546 Trails in North Carolina

Trail Name Difficulty Length (mi) Rating City
DuPont State Recreational Forest Intermediate difficulty 80 **** Brevard
Wild Turkey Intermediate difficulty 2.9 ***** Greensboro
Owls Roost (Bur-Mil Park) Intermediate difficulty 8.0 **** Greensboro
Thorps Crk. (279) [Decommissioned] (Wilson Creek Area) Intermediate difficulty 2 * Mortimer
Jedi Spur (Carolina North Forest) Intermediate difficulty 0.2 ***** Chapel Hill
Isaac Heath Trail (DuPont State Recreational Forest) Intermediate difficulty 0.7 ***** Brevard
Hilltop Trail (DuPont State Recreational Forest) Intermediate difficulty 0.8 ***** Brevard
Cascade Trail (DuPont State Recreational Forest) Intermediate difficulty 1.1 **** Brevard
Carolina Thread Trail (USNWC) Intermediate difficulty 1.5 **** Charlotte
Airstrip Trail (DuPont State Recreational Forest) Intermediate difficulty 0.5 ***** Brevard
Elkin Creek and Iron Falls Intermediate difficulty 4.0 *** Elkin
Shady 80 Intermediate difficulty 2 ***** Wake Forest
Old Place Mountain Bike Trail Intermediate difficulty 4.3 ***** East Bend
Darth Vader Intermediate difficulty 2.0 **** Elkin
Sink's Way (Steele Creek Park) Intermediate difficulty 1.0 **** Bristol
Upper Wilson's Ridge aka 21 Jumps (Wilson Ridge (269)) Intermediate difficulty 1.5 **** Mortimer
Gem Mine Intermediate difficulty 8.0 **** Lenoir
Downwinder Intermediate difficulty 4.0 **** Asheville
Laurel Loop (Itusi @ Lake Norman State Park) Intermediate difficulty 9.0 **** Troutman
Horton's Holler (formerly Berry Mountain loops) (Kerr Scott Trails) Intermediate difficulty 7.0 ***** Wilkesboro
Turkey Knob (DuPont State Recreational Forest) Intermediate difficulty 1.1 ***** Brevard
Circuit City Trail (Signal Hill) Intermediate difficulty 1.0 ***** Statesville
Fox Loop (Itusi @ Lake Norman State Park) Intermediate difficulty 1.7 ***** Troutman
Old Creedmoor Intermediate difficulty 10.0 ***** Wake Forest
Zack's Fork Intermediate difficulty 3.0 ***** Lenoir
Kolo Super-D course Intermediate difficulty 0.0 ***** Asheville
Hickory Mountain Loop (DuPont State Recreational Forest) Intermediate difficulty 1.0 ***** Brevard
Bracken Preserve Intermediate difficulty 8.0 **** Brevard
King Fisher Intermediate difficulty 0.8 ***** Greensboro
Trace Ridge #354 Intermediate difficulty 2.8 ***** Brevard
Bradley Creek / 351 Intermediate difficulty 4.1 *** Mills River
RTP Intermediate difficulty 2.0 ***** Triangle
Boyd Branch / 665 (Bent Creek) Intermediate difficulty 0.6 ***** Asheville
Hardtimes Connector / 661 (Bent Creek) Intermediate difficulty 0.6 **** Asheville
Ledford / 660 (Bent Creek) Intermediate difficulty 0.4 **** Asheville
Little Hickory Top / 136 (Bent Creek) Intermediate difficulty 1.9 **** Asheville
Mac's Gap #482 (Panthertown Valley) Intermediate difficulty 3.0 ***** Cashiers
Panthertown Valley #474 (Panthertown Valley) Intermediate difficulty 3.0 *** Cashiers
Rattlesnake Knob #452 (Panthertown Valley) Intermediate difficulty 2.0 ***** Cashiers
Powerline Road #451 (Panthertown Valley) Intermediate difficulty 6.0 ** Cashiers
Riding Ford #450 (Panthertown Valley) Intermediate difficulty 0.9 **** Cashiers
Devils Elbow #448 (Panthertown Valley) Intermediate difficulty 2.0 *** Cashiers
Little Loop Intermediate difficulty 1.0 *** Greensboro
Isaac Heath Trail #40 Intermediate difficulty 1.0 **** Brevard
Nooks Trail #57 (DuPont State Recreational Forest) Intermediate difficulty 1.0 **** Brevard
Micajah Trail (#54) (DuPont State Recreational Forest) Intermediate difficulty 1.0 *** Brevard
Wilkie Trail, #90 (DuPont State Recreational Forest) Intermediate difficulty 1.0 **** Brevard
Upper Lewellyn Cove (Fontana Village) Intermediate difficulty 2.0 *** Fontana Village
Hoor Hollow (Fontana Village) Intermediate difficulty 1.0 *** Fontana Village
Easy Street (Sugar Mountain Resort) Intermediate difficulty 2.0 **** Banner Elk

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