52 Trails in Franklin County, Virginia

Trail Name Difficulty Length (mi) Rating City
The Trough (Carvin’s Cove Trail system) Advanced difficulty 2.0 ***** Roanoke
Dogwood Glen Beginner difficulty 4.0 ***** Martinsville
Gateway (Pandapas Pond / Poverty Creek) Advanced difficulty 1.0 ***** Blacksburg
Jamison Mill Beginner difficulty 6.0 ***** Henry
Smith River Trails Beginner difficulty 2.0 ***** Martinsville
Little Bell (Carvin’s Cove Trail system) Beginner difficulty 1.0 ***** Roanoke
Hi-Dee-Hoe (Carvin’s Cove Trail system) Advanced difficulty 1.0 ***** Roanoke
Four Gorge Ext (Carvin’s Cove Trail system) Intermediate difficulty 1.0 ***** Roanoke
The Gauntlet (Carvin’s Cove Trail system) Expert difficulty 2.0 ***** Roanoke
Dragon's Back Expert difficulty 12.0 ***** Salem
Mountain Laurel Trails Intermediate difficulty 11.0 ***** Horsepasture
Songbird (Carvin’s Cove Trail system) Beginner difficulty 2.0 ***** Roanoke
Buck (Carvin’s Cove Trail system) Intermediate difficulty 1.0 ***** Roanoke
Dody Ridge Advanced difficulty 12.0 ***** Roanoke
Falling Creek Park Intermediate difficulty 8.0 ***** Bedford
Woolwine Trails [Shiners Revenge] Intermediate difficulty 15 ***** Woolwine
Comet (Carvin’s Cove Trail system) Intermediate difficulty 3.0 ***** Roanoke
Arrowhead (Carvin’s Cove Trail system) Intermediate difficulty 3.0 ***** Roanoke
Carvin's Cove Trail system Intermediate difficulty 30 **** Roanoke
Montvale Trails Intermediate difficulty 7.0 **** Roanoke
Spec Mines Trail Advanced difficulty 3.0 **** Roanoke
Four Gorge (Carvin’s Cove Trail system) Intermediate difficulty 3.0 **** Roanoke
Enchanted Forest (Carvin’s Cove Trail system) Beginner difficulty 1.0 **** Roanoke
Tuck-A-Way (Carvin’s Cove Trail system) Intermediate difficulty 1.0 **** Roanoke
Lakeside Trail (Carvin’s Cove Trail system) Intermediate difficulty 4.0 **** Roanoke
Fort Lewis Mountain Trails Beginner difficulty 12.0 **** Roanoke
Cedar Ridge Chatmoss Intermediate difficulty 7.0 **** Martinsville
Mill Mountain Trails Intermediate difficulty 8.0 **** Roanoke
Waid Park Intermediate difficulty 12.0 **** Rocky Mount
Dark Hollow (Cedar Ridge Chatmoss) Beginner difficulty 5.8 **** Martinsville
Little Mountain Trail System Intermediate difficulty 11.0 **** Martinsville
Explore Park Intermediate difficulty 13.0 **** Roanoke
Hotel (Carvin’s Cove Trail system) Beginner difficulty 1.0 *** Roanoke
School House (Carvin’s Cove Trail system) Intermediate difficulty 1.0 *** Roanoke
Reynolds Homestead Trail  difficulty 3.0 *** Stuart
Turkeycock Mountain Expert difficulty 20.0 *** Franklin County
Fairy Stone State Park Advanced difficulty 10.0 *** Stuart
Brushy Mtn (Carvin’s Cove Trail system) Beginner difficulty 7.0 ** Roanoke
Araminta (Carvin’s Cove Trail system)  difficulty 1.0 Roanoke
Hemlock Tunnel (Carvin’s Cove Trail system)  difficulty 2.0 Roanoke
Kerncliff (Carvin’s Cove Trail system)  difficulty 3.0 Roanoke
Jacob's Drop (Carvin’s Cove Trail system)  difficulty 1.0 Roanoke
Grouse (Dragon’s Back)  difficulty 2.0 New Castle
Happy Valley (Carvin’s Cove Trail system)  difficulty 7.0 Roanoke
Adams Track Trails  difficulty 3.0 Martinsville
Hall Track Trail  difficulty 6.0 Martinsville
No Business Mountain Trail  difficulty 8.0 Critz
Morningside Park  difficulty 2.0 Roanoke
Patrick Henry Community College  difficulty 2.0 Martinsville
Fishburn Park  difficulty 6.0 Roanoke

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