462 Trails in Western North Carolina, North Carolina

Trail Name Difficulty Length (mi) Rating City
Back Yard Trails Advanced difficulty 11.0 **** Charlotte
Tsali Left Loop (Tsali Recreation Area) Intermediate difficulty 11.0 **** Bryson City
Flat Creek Loop (Aska Trail System) Intermediate difficulty 4.4 **** Blue Ridge
Bent Creek Intermediate difficulty 30.0 **** Asheville
Bays Mountain Park Intermediate difficulty 12.0 **** Kingsport
Kernersville MTB park Intermediate difficulty 4.0 **** Kernersville
Farlow Gap Advanced difficulty 2.4 **** Brevard
Mine Mountain (DuPont State Recreational Forest) Intermediate difficulty 2.0 **** Brevard
Buffalo Creek Park: The Head, The Heart & The Tail (HHT) Intermediate difficulty 2.0 **** Lake Lure
Sugar Hollow Park Intermediate difficulty 10.0 **** Bristol
High Point (Jack Rabbit Trails) Intermediate difficulty 0.7 **** Hayesville
Buckwheat Knob / 122 Advanced difficulty 0.8 **** Brevard
Jorge F. Arango Trail Intermediate difficulty 5.0 **** Marietta
Jim Branch Trail #41 (DuPont State Recreational Forest) Advanced difficulty 1.0 **** Brevard
Laurel Loop (Itusi @ Lake Norman State Park) Intermediate difficulty 9.0 **** Troutman
New River Trail State Park Easiest difficulty 51.0 **** Galax
Aska Trail System Intermediate difficulty 15.0 **** Blue Ridge
Dark Mountain Trail (Kerr Scott Trails) Intermediate difficulty 6 **** Wilkesboro
Wolf Branch / 666 (Bent Creek) Intermediate difficulty 1.1 **** Asheville
Cedar Rock Trail #16 (DuPont State Recreational Forest) Intermediate difficulty 2.0 **** Brevard
Tsali Recreation Area Intermediate difficulty 30 **** Bryson City
Haw Ridge Park Intermediate difficulty 25 **** Oak Ridge
Norris Watershed Beginner difficulty 20.0 **** Norris
Little Hickory Top / 136 (Bent Creek) Intermediate difficulty 1.9 **** Asheville
Darth Vader Intermediate difficulty 2.0 **** Elkin
Explorer Loop / 337 (Bent Creek) Intermediate difficulty 2.1 **** Asheville
Hobby Park Intermediate difficulty 7.0 **** Winston-Salem
Jack Rabbit Trails Beginner difficulty 13 **** Hayesville
Woodland Trail Beginner difficulty 3.0 **** Newton
Flint Ridge Advanced difficulty 5.0 **** Bryson City
Bracken Preserve Intermediate difficulty 8.0 **** Brevard
IC King Park Intermediate difficulty 5.0 **** Knoxville
Colonel Francis Beatty Park Intermediate difficulty 7 **** Charlotte
Copperhead Trail (Country Park) Intermediate difficulty 4.0 **** Greensboro
Boyds Gap Advanced difficulty 1.0 **** Copperhill
Daniel Ridge Intermediate difficulty 3.1 **** Brevard
Gateway Mountain Bike Park Intermediate difficulty 0.0 **** Travelers Rest
Rocky River Trail Intermediate difficulty 9.0 **** Concord
Virginia Creeper Trail Easiest difficulty 35.0 **** Abingdon-Damascus
North Slope Intermediate difficulty 3.4 **** Brevard
Lake Hickory Trails Intermediate difficulty 6.0 **** Hickory
Croft Passage Intermediate difficulty 20.0 **** Spartanburg
Anne Springs Close Greenway Intermediate difficulty 10 **** Ft. Mill
Fisher Farm Park Intermediate difficulty 5.0 **** Davidson
Buffalo Mountain Advanced difficulty 8.0 **** Elizabethton
Panther Creek State Park Intermediate difficulty 7.0 **** Morristown
Finch Park Intermediate difficulty 3.4 **** Lexington
Winding Stairs Beginner difficulty 14.0 **** Nantahala
Grayson Co. Rec Park Trail Advanced difficulty 3.0 **** Independence
Fisher River Park Intermediate difficulty 7.0 **** Mount Airy

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