549 Trails in North Carolina

Trail Name Difficulty Length (mi) Rating City
Knob Scorcher difficulty 100.0 Brevard
DuPont State Forest Intermediate difficulty 80 **** Brevard
Off Road Assault On Mount Mitchell Expert difficulty 59.0 ***** Black Mountain
Kerr Scott Trails Intermediate difficulty 45.0 ***** Wilkesboro
USNWC Intermediate difficulty 45.0 ***** Charlotte
Biltmore Trails Beginner difficulty 33.0 *** Asheville
Tsali Recreation Area Intermediate difficulty 30 **** Bryson City
Itusi @ Lake Norman State Park Intermediate difficulty 30.0 **** Troutman
Bent Creek Intermediate difficulty 30.0 ***** Asheville
American Tobacco Trail Easiest difficulty 23.0 ** Durham
Snaggy Creek Trail difficulty 23.0 Cullowhee
Old Toll Road Intermediate difficulty 22.0 *** Montreat
Fontana Village Advanced difficulty 20.0 **** Fontana Village
Uwharrie NF: Wood Run, Supertree And Keyauwee Intermediate difficulty 20.0 **** Troy
Raider's Camp Trail difficulty 20.0 ***** Linville
Ride Kanuga Bike Park Intermediate difficulty 20 ***** Hendersonville
Panthertown Valley Intermediate difficulty 19.0 **** Cashiers
Mountain Creek Park Intermediate difficulty 18.7 ***** Sherrills Ford
All American Singletrack (All American Trail) Beginner difficulty 16.0 **** Ft. Bragg
South Mountain Loop Beginner difficulty 16.0 *** Morganton
Meetinghouse difficulty 16.0 Bryson City
Lake James State Park Beginner difficulty 15.0 **** Nebo
Santeetlah Lake Trail Easiest difficulty 15.0 *** Robbinsville
New Light Trails Intermediate difficulty 15.0 **** Raleigh
Duke Forest Beginner difficulty 15.0 ** Durham
South Mills River Trail Intermediate difficulty 14.0 *** Brevard
Winding Stairs Beginner difficulty 14.0 **** Nantahala
Tsali Right Loop (Tsali Recreation Area) Intermediate difficulty 14.0 **** Bryson City
Calfpen Gap difficulty 14.0 Bryson City
286 Main Loop (286 Main Loop) Intermediate difficulty 13.9 **** Cary
Back Yard Trail - Farmbrook side (Back Yard Trails) difficulty 13.0 Charlotte
Green River Advanced difficulty 13.0 **** Saluda
Brown's Creek Nature Park Beginner difficulty 13 ***** Elizabethtown
Jack Rabbit Trails Beginner difficulty 13 **** Hayesville
Umstead State Park Beginner difficulty 13.0 *** Raleigh
Cane Creek Beginner difficulty 13.0 *** Waxhaw
Fire Mountain Trail System Intermediate difficulty 12.0 ***** Cherokee
YellowGap Rd/1206 difficulty 12.0 Brevard
5 Falls Dupont Sf (DuPont State Forest) Beginner difficulty 12.0 ***** Brevard
Swinging Bridge difficulty 12 Franklin
Back Yard Trails Advanced difficulty 11.0 **** Charlotte
Sherman Branch Park Mtb Trail Intermediate difficulty 11.0 ***** Charlotte
Tsali Left Loop (Tsali Recreation Area) Intermediate difficulty 11.0 **** Bryson City
Old River Road difficulty 11.0 Nantahala
Gravity Pits difficulty 11.0 * Fayetteville
Weed Patch Mountain Trail Advanced difficulty 10.0 ***** Lake Lure
Salisbury Community Park MTB Trail (Salisbury Community Park) difficulty 10.0 Salisbury
Old Creedmoor Intermediate difficulty 10.0 ***** Wake Forest
Reservoir Park Beginner difficulty 10.0 * Pinehurst
Pine Cliffs Beginner difficulty 10.0 *** Havelock

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