462 Trails in Western North Carolina, North Carolina

Trail Name Difficulty Length (mi) Rating City
Laurel River  difficulty 2.3 Hot Springs
Boone Greenway (Greenway Runarounds)  difficulty 2.3 Boone
North Meck Park Intermediate difficulty 2.2 **** Huntersville
Estes Mill Trail aka Yellow Mailbox Trail Advanced difficulty 2.2 **** Mortimer
West Loop (Alexander Mountain Bike Park)  difficulty 2.2 Asheville
Original Loop (Moore’s Springs Trails)  difficulty 2.2 Danbury
Explorer Loop / 337 (Bent Creek) Intermediate difficulty 2.1 **** Asheville
East Loop (Alexander Mountain Bike Park)  difficulty 2.1 Asheville
One Beer Loop Easiest difficulty 2.0 * Cleveland
Long Branch (Aska Trail System) Beginner difficulty 2.0 *** Blue Ridge
Smith River Trails Beginner difficulty 2.0 ***** Martinsville
Big Loop Beginner difficulty 2.0 *** Greensboro
Bodenheimer Parking Lot Trail  difficulty 2.0 Boone
Park-rd. Short Trails. Intermediate difficulty 2.0 **** Charlotte
Yotee's Run (Jack Rabbit Trails) Beginner difficulty 2.0 **** Hayesville
Cedar Rock Trail #16 (DuPont State Recreational Forest) Intermediate difficulty 2.0 **** Brevard
Ijams Nature Centre Intermediate difficulty 2.0 **** Knoxville
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
Barrington loop Beginner difficulty 2.0 ** Waxhaw
Buffalo Creek Park: The Head, The Heart & The Tail (HHT) Intermediate difficulty 2.0 **** Lake Lure
Chain Ring/Creek (Anderson School/Helix) Intermediate difficulty 2.0 *** Knoxville
Victor Ashe/Marie Myers park (William Hastie Natural Area) Beginner difficulty 2.0 **** Knoxville
New Vista Rd  difficulty 2.0 Brevard
Patrick Henry Community College  difficulty 2.0 Martinsville
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
Rob Wallace Park Beginner difficulty 2.0 **** Midland
Climbworks El Regis Intermediate difficulty 2 ***** Gatlinburg
Sinkhole  difficulty 2.0 Mortimer
Grape Smuggler Advanced difficulty 2.0 ***** Murphy
Lake Ridge Trail (Steele Creek Park) Intermediate difficulty 2.0 **** Bristol
Woodruff Ridge  difficulty 2.0 Mortimer
Darth Vader Intermediate difficulty 2.0 **** Elkin
Spencer Branch (Spencer Gap)  difficulty 2.0 Mills River
Big Oak  difficulty 2.0 Oak Ridge
Hooker Creek Trail (DuPont State Recreational Forest) Beginner difficulty 2.0 **** Brevard
South Main Loop (USNWC)  difficulty 2.0 Charlotte
Thorps Crk. (279) [Decommissioned] (Wilson Creek Area) Intermediate difficulty 2 * Mortimer
Unaka Bike Park  difficulty 2 Erwin
Little Hickory Top / 136 (Bent Creek) Intermediate difficulty 1.9 **** Asheville
Hawk Loop (Itusi @ Lake Norman State Park) Beginner difficulty 1.9 **** Troutman
Vinyard Gap #324  difficulty 1.9 Mills River
Brushy Creek (Bracken Preserve)  difficulty 1.8 Brevard
7 Oaks Thread Trail Beginner difficulty 1.8 **** Belmont
Cove Creek Trail / 340 Advanced difficulty 1.8 ***** Brevard

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