk. (279) [Decommissioned] (Wilson Creek Area) Intermediate difficulty 2 * Mortimer
Unaka Bike Park difficulty 2 Erwin
Explorer Loop / 337 (Bent Creek) Intermediate difficulty 2.1 **** Asheville
East Loop (Alexander Mountain Bike Park) difficulty 2.1 Asheville
Estes Mill Trail aka Yellow Mailbox Trail Advanced difficulty 2.2 **** Mortimer
West Loop (Alexander Mountain Bike Park) difficulty 2.2 Asheville
Heartbreak Ridge Advanced difficulty 2.3 ***** Old Fort
Laurel River difficulty 2.3 Hot Springs
Boone Greenway (Greenway Runarounds) difficulty 2.3 Boone
Farlow Gap Advanced difficulty 2.4 **** Brevard
Long Branch / Trail 116 difficulty 2.4 Brevard
Avery Creek / 327 Intermediate difficulty 2.5 ***** Brevard
China Creek Trail difficulty 2.5 Boone
Bennett Gap / 138 Advanced difficulty 2.6 ***** Brevard
Riverside Trail #115 difficulty 2.6 Mills River
Greenway Beginner difficulty 2.6 **** Valdese, NC

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