460 Trails in Western North Carolina, North Carolina

Trail Name Difficulty Length (mi) Rating City
Little Mountain Trail System Intermediate difficulty 11.0 **** Martinsville
IC King Park Intermediate difficulty 5.0 **** Knoxville
Forks Of The River Intermediate difficulty 4.0 *** Knoxville
Green Mountain (Aska Trail System) Intermediate difficulty 3.0 **** Blue Ridge
Park-rd. Short Trails. Intermediate difficulty 2.0 **** Charlotte
High Point (Jack Rabbit Trails) Intermediate difficulty 0.7 **** Hayesville
William Hastie Natural Area Intermediate difficulty 4.0 *** Knoxville
Little Loop Intermediate difficulty 1.0 *** Greensboro
Devils Elbow #448 (Panthertown Valley) Intermediate difficulty 2.0 *** Cashiers
Flow (Ijams Nature Centre) Intermediate difficulty 5.0 **** Knoxville
Little Hickory Top / 136 (Bent Creek) Intermediate difficulty 1.9 **** Asheville
Bushwhacker Trail Intermediate difficulty 15.0 *** Damascus
Beartree Gap Trail Intermediate difficulty 3.0 **** Damascus
Bradley Creek / 351 Intermediate difficulty 4.1 *** Mills River
Hardtimes Connector / 661 (Bent Creek) Intermediate difficulty 0.6 **** Asheville
Kolo Super-D course Intermediate difficulty 0.0 ***** Asheville
Anderson School/Helix Intermediate difficulty 8.0 ***** Knoxville
Zack's Fork Intermediate difficulty 3.0 ***** Lenoir
Lost Chromosome (Anderson School/Helix) Intermediate difficulty 1.0 **** Knoxville
Chain Ring/Creek (Anderson School/Helix) Intermediate difficulty 2.0 *** Knoxville
Bracken Preserve Intermediate difficulty 8.0 **** Brevard
Hickory Mountain Loop (DuPont State Recreational Forest) Intermediate difficulty 1.0 ***** Brevard
Isaac Heath Trail #40 Intermediate difficulty 1.0 **** Brevard
Loyston Point Trail Intermediate difficulty 30 ***** Andersonville
Trace Ridge #354 Intermediate difficulty 2.8 ***** Brevard
Chestnut Ridge Intermediate difficulty 5.0 *** Landrum
Horton's Holler (formerly Berry Mountain loops) (Kerr Scott Trails) Intermediate difficulty 7.0 ***** Wilkesboro
Climbworks El Regis Intermediate difficulty 2 ***** Gatlinburg
Gem Mine Intermediate difficulty 8.0 **** Lenoir
Upper Wilson's Ridge aka 21 Jumps (Wilson Ridge (269)) Intermediate difficulty 1.5 **** Mortimer
Lake Ridge Trail (Steele Creek Park) Intermediate difficulty 2.0 **** Bristol
Darth Vader Intermediate difficulty 2.0 **** Elkin
Laurel Loop (Itusi @ Lake Norman State Park) Intermediate difficulty 9.0 **** Troutman
Tannery Knobs Intermediate difficulty 3.7 **** Johnson City
Airstrip Trail (DuPont State Recreational Forest) Intermediate difficulty 0.5 ***** Brevard
Boyd Branch / 665 (Bent Creek) Intermediate difficulty 0.6 ***** Asheville
Carolina Thread Trail (USNWC) Intermediate difficulty 1.5 **** Charlotte
Cascade Trail (DuPont State Recreational Forest) Intermediate difficulty 1.1 **** Brevard
Fox Loop (Itusi @ Lake Norman State Park) Intermediate difficulty 1.7 ***** Troutman
Hilltop Trail (DuPont State Recreational Forest) Intermediate difficulty 0.8 ***** Brevard
Isaac Heath Trail (DuPont State Recreational Forest) Intermediate difficulty 0.7 ***** Brevard
Ledford / 660 (Bent Creek) Intermediate difficulty 0.4 **** Asheville
Riding Ford #450 (Panthertown Valley) Intermediate difficulty 0.9 **** Cashiers
Sidehill (Bent Creek) Intermediate difficulty 0.7 ***** Asheville
Thorps Crk. (279) [Decommissioned] (Wilson Creek Area) Intermediate difficulty 2 * Mortimer
Turkey Knob (DuPont State Recreational Forest) Intermediate difficulty 1.1 ***** Brevard
Upper Ridge (Jack Rabbit Trails) Intermediate difficulty 1.3 **** Hayesville
Ride Kanuga Bike Park Intermediate difficulty 20 ***** Hendersonville
Lake Johnson Fairforest Creek Connector Intermediate difficulty 4.5 ** Spartanburg
Brown Mill Intermediate difficulty 4 **** Concord

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