549 Trails in North Carolina

Trail Name Difficulty Length (mi) Rating City
Salisbury Community Park Beginner difficulty 10 ***** Salisbury
Sugar Mountain Resort Advanced difficulty 10.0 *** Banner Elk
Table Rock Advanced difficulty 10.0 ***** Linville
Beaver Dam Intermediate difficulty 10.0 **** Raleigh
UNCW Campus Trails Beginner difficulty 10 *** Wilmington
UNCC Campus Trails Expert difficulty 10.0 ***** Charlotte
Tar River Trails Intermediate difficulty 10.0 **** Wilton
San-lee Park Intermediate difficulty 10.0 **** Sanford
Bicycle Post Trails Intermediate difficulty 10.0 **** Greenville
Carolina North Forest Intermediate difficulty 10 **** Chapel Hill
Warrior Creek (Kerr Scott Trails) Intermediate difficulty 9.3 ***** Wilkesboro
Brumley Forest Intermediate difficulty 9.0 **** Chapel Hill
Laurel Loop (Itusi @ Lake Norman State Park) Intermediate difficulty 9.0 **** Troutman
Rocky River Trail Intermediate difficulty 9.0 **** Concord
Area J- Ft. Bragg Easiest difficulty 9.0 * Fort Bragg
Back Creek  difficulty 9.0 Morganton
Whigg Meadow  difficulty 9.0 Tellico Plains
Oak Hill Community Park and Forest  difficulty 9 Morganton
Medoc Mountain State Park: Saponi and Pyrite Beginner difficulty 8.6 *** Hollister
Bailey and Sarah Williamson Preserve  difficulty 8.3 Knightdale
Gem Mine Intermediate difficulty 8.0 **** Lenoir
Jarrett Creek Road Easiest difficulty 8.0 ** Old Fort
Dixie's Revenge  difficulty 8.0 Asheville
Bracken Preserve Intermediate difficulty 8.0 **** Brevard
Fs 477 Beginner difficulty 8.0 **** Brevard
All American Trail Easiest difficulty 8.0 *** Ft. Bragg
George Poston Park Intermediate difficulty 8.0 *** Lowell
Neuse River Trail Easiest difficulty 8.0 *** Raleigh
Riverbend Park Intermediate difficulty 8.0 *** Hickory
Yancey Ridge  difficulty 8.0 **** Linville
Tanglewood Park Intermediate difficulty 8.0 **** Winston-Salem
Stecoah Gap Beginner difficulty 8.0 *** Robbinsville
Smith Lake Intermediate difficulty 8.0 *** Ft. Bragg
Owls Roost (Bur-Mil Park) Intermediate difficulty 8.0 **** Greensboro
Hanging Dog Intermediate difficulty 8.0 **** Murphy
Hagan Stone Park Beginner difficulty 8.0 ** Greensboro
Country Park Intermediate difficulty 8.0 **** Greensboro
NCSU Centenial Campus  difficulty 8.0 Raleigh
Greene Tract Beginner difficulty 8 ***** Chapel Hill
Cape Fear Mountain Bike Trail Easiest difficulty 7.5 *** Fayetteville
Horton's Holler (formerly Berry Mountain loops) (Kerr Scott Trails) Intermediate difficulty 7.0 ***** Wilkesboro
Henderson Pond / Camp Lejeune Intermediate difficulty 7.0 **** Camp Lejeune
FS 5058 Beginner difficulty 7.0 ** Brevard
WCU Trails Intermediate difficulty 7.0 ***** Cullowhee
Nursery Road- Nta Beginner difficulty 7.0 ** Spring Lake
Rocky Knob Park Advanced difficulty 7.0 ***** Boone
Sandpit / Water / Main Street Trail (Sugar Mountain Resort)  difficulty 7.0 Banner Elk
Alexander Mountain Bike Park Intermediate difficulty 7.0 *** Asheville
Powerline Trails Advanced difficulty 7.0 ***** Roanoke Rapids
Roanoke Canal Arts Trail Beginner difficulty 7.0 *** Roanoke Rapids

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