462 Trails in Western North Carolina, North Carolina

Trail Name Difficulty Length (mi) Rating City
Fontana Village Advanced difficulty 20.0 **** Fontana Village
Iron Mountain Advanced difficulty 8.0 **** Damascus
Canyons Advanced difficulty 3.0 **** Blowing Rock
Little Mountain Trail System Intermediate difficulty 11.0 **** Martinsville
South Fork Trail Intermediate difficulty 9.0 **** Blue Ridge
Windrock Bike Park Intermediate difficulty 20 **** Oliver Springs
Southwest Park Beginner difficulty 3.0 **** Greensboro
Flow (Ijams Nature Centre) Intermediate difficulty 5.0 **** Knoxville
Beartree Gap Trail Intermediate difficulty 3.0 **** Damascus
New River Trail State Park Easiest difficulty 57.0 **** Foster Falls
River walk Intermediate difficulty 8.0 **** Rock Hill
Wildcat Creek Advanced difficulty 17.0 **** Clayton
Swamp Rabbit Trail Easiest difficulty 15.0 **** Greenville
Cedar Ridge Chatmoss Intermediate difficulty 7.0 **** Martinsville
Broad River Greenway Beginner difficulty 2.0 **** Boiling Springs
Hardtimes Connector / 661 (Bent Creek) Intermediate difficulty 0.6 **** Asheville
Lower Sidehill / 137a (Bent Creek) Beginner difficulty 3.0 **** Asheville
Lost Chromosome (Anderson School/Helix) Intermediate difficulty 1.0 **** Knoxville
Victor Ashe/Marie Myers park (William Hastie Natural Area) Beginner difficulty 2.0 **** Knoxville
Rocky Branch Park Advanced difficulty 3 **** Belmont
Collet Grave Trail Easiest difficulty 0.0 **** Chuckey
Isaac Heath Trail #40 Intermediate difficulty 1.0 **** Brevard
Laurel Creek #348 Expert difficulty 1.4 **** Horse Shoe
7 Oaks Thread Trail Beginner difficulty 1.8 **** Belmont
Green River Advanced difficulty 13.0 **** Saluda
Bigleaf Slopes Park Intermediate difficulty 3.0 **** Statesville
Reeb Ranch Advanced difficulty 1.0 **** Brevard
Twelve Mile Creek Beginner difficulty 4.0 **** Lancaster
Beech Mountain Resort Advanced difficulty 5.0 **** Banner Elk
Upper Wilson's Ridge aka 21 Jumps (Wilson Ridge (269)) Intermediate difficulty 1.5 **** Mortimer
Estes Mill Trail aka Yellow Mailbox Trail Advanced difficulty 2.2 **** Mortimer
Lake Ridge Trail (Steele Creek Park) Intermediate difficulty 2.0 **** Bristol
Deadfall Trail Beginner difficulty 5.0 **** Oak Ridge
Forney Creek Trail Beginner difficulty 5.0 **** Denver
Rhododendron Trail (Tanasi Trail System) Easiest difficulty 1.0 **** Ocoee
Sliding Rock Creek Beginner difficulty 1.3 **** Greenville
Hooker Creek Trail (DuPont State Recreational Forest) Beginner difficulty 2.0 **** Brevard
Carolina Thread Trail (USNWC) Intermediate difficulty 1.5 **** Charlotte
Cascade Trail (DuPont State Recreational Forest) Intermediate difficulty 1.1 **** Brevard
Deer Lake Lodge / 664 (Bent Creek) Intermediate difficulty 1.0 **** Asheville
Hawk Loop (Itusi @ Lake Norman State Park) Beginner difficulty 1.9 **** Troutman
Homestead / 333 (Bent Creek) Intermediate difficulty 0.3 **** Asheville
Ledford / 660 (Bent Creek) Intermediate difficulty 0.4 **** Asheville
Norwood Loop (Itusi @ Lake Norman State Park) Beginner difficulty 1.7 **** Troutman
Riding Ford #450 (Panthertown Valley) Intermediate difficulty 0.9 **** Cashiers
Upper Ridge (Jack Rabbit Trails) Intermediate difficulty 1.3 **** Hayesville
Greenway Beginner difficulty 2.6 **** Valdese, NC
Brown Mill Intermediate difficulty 4 **** Concord
Bernard Mountain Trail Intermediate difficulty 2.8 **** Old Fort, North Carolina
Owls Roost (Bur-Mil Park) Intermediate difficulty 8.0 **** Greensboro

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