549 Trails in North Carolina

Trail Name Difficulty Length (mi) Rating City
North Wake Landfill District Park Beginner difficulty 2.0 **** Raleigh
Arnette Park Beginner difficulty 2.0 *** Fayetteville
Mine Mountain (DuPont State Forest) Intermediate difficulty 2.0 **** Brevard
Tarklin Branch Road #80 (DuPont State Forest) Beginner difficulty 2.0 ** Brevard
Lake Imaging Road #45 (DuPont State Forest) Easiest difficulty 2.0 ** Brevard
Cedar Rock Trail #16 (DuPont State Forest) Intermediate difficulty 2.0 **** Brevard
Burnt Mountain Trail #11 (DuPont State Forest) Advanced difficulty 2.0 ***** Brevard
Rock Quarry Road (DuPont State Forest) Beginner difficulty 2.0 *** Brevard
Upper Lewellyn Cove (Fontana Village) Intermediate difficulty 2.0 *** Fontana Village
Easy Street (Sugar Mountain Resort) Intermediate difficulty 2.0 **** Banner Elk
The Nationals Downhill Course (Sugar Mountain Resort) Expert difficulty 2.0 ***** Banner Elk
Burrell Cove (Jack Rabbit Trails) Intermediate difficulty 2.0 **** Hayesville
Yotee's Run (Jack Rabbit Trails) Beginner difficulty 2.0 **** Hayesville
Park-rd. Short Trails. Intermediate difficulty 2.0 **** Charlotte
Bodenheimer Parking Lot Trail  difficulty 2.0 Boone
Big Loop Beginner difficulty 2.0 *** Greensboro
Lake Johnson Intermediate difficulty 2.0 *** Morrisville
Evans Loop  difficulty 2.0 ***** Morrisville
Broad River Greenway Beginner difficulty 2.0 **** Boiling Springs
UNC Outdoor Recreation Center  difficulty 2 Chapel Hill
Vinyard Gap #324  difficulty 1.9 Mills River
Sludge (Lake Crabtree County Park)  difficulty 1.9 Morrisville
Hawk Loop (Itusi @ Lake Norman State Park) Beginner difficulty 1.9 **** Troutman
Little Hickory Top / 136 (Bent Creek) Intermediate difficulty 1.9 **** Asheville
Tennis Court Loop (Renaissance Park)  difficulty 1.8 Charlotte
Occoneechee Loop (Carolina North Forest)  difficulty 1.8 Chapel Hill
Pilot Rock  difficulty 1.8 **** Brevard
Cove Creek Trail / 340 Advanced difficulty 1.8 ***** Brevard
7 Oaks Thread Trail Beginner difficulty 1.8 **** Belmont
Brushy Creek (Bracken Preserve)  difficulty 1.8 Brevard
Nance Springs Loop (North Wake Landfill District Park)  difficulty 1.7 Raleigh
Norwood Loop (Itusi @ Lake Norman State Park) Beginner difficulty 1.7 **** Troutman
Fox Loop (Itusi @ Lake Norman State Park) Intermediate difficulty 1.7 ***** Troutman
Four Mile Creek Greenway Easiest difficulty 1.7 *** Charlotte
Pilot Cove Trail Advanced difficulty 1.7 ***** Brevard
Greenslick (Bent Creek) Intermediate difficulty 1.7 ***** Asheville
Sycamore Cove Intermediate difficulty 1.7 **** Brevard
Middle Wilson Ridge (269) (Wilson Ridge (269))  difficulty 1.6 Mortimer
Loop 1 (Lake Crabtree County Park)  difficulty 1.6 Morrisville
Land of the Lost (Moore’s Springs Trails)  difficulty 1.6 Danbury
Jackson Knob Trail  difficulty 1.6 Morganton
Buckhorn Gap / 103 (Clawhammer Creek)  difficulty 1.6 Brevard
Forest Ridge Main Loop Beginner difficulty 1.6 **** Wake Forest
Butter Gap / Trail #123 Advanced difficulty 1.6 ***** Brevard
Fletcher Creek Intermediate difficulty 1.6 ***** Mills River
Pinnacle Trail (Bracken Preserve)  difficulty 1.5 Brevard
Afton Neighborhood trail  difficulty 1.5 Concord
Rocky Branch (Rocky Knob Park)  difficulty 1.5 Boone
North Section (Hog Run/Harris Lake)  difficulty 1.5 New Hill
Carolina Thread Trail (USNWC) Intermediate difficulty 1.5 **** Charlotte

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