462 Trails in Western North Carolina, North Carolina

Trail Name Difficulty Length (mi) Rating City
Boyd Branch / 665 (Bent Creek) Intermediate difficulty 0.6 ***** Asheville
Cat Gap difficulty 0.6 Brevard
Deerfield Loop / 335 (Bent Creek) Beginner difficulty 0.6 *** Asheville
Fire Tower (Fire Mountain Trail System) Easiest difficulty 0.6 ***** Cherokee
Lazy Elk (Fire Mountain Trail System) difficulty 0.6 Cherokee
Paint Rock Trail #154A difficulty 0.6 Newport
Upper Yellow Trail (Richmond Hill Park) difficulty 0.6 Asheville
Thunder Road (Fisher Farm Park) difficulty 0.6 Davidson
Toilet Bowl (USNWC) difficulty 0.6 Charlotte
Weigh Station Loop (USNWC) difficulty 0.6 Mount Holly
Airstrip Trail (DuPont State Recreational Forest) Intermediate difficulty 0.5 ***** Brevard
Little River Trail #51 (DuPont State Recreational Forest) Beginner difficulty 0.5 *** Brevard
Saba Beach (Jack Rabbit Trails) Beginner difficulty 0.5 *** Hayesville
Tower 93 Loop (USNWC) difficulty 0.5 Charlotte
Wedge (USNWC) difficulty 0.5 Mount Holly
Bad Fork Trail / 227 difficulty 0.4 Marion
Fish Dam Creek Trail (Kerr Scott Trails) difficulty 0.4 Wilkesboro
Granny Burrell Falls #486 (Panthertown Valley) difficulty 0.4 Cashiers
High Shoals Falls Trail (South Mountain Loop) difficulty 0.4 Morganton
Ledford / 660 (Bent Creek) Intermediate difficulty 0.4 **** Asheville
Old Blue (Fisher Farm Park) difficulty 0.4 Davidson
Yellow Gap difficulty 0.4 Brevard
Wilson Ridge (269) difficulty 0.4 Mortimer
Sleepy Gap Trail (Bent Creek) difficulty 0.33 Asheville
Black Forest (Rocky Knob Park) difficulty 0.3 Boone
Cove Creek Connector difficulty 0.3 Brevard
Homestead / 333 (Bent Creek) Intermediate difficulty 0.3 **** Asheville
Northeast Loop 1 (Tanglewood Park) difficulty 0.3 Winston-Salem
PBJ (Rocky Knob Park) difficulty 0.3 Boone
Schoolhouse Connector difficulty 0.3 Marion
Enchanted Forest (Fisher Farm Park) difficulty 0.2 Davidson
Ingles Field Connector (Bent Creek) difficulty 0.2 Asheville
Keendergarten (Rocky Knob Park) difficulty 0.2 Boone
Laurel Loop Connector (Itusi @ Lake Norman State Park) difficulty 0.2 Troutman
Middle of Nowhere Connector (Rocky Knob Park) difficulty 0.2 Boone
Slalom Course (USNWC) difficulty 0.2 Charlotte
Slate Rock Connector difficulty 0.2 Brevard
Stone Binge (Skills Area) (Rocky Knob Park) difficulty 0.2 Boone
Alt Explorer / 377a (Bent Creek) difficulty 0.1 Asheville
Bridal Veil Falls (DuPont State Recreational Forest) Beginner difficulty 0.1 *** Brevard
Daniel Ridge Connector difficulty 0.1 Brevard
Deerfield Connector (Bent Creek) difficulty 0.1 Asheville
Joe Vines Trail difficulty 0.1 Morganton
Lake Loop Connector (Kerr Scott Trails) difficulty 0.1 Wilkesboro
Laurel Mountain Connector (Laurel Mountain) difficulty 0.1 Mills River
Northeast Connector (Tanglewood Park) difficulty 0.1 Winston-Salem
Reservoir Loop (Fisher Farm Park) difficulty 0.1 Davidson
Connector (Richmond Hill Park) difficulty 0.1 Asheville
Rock Garden (Moore’s Springs Trails) difficulty 0.1 Danbury
Small Creek Trail (Bent Creek) difficulty 0.1 Asheville

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