Hiking trails near Mount Airy, North Carolina

48 official trails lie within 25 miles of Mount Airy — 98 miles in total, 40 rated easy and 3 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 985 ft; the median trail gains 168 ft.

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24 trails worth the drive

Trail	Miles	Climb	Difficulty	Drive from town
Moore's Wall Loop Trail	4.5	882 ft	Hard	52 min · 34 mi
Orange Trail (Raven Knob Scout Reservation)	5.5	617 ft	Hard	28 min · 17 mi
Corridor	6.9	236 ft	Hard	34 min · 23 mi
Cumberland Knob	3.4	885 ft	Moderate	37 min · 22 mi
Grindstone Trail	3.1	985 ft	Moderate	27 min · 18 mi
Mountain Trail	4.4	449 ft	Moderate	28 min · 19 mi
Pilot Creek Trail	3.1	441 ft	Moderate	22 min · 16 mi
Saddle Mountain Trail	2.0	292 ft	Moderate	47 min · 27 mi
Ruben Mountain Trail	2.9	316 ft	Easy	41 min · 28 mi
Cook's Wall Trail	1.8	437 ft	Easy	56 min · 34 mi
Mountains-to-Sea Trail	1.6	575 ft	Easy	56 min · 31 mi
RM Collins Trail	1.7	452 ft	Easy	40 min · 28 mi
Window Falls	1.4	508 ft	Easy	47 min · 32 mi
Ring-necked	3.0	133 ft	Easy	40 min · 29 mi
Original Loop	3.1	134 ft	Easy	41 min · 29 mi
Tory's Den/Ruben Mountain Trail	1.6	416 ft	Easy	41 min · 28 mi
Hanging Rock Trail	1.2	480 ft	Easy	51 min · 33 mi
Indian Creek Trail	2.0	308 ft	Easy	44 min · 30 mi
Sauratown Trail - Section 9	1.4	377 ft	Easy	32 min · 19 mi
Sauratown Trail - Section 10	1.2	339 ft	Easy	32 min · 19 mi
Tory's Den Trail	1.1	337 ft	Easy	45 min · 29 mi
Land of the Lost	1.9	136 ft	Easy	40 min · 29 mi
Kingsnake	1.9	188 ft	Easy	43 min · 30 mi
Grassy Ridge Trail	1.5	155 ft	Easy	28 min · 19 mi

Quick picks near Mount Airy

Easy and short: Ruben Mountain Trail — 2.9 mi, rated easy, 19 mi from town
Biggest climb: Grindstone Trail — 985 ft over 3.1 mi, 14 mi from town

What the trails reach

Waterfalls: Window Falls to Window Falls; Tory's Den/Ruben Mountain Trail to Tory Falls

Summits: Moore's Wall Loop Trail to Moores Knob; Orange Trail (Raven Knob Scout Reservation) to Warrior Mountain; Cumberland Knob to Cumberland Knob; Saddle Mountain Trail to Saddle Mountain

Lakes: Moore's Wall Loop Trail to Hanging Rock Park Lake; Lake Trail to Raven Knob Park Lake; Elkin & Allegheny Rail Trail to Elkin Reservoir

Mountain passes: Cook's Wall Trail to Cool Gap

Rock formations: Moore's Wall Loop Trail to Balanced Rock; Hanging Rock Trail to Hanging Rock

Nearby towns: Winston-Salem (34 mi) · Pulaski (38 mi) · Blacksburg (51 mi) · Statesville (52 mi)

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