37 Trails in Blowing Rock, North Carolina

Rank Trail Name Difficulty Length (mi) Rating City
1. Rocky Knob Park Advanced difficulty 7.0 ***** Boone
2. Yancey Ridge difficulty 8.0 **** Linville
3. Zack's Fork Intermediate difficulty 3.0 ***** Lenoir
4. Table Rock Advanced difficulty 10.0 ***** Linville
5. Lees-McRae College Advanced difficulty 5.0 ***** Banner Elk
6. Sugar Mountain Resort Advanced difficulty 10.0 *** Banner Elk
7. Emerald Outback Intermediate difficulty 6.0 **** Beech Mountain
8. Canyons Advanced difficulty 3.0 **** Blowing Rock
9. Beech Mountain Resort Advanced difficulty 5.0 **** Banner Elk
10. Gem Mine Intermediate difficulty 8.0 **** Lenoir
11. Upper Wilson's Ridge aka 21 Jumps (Wilson Ridge (269)) Intermediate difficulty 1.5 **** Mortimer
12. Wilson Ridge (269) difficulty 0.4 Mortimer
13. Estes Mill Trail aka Yellow Mailbox Trail Advanced difficulty 2.2 **** Mortimer
14. Greenway Runarounds Beginner difficulty 3.0 ** Boone
15. Bodenheimer Parking Lot Trail difficulty 2.0 Boone
16. Sinkhole difficulty 2.0 Mortimer
17. Woodruff Ridge difficulty 2.0 Mortimer
18. Rocky Knob Connector (Rocky Knob Park) difficulty 0.0 Boone
19. Boat Rock (Rocky Knob Park) difficulty 3.1 Boone
20. Lower Wilson Ridge (269) (Wilson Ridge (269)) difficulty 0.8 Mortimer
21. Keendergarten (Rocky Knob Park) difficulty 0.2 Boone
22. Sandpit / Water / Main Street Trail (Sugar Mountain Resort) difficulty 7.0 Banner Elk
23. Boone Greenway (Greenway Runarounds) difficulty 2.3 Boone
24. Greentown Trail (268) difficulty 3.1 Morganton
25. Stone Soup (Lower Black Forest) (Rocky Knob Park) difficulty 0.1 Boone
26. China Creek Trail difficulty 2.5 Boone
27. Rocky Branch (Rocky Knob Park) difficulty 1.5 Boone
28. Schoolhouse Connector difficulty 0.3 Marion
29. Middle Wilson Ridge (269) (Wilson Ridge (269)) difficulty 1.6 Mortimer
30. Thorps Crk. (279) [Decommissioned] (Wilson Creek Area) Intermediate difficulty 2 * Mortimer
31. Jackson Knob Trail difficulty 1.6 Morganton
32. Joe Vines Trail difficulty 0.1 Morganton
33. Middle Earth (Rocky Knob Park) difficulty 1.1 Boone
34. Middle of Nowhere Connector (Rocky Knob Park) difficulty 0.2 Boone
35. PBJ (Rocky Knob Park) difficulty 0.3 Boone
36. Stone Binge (Skills Area) (Rocky Knob Park) difficulty 0.2 Boone
37. Black Forest (Rocky Knob Park) difficulty 0.3 Boone

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