549 Trails in North Carolina

Trail Name Difficulty Length (mi) Rating City
Jedi Spur (Carolina North Forest) Intermediate difficulty 0.2 ***** Chapel Hill
Fire Tower (Fire Mountain Trail System) Easiest difficulty 0.6 ***** Cherokee
Davidson River Trail Easiest difficulty 1.3 ***** Brevard
Cantrell Creek Easiest difficulty 1.2 ***** Brevard
Airstrip Trail (DuPont State Forest) Intermediate difficulty 0.5 ***** Brevard
Mazeppa Park Mountain Bike Trail Beginner difficulty 5.0 ***** Mooresville
Weed Patch Mountain Trail Advanced difficulty 10.0 ***** Lake Lure
Spencer Gap Easiest difficulty 3.1 ***** Mills River
Kings Field Easiest difficulty 5.0 ***** High point
Fire Mountain Trail System Intermediate difficulty 12.0 ***** Cherokee
Old Place Mountain Bike Trail Intermediate difficulty 4.3 ***** East Bend
Cub Creek Trails Intermediate difficulty 3.0 ***** Wilkesboro
Grape Smuggler Advanced difficulty 2.0 ***** Murphy
Farris Park Intermediate difficulty 3.0 ***** Mayodan
Shady Side (Owls Roost (Bur-Mil Park)) Beginner difficulty 1.0 ***** Greensboro
Horton's Holler (formerly Berry Mountain loops) (Kerr Scott Trails) Intermediate difficulty 7.0 ***** Wilkesboro
Circuit City Trail (Signal Hill) Intermediate difficulty 1.0 ***** Statesville
Bailey Mountain Bike Park Beginner difficulty 5.0 ***** Marshall
Star Gap Advanced difficulty 2.0 ***** Old Fort
Fox Loop (Itusi @ Lake Norman State Park) Intermediate difficulty 1.7 ***** Troutman
Pilot Cove Trail Advanced difficulty 1.7 ***** Brevard
RTP Intermediate difficulty 2.0 ***** Triangle
Fallstown Loop (Itusi @ Lake Norman State Park) Intermediate difficulty 0.9 ***** Troutman
Wildlife Loop (Itusi @ Lake Norman State Park) Intermediate difficulty 6.0 ***** Troutman
Boyd Branch / 665 (Bent Creek) Intermediate difficulty 0.6 ***** Asheville
Mac's Gap #482 (Panthertown Valley) Intermediate difficulty 3.0 ***** Cashiers
Rattlesnake Knob #452 (Panthertown Valley) Intermediate difficulty 2.0 ***** Cashiers
Blackrock #447 (Panthertown Valley) Advanced difficulty 1.5 ***** Cashiers
Lower Lewellyn Cove (Fontana Village) Advanced difficulty 3.0 ***** Fontana Village
Off Road Assault On Mount Mitchell Expert difficulty 59.0 ***** Black Mountain
The Nationals Downhill Course (Sugar Mountain Resort) Expert difficulty 2.0 ***** Banner Elk
5 Falls Dupont Sf (DuPont State Forest) Beginner difficulty 12.0 ***** Brevard
Powerline Trails Advanced difficulty 7.0 ***** Roanoke Rapids
Fletcher Creek Intermediate difficulty 1.6 ***** Mills River
Evans Loop difficulty 2.0 ***** Morrisville
Big Branch Bike Park Intermediate difficulty 6 ***** Jacksonville
Mountain Creek Park Intermediate difficulty 18.7 ***** Sherrills Ford
Greene Tract Beginner difficulty 8 ***** Chapel Hill
Warrior Creek (Kerr Scott Trails) Intermediate difficulty 9.3 ***** Wilkesboro
WCU Trails Intermediate difficulty 7.0 ***** Cullowhee
King Fisher Intermediate difficulty 0.8 ***** Greensboro
Bennett Gap / 138 Advanced difficulty 2.6 ***** Brevard
Ridgeline Trail #65 (DuPont State Forest) Intermediate difficulty 1.1 ***** Brevard
Zack's Fork Intermediate difficulty 3.0 ***** Lenoir
Moore's Springs Trails Intermediate difficulty 6.0 ***** Danbury
Kerr Scott Trails Intermediate difficulty 45.0 ***** Wilkesboro
Big Rock Trail #3 (DuPont State Forest) Advanced difficulty 1.0 ***** Brevard
Sherman Branch Park Mtb Trail Intermediate difficulty 11.0 ***** Charlotte
Richmond Hill Park Beginner difficulty 3 ***** Asheville
Laurel Mountain Advanced difficulty 5.0 ***** Mills River

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