63 Trails in Raleigh, North Carolina

Trail Name Difficulty Length (mi) Rating City
American Tobacco Trail Easiest difficulty 23.0 ** Durham
Duke Forest Beginner difficulty 15.0 ** Durham
New Light Trails Intermediate difficulty 15.0 **** Raleigh
286 Main Loop (286 Main Loop) Intermediate difficulty 13.9 **** Cary
Umstead State Park Beginner difficulty 13.0 *** Raleigh
Tar River Trails Intermediate difficulty 10.0 **** Wilton
Beaver Dam Intermediate difficulty 10.0 **** Raleigh
Old Creedmoor Intermediate difficulty 10.0 ***** Wake Forest
Neuse River Trail Easiest difficulty 8.0 *** Raleigh
Lake Crabtree County Park Intermediate difficulty 7.0 **** Morrisville
Legend Park Intermediate difficulty 6.0 **** Clayton
Little River Intermediate difficulty 6.0 **** Durham
Hog Run/Harris Lake Beginner difficulty 5.0 **** New Hill
Research triangle park Intermediate difficulty 5.0 **** Durham
Country Trail Intermediate difficulty 4.0 ** Raleigh
Westside Lake Trail Intermediate difficulty 4.0 **** Wake Forest
Garner Recreation Park Intermediate difficulty 4.0 *** Garner
North Wake Landfill District Park Beginner difficulty 2.0 **** Raleigh
Lake Johnson Intermediate difficulty 2.0 *** Morrisville
Shady 80 Intermediate difficulty 2 ***** Wake Forest
Sludge (Lake Crabtree County Park)  difficulty 1.9 Morrisville
Nance Springs Loop (North Wake Landfill District Park)  difficulty 1.7 Raleigh
Forest Ridge Main Loop Beginner difficulty 1.6 **** Wake Forest
Loop 1 (Lake Crabtree County Park)  difficulty 1.6 Morrisville
North Section (Hog Run/Harris Lake)  difficulty 1.5 New Hill
Simms Branch Trail (Durant Nature Park)  difficulty 1.3 Raleigh
West Section (Hog Run/Harris Lake)  difficulty 1.1 New Hill
Loop 4 (Lake Crabtree County Park)  difficulty 1.1 Morrisville
Durant Nature Park Intermediate difficulty 1.0 **** Raleigh
RTP Loop 3 (Research triangle park)  difficulty 1.0 Durham
Advanced South Section (Hog Run/Harris Lake)  difficulty 0.9 New Hill
Intermediate Loop 2 (Hog Run/Harris Lake)  difficulty 0.9 New Hill
Graylyn Trail (Umstead State Park)  difficulty 0.8 Raleigh
Intermediate Loop 1 (Hog Run/Harris Lake)  difficulty 0.8 New Hill
Lake Trail (Lake Crabtree County Park)  difficulty 0.8 Morrisville
Border Trail (Durant Nature Park)  difficulty 0.7 Raleigh
Beginner Loop (Hog Run/Harris Lake)  difficulty 0.7 New Hill
Forest Ridge Little Loop (Forest Ridge Main Loop)  difficulty 0.6 Wake Forest
Inner Loop B (Hog Run/Harris Lake)  difficulty 0.6 New Hill
RTP Loop 4 (Research triangle park)  difficulty 0.5 Durham
Advanced East Section (Hog Run/Harris Lake)  difficulty 0.4 New Hill
RTP Trails (Research triangle park)  difficulty 0.4 Durham
Loop 2 (Lake Crabtree County Park)  difficulty 0.4 Morrisville
Lake Crabtree County Park MTB Trails Connector (Lake Crabtree County Park)  difficulty 0.4 Morrisville
Inner Loop A (Hog Run/Harris Lake)  difficulty 0.4 New Hill
Loop 3 (Lake Crabtree County Park)  difficulty 0.3 Morrisville
Loop 5 (Lake Crabtree County Park)  difficulty 0.3 Morrisville
Loop 6 (Lake Crabtree County Park)  difficulty 0.3 Morrisville
E Connector (Lake Crabtree County Park)  difficulty 0.3 Morrisville
Beaver Pond Trail (Durant Nature Park)  difficulty 0.3 Raleigh

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