North Carolina has approximately 2,325 trails, including 1,425 hiking trails and 671 for trail running. These trails range from 0 to 290 miles in length. The most popular trails are Chasteen Creek Loop, Mount Mitchell-Mileposts 344.1-355.3 and Uwharrie National Forest. The last Trails.com member to complete a trail in North Carolina was Svietlana B. who completed Schoolhouse Falls and Panthertown Valley Trail.
Uwharrie National ForestView Trail Details
10 Reviews
Troy, NC
Wonderful, woodsy circuit hikes are possible in Uwharrie National Forest, some of substantial length. Uwharrie and Dutchman’s Creek Trails form ...
Gregory Bald Overnight LoopView Trail Details
Fontana Dam, NC
This hike combines the best that the high and low country have to offer. First, you'll travel up the Twentymile Trail past Twentymile Cascades ...
Lake James — Shortoff Mountain TrailView Trail Details
Linville, NC
Psst! Put down that trail guide telling you that the way to get to the best view of Linville Gorge is via a strenuous 11.2-mile march. I’ve got ...
Chasteen Creek LoopView Trail Details
9 Reviews
Cherokee, NC
This loop travels watercourses and ridges of the Bradley Fork watershed. Leave Smokemont Campground and make your way up Bradley Fork, then turn ...
Linville Gorge Wilderness-Milepost 317.5View Trail Details
8 Reviews
Linville Falls, NC
A 12,000-acre tract of designated wilderness, Linville Gorge lies between Jonas Ridge to the east and Linville Mountain to the west. The Blue ...
Grandfather Mountain State Park and AttractionView Trail Details
7 Reviews
Blowing Rock, NC
Grandfather Mountain’s public image has evolved over the years. Once almost exclusively seen as a tourist attraction owned by noted North Carolinian ...
Crowders Mountain State ParkView Trail Details
Kings Mountain, NC
As the closest, most dramatic mountain park to Charlotte, “Crowders” lives up to its name. Park attendance has skyrocketed in recent years. Rangers ...
Mount Mitchell-Mileposts 344.1-355.3View Trail Details
Asheville, NC
Mount Mitchell is the highest peak east of the Mississippi. It’s a crowning part of the Blue Ridge Parkway experience—the only motorized access ...
Signal HillView Trail Details
Statesville, NC
This is an excellent singletrack playground, particularly considering that it’s 1 minute off the interstate. The builders have made excellent ...
Mount Mitchell TrailView Trail Details
6 Reviews
Hiking the Black Mountain Crest Trail and bagging its six 6000-foot peaks is a nice accomplishment—a nice accomplishment with an asterisk if ...
Umstead ParkView Trail Details
Raleigh, NC
If you want to get outside, be surrounded by trees, and just spin, then this is your place. Umstead Park offers clear, well-maintained gravel ...
Cat Gap LoopView Trail Details
Ducktown, NC
With a name like “Cat Gap,” this is a trail you just have to hike with your dog. Though cats are actually not likely to cross this path, the ...
Cades CoveView Trail Details
5 Reviews
Hundreds of thousands of tourists come to the Great Smokey Mountains National Park each year, and almost every one of them takes the 11-mile ...
Thompson LoopView Trail Details
Murphy, NC
This 7.5-mile singletrack loop (named for David Thompson, a National Forest Service ranger memorialized with a sign posted on the trail at a ...
Linville Gorge WildernessView Trail Details
Hobby ParkView Trail Details
Winston-Salem, NC
This trail has got it all: huge berms, rock gardens, streams, big logs, pyramids, a serious drop through a rock and log-infested erosion gully, ...
Tsali - Right LoopView Trail Details
Dillsboro, NC
The Right Loop is an excellent aerobic trail, where you can just cruise. It is also an aerialist’s paradise with lots of dips for small bunny ...
Graveyard FieldsView Trail Details
Canton, NC
The big news here is that this very popular trailhead was greatly expanded and facilities significantly improved in 2014 with funding from the ...
Joyce Kilmer Memorial ForestView Trail Details
Robbinsville, NC
The Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest is a 3,800-acre tract now combined with the Slickrock Wilderness to form a wild and wildly popular area in the ...
Big Fork Ridge LoopView Trail Details
Waynesville, NC
Big trees are the stars of this loop, which starts in lovely Cataloochee Valley. Of course, the numerous old-growth giants are complemented by ...
Fontana LoopView Trail Details
If you like a combination of mountains and lakes, this moderate hike is for you and any younger or inexperienced backpackers you may wish to ...
Linville Falls TrailView Trail Details
If water had adventure parks, Linville Falls would be its Six Flags over North Carolina. First, there’s the anticipatory wait as water queues ...
Chimney Rock State ParkView Trail Details
Like the bulk of Grandfather Mountain, Chimney Rock State Park is a once-privately owned commercial natural area that has become a state park. ...
Cedar RockView Trail Details
4 Reviews
Hendersonville, NC
This ride really has a lot of everything, from smooth single track to large expanses of exposed granite. You might subtitle this ride “Slickrock ...
Bent CreekView Trail Details
The nearly 10 miles of doubletrack and singletrack open for biking in Bent Creek Experimental Forest are comprised of a 6.5-mile loop, with a ...