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Hiking trails near Morganton, North Carolina

131 official trails lie within 25 miles of Morganton — 410 miles in total, 57 rated easy and 20 hard or expert. Every distance and elevation figure below is computed from the agency centerline and a 10 m elevation model, not crowd-sourced.

The biggest climb nearby gains 2,951 ft; the median trail gains 559 ft.

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24 trails worth the drive

TrailMilesClimbDifficultyFrom town
Mst - Grandfather Rd71.02,951 ftExpert19 mi
Linville Gorge12.61,933 ftExpert13 mi
Wilson Ridge12.11,503 ftExpert13 mi
MTS / Tanawha Trail10.21,170 ftExpert25 mi
Sand Mountain7.2817 ftExpert20 mi
Yancey Ridge6.11,319 ftHard19 mi
Holly Springs4.41,237 ftHard13 mi
Wilson Creek6.61,104 ftHard23 mi
Raven Rock Trail4.41,409 ftHard12 mi
Brown Mountain 94.81,248 ftHard11 mi
Brown Mountain 14.81,276 ftHard11 mi
Headquarters Mountain Trail3.81,531 ftHard20 mi
Lost Cove5.31,137 ftHard21 mi
Pine Ridge4.81,091 ftHard15 mi
Brown Mountain 1A4.9794 ftHard11 mi
Armstrong Creek2.71,473 ftModerate24 mi
Brown Mountain 25.7559 ftHard13 mi
Rock Jock3.9683 ftHard15 mi
Lettered Rock2.21,376 ftModerate16 mi
Over Mountain Victory Trail5.6454 ftHard20 mi
Schoolhouse Ridge3.3940 ftModerate17 mi
**Future - High Knob Trail**3.6857 ftModerate19 mi
Bad Fork2.51,166 ftModerate23 mi
Beehive Trl.1.81,379 ftModerate16 mi

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