HIKING TRAILS IN NORTH CAROLINA


Milepost Trail Mileage Difficulty
Description of Trail

MP 217.5 Cumberland Knob Trail 0.5 Easy
Ideal lazy-day walk

MP 217.5 Gully Creek Trail 2.0 Strenuous
Rewarding loop that meanders by stream

MP 218.6 Fox Hunters Paradise Trail 0.2 Easy
View

MP 230.1 Little Glade Millpond 0.5 Easy
Easy loop stroll around pond

MP 238.5 Cedar Ridge Trail 4.2 Moderate
Great for day hike' vistas and forests

MP 238.5 Bluff Mountain Trail 7.5 Moderate
Parallels Parkway to milepost 244.7

MP 241.0 Fodder Stack Trail 1.0 Moderate
Great variety of plants

MP 241.0 Bluff Ridge Trail 2.8 Strenuous
Primitive trail with steep slopes

MP 243.7 Grassy Gap Fire Road 6.5 Moderate
Wide enough for side by side hiking

MP 243.7 Basin Creek Trail 3.3 Moderate
Access from back-country campground

MP 244.7 Flat Rock Ridge Trail 5.0 Moderate
Forest path with vistas

MP 260.3 Jumpingoff Rocks Trail 1.0 Easy
Forest path to vista

MP 264.4 The Lump Trail 0.3 Easy
To hilltop view

MP 271.9 Cascades Trail 0.5 Moderate
Self-guiding loop to view of falls

MP 272.5 Tompkins Knob Trail 0.6 Easy
To Jesse Brown Cabin

MP 294.0 Rich Mountain Trail 3.0 Moderate
Carriage, Horse and Hiking Trail

MP 294.0 Watkins Trail 3.3 Easy/Moderate
Carriage, Horse and Hiking Trail

MP 294.0 Black Bottom Trail 0.5 Easy
Carriage, Horse and Hiking Trail

MP 294.0 Bass Lake Trail 1.7 Easy
Carriage, Horse and Hiking Trail

MP 294.0 Deer Park Trail 0.8 Moderate
Carriage, Horse and Hiking Trail

MP 294.0 Maze Trail 2.3 Moderate
Carriage, Horse and Hiking Trail

MP 294.0 Duncan Trail 2.5 Moderate
Carriage, Horse and Hiking Trail

MP 294.0 Rock Creek Bridge Trail 1.0 Easy
Carriage, Horse and Hiking Trail

MP 294.1 Figure 8 Trail 0.7 Easy
Short, self-guiding loop nature trail

MP 294.6 Trout Lake Hiking and Horse Trail 1.0 Easy
Loop Trail

MP 295.9 Green Knob Trail 2.3 Moderate/Strenuous
To Green Knob

MP 296.5 Boone Fork Trail 4.9 Moderate/Strenuous
Stream, forest and meadows

MP 297.0 Price Lake Loop Trail 2.3 Moderate
Loop around Price Lake

MP 304.4 Linn cove Viaduct Access Trail 0.16 Easy
Handicap-accessible

MP 305.2 Beacon Heights Trail 0.22 Moderate
10 minutes to view

MP 305.5 Tanawha Trail 13.5 Easy/Moderate
Diverse biological and geological features

MP 308.2 Flat Rock Trail 0.63 Easy
Self-guiding loop

MP 315.5 Camp Creek Trail 0.1 Easy
Leg stretcher through laurel and rhododendron

MP 316.4 Linville Falls Trail 0.94 Moderate
View of upper Falls

MP 316.4 Linville Gorge Trail 0.5 Strenuous
view of Lower Falls

MP 316.4 Duggers Creek Trail 0.25 Easy
Loop to view of Duggers Falls

MP 316.5 Linville River Bridge Trail 0.1 Easy
Leg stretcher to view of unusual bridge

MP 320.8 Chestoa View Trail 0.63 Easy
30-minute loop to vista

MP 339.5 Crabtree Falls Loop Trail 2.0 Strenuous
Loop to view of Falls

MP 344.1 Woods Mountain Trail 2.0 Moderate
USFS

MP 350.4 Lost Cove Ridge Trail 0.6 Moderate
USFS

MP 351.9 Deep Gap Trail 0.2 Easy
USFS

MP 355.0 Bald Knob Ridge Trail 0.1 Easy
USFS

MP 359.8 Big Butt Trail 0.2 Strenuous
USFS

MP 361.2 Glassmine Falls 0.05 Easy
View of Falls

MP 364.2 Craggy Pinnacle Trail 0.73 Moderate
To panoramic view

MP 364.6 Craggy Gardens Trail 0.84 Moderate
First portion is self-guiding nature trail

MP 382.0 Mountains-to-Sea Trail 7.5 Moderate
From Folk Art Center to Milepost 375; spring wildflowers and views

MP 393.7 Shut-In Trail 3.1 Strenuous
Bent Creek-Walnut Cove

MP 396.4 Shut-In Trail 1.7 Moderate
Walnut Cove-Sleepy Gap

MP 397.3 Grassy Knob Trail 0.9 Strenuous
Steep trail to USFS area

MP 397.3 Shut-In Trail 0.7 Moderate
Sleepy Gap-Chestnut Cove

MP 398.3 Shut-In Trail 2.8 Strenuous
Chestnut Cove-Bent Creek Gap

MP 400.3 Shut-In Trail 1.9 Moderate
Bent Creek Gap-Beaver Dam Gap

MP 401.7 Shut-In Trail 0.9 Moderate
Beaver Dam Gap-Stoney Bald

MP 402.6 Shut-In Trail 1.2 Strenuous
Stoney Bald-Big Ridge

MP 403.6 Shut-In Trail 1.1 Moderate/Strenuous
Big Ridge-Mills River Valley

MP 404.5 Shut-In Trail 1.2 Strenuous
Mills River Valley-Elk Pasture Gap

MP 405.5 Shut-In Trail 1.7 Strenuous
Elk Pasture Gap-Mt Pisgah

MP 407.6 Mt Pisgah Trail 1.26 Moderate/Strenuous
Summit view

MP 407.6 Buck Springs Trail 1.06 Easy/Moderate
Pisgah Lodge to view

MP 408.5 Frying Pan MountainTrail 1.06 Moderate/Strenuous

MP 417.0 East Fork Trail 0.1 Easy/Moderate
USFS, access to Shining Rock Trail System

MP 418.8 Graveyard Fields Loop Trail 2.29 Moderate
Loop by a stream

MP 419.4 John Rock Trail 0.1 Easy
Leg stretcher to view

MP 422.4 Devil's Courthouse Trail 0.42 Moderate/Strenuous
Panoramic summit view

MP 427.6 Bear Pen Gap Trail 0.22 Easy
Access to Mountains-to-Sea Trail

MP 431.0 Richland Balsam Trail 1.47 Moderate
Self-guiding loop through spruce-fir forest

MP 433.8 Roy Taylor Overlook Trail 0.1 Easy
Paved trail to Overlook

MP 451.2 Waterrock Knob Trail 1.18 Moderate/Strenuous
Summit view



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