551 Trails in North Carolina

Trail Name Difficulty Length (mi) Rating City
Loop 2 (Lake Crabtree County Park)  difficulty 0.4 Morrisville
Loop 1 (Lake Crabtree County Park)  difficulty 1.6 Morrisville
Lookout Rock Trail (Fontana Village)  difficulty 3.0 Fontana Village
Long Branch / Trail 116  difficulty 2.4 Brevard
Little River Trail #51 (DuPont State Recreational Forest) Beginner difficulty 0.5 *** Brevard
Little River Intermediate difficulty 6.0 **** Durham
Little Loop Intermediate difficulty 1.0 *** Greensboro
Little Hickory Top / 136 (Bent Creek) Intermediate difficulty 1.9 **** Asheville
Ligon mill  difficulty 5.0 Raleigh
Legend Park Intermediate difficulty 6.0 **** Clayton
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 Trail (Lake Crabtree County Park)  difficulty 0.8 Morrisville
Lake Rim Park Trail Beginner difficulty 5.0 *** Fayetteville
Lake Mackintosh Intermediate difficulty 3.0 *** Burlington
Lake Loop Connector (Kerr Scott Trails)  difficulty 0.1 Wilkesboro
Lake Loop (USNWC)  difficulty 2.4 Charlotte
Lake Johnson Intermediate difficulty 2.0 *** Morrisville
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
Lake Crabtree County Park MTB Trails Connector (Lake Crabtree County Park)  difficulty 0.4 Morrisville
Lake Crabtree County Park Intermediate difficulty 7.0 **** Morrisville
Lake Cammack Beginner difficulty 5 **** Burlington
Kolo Super-D course Intermediate difficulty 0.0 ***** Asheville
Knob Scorcher  difficulty 100.0 Brevard
Kitsuma Advanced difficulty 4.1 ***** Black Mountain
Kings Field Easiest difficulty 5.0 ***** High point
King Fisher Trail  difficulty 1.0 Greensboro
King Fisher Intermediate difficulty 0.8 ***** Greensboro
Kids Bike Loop (DuPont State Recreational Forest) Beginner difficulty 1.0 *** Brevard
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
Jura Drive Trail Easiest difficulty 1.0 * Fayetteville
Jump Line 2 (Lake Crabtree County Park)  difficulty 0.0 Morrisville
Jump Line 1 (Lake Crabtree County Park)  difficulty 0.1 Morrisville
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
Jedi Spur (Carolina North Forest) Intermediate difficulty 0.2 ***** Chapel Hill

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