462 Trails in Western North Carolina, North Carolina

Trail Name Difficulty Length (mi) Rating City
Middle of Nowhere Connector (Rocky Knob Park) difficulty 0.2 Boone
Middle Fork difficulty 1.3 Mills River
Middle Earth (Rocky Knob Park) difficulty 1.1 Boone
mcmichael hike bike run trail Intermediate difficulty 5.0 **** mayodan
Mcalpine Park Greenway Easiest difficulty 4.0 *** Charlotte
Mazeppa Park Mountain Bike Trail Beginner difficulty 5.0 ***** Mooresville
Matthews State Forest Trail Intermediate difficulty 8.0 ***** Galax
Major Tom (Moore’s Springs Trails) difficulty 1.4 Danbury
Main Loop (Fisher Farm Park) difficulty 1.1 Davidson
Loyston Point Trail Intermediate difficulty 30 ***** Andersonville
Lower Wilson Ridge (269) (Wilson Ridge (269)) difficulty 0.8 Mortimer
Lower Sidehill / 137a (Bent Creek) Beginner difficulty 3.0 **** Asheville
Lost Chromosome (Anderson School/Helix) Intermediate difficulty 1.0 **** Knoxville
Long Branch / Trail 116 difficulty 2.4 Brevard
Long Branch (Aska Trail System) Beginner difficulty 2.0 *** Blue Ridge
Little River Trail #51 (DuPont State Recreational Forest) Beginner difficulty 0.5 *** Brevard
Little Mountain Trail System Intermediate difficulty 11.0 **** Martinsville
Little Loop Intermediate difficulty 1.0 *** Greensboro
Little Hickory Top / 136 (Bent Creek) Intermediate difficulty 1.9 **** Asheville
LIttle Citico Horse Trails 2&3 difficulty 9.0 Vonore
Lees-McRae College Advanced difficulty 5.0 ***** Banner Elk
Ledford / 660 (Bent Creek) Intermediate difficulty 0.4 **** Asheville
Lazy Elk (Fire Mountain Trail System) difficulty 0.6 Cherokee
Laurel River difficulty 2.3 Hot Springs
Laurel Mountain Connector (Laurel Mountain) difficulty 0.1 Mills River
Laurel Mountain Advanced difficulty 5 ***** Mills River
Laurel Loop Connector (Itusi @ Lake Norman State Park) difficulty 0.2 Troutman
Laurel Loop (Itusi @ Lake Norman State Park) Intermediate difficulty 9.0 **** Troutman
Laurel Creek #348 Expert difficulty 1.4 **** Horse Shoe
Land of the Lost (Moore’s Springs Trails) difficulty 1.6 Danbury
Lake Ridge Trail (Steele Creek Park) Intermediate difficulty 2.0 **** Bristol
Lake Loop Connector (Kerr Scott Trails) difficulty 0.1 Wilkesboro
Lake Loop (USNWC) difficulty 2.4 Charlotte
Lake Johnson Fairforest Creek Connector Intermediate difficulty 4.5 ** Spartanburg
Lake James State Park Beginner difficulty 15.0 **** Nebo
Lake Imaging Road #45 (DuPont State Recreational Forest) Easiest difficulty 2.0 ** Brevard
Lake Hickory Trails Intermediate difficulty 6.0 **** Hickory
Kolo Super-D course Intermediate difficulty 0.0 ***** Asheville
Knight Fall Gravity (Sharps Ridge Memorial Park) Advanced difficulty 1.0 ***** Knoxville
Kitsuma Advanced difficulty 4.1 ***** Black Mountain
Kessel Run (Fire Mountain Trail System) difficulty 1.3 Cherokee
Kerr Scott Trails Intermediate difficulty 45.0 ***** Wilkesboro
Kernersville MTB park Intermediate difficulty 4.0 **** Kernersville
Keendergarten (Rocky Knob Park) difficulty 0.2 Boone
Jorge F. Arango Trail Intermediate difficulty 5.0 **** Marietta
Jones' Trail difficulty 5.0 Jonesbourough
Joe Vines Trail difficulty 0.1 Morganton
Jim Branch Trail #41 (DuPont State Recreational Forest) Advanced difficulty 1.0 **** Brevard
Jetton Park Beginner difficulty 1.0 *** Cornelius
Jarrett Creek Road Easiest difficulty 8.0 ** Old Fort

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