North Carolina trails

North Carolina hiking trails

5,764 trails · 6,711 miles of official geometry · every one with a DEM elevation profile. Browse below or filter the live map by length, climbing, steepness, and shape.

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Hiking near North Carolina towns

Albemarle · Angier · Asheboro · Asheville · Boone · Brevard · Chapel Hill · Charlotte · Gastonia · Graham · Greensboro · Hickory · Kannapolis · Lexington · Monroe · Morganton · Mount Airy · Oxford · Raleigh · Roxboro · Sanford · Shelby · Smithfield · Spring Lake · Statesville · Waynesville · Winston-Salem

Notable trails

Art Loeb Nrt 17.9 mi · 3,818 ft
Black Mountain Crest 10.9 mi · 3,473 ft
Mountains to Sea Trail 17.9 mi · 3,979 ft
Anst - Cheoah Rd 29.6 mi · 3,389 ft
Appalachian Trail 20.5 mi · 4,310 ft
Mst - Appalachian Rd 35.1 mi · 3,643 ft
Appalachian National Scenic Trail 88.0 mi · 3,761 ft
Anst - Nantahala Rd 52.6 mi · 3,712 ft
Mst - Pisgah Rd 45.0 mi · 3,953 ft
Rim Trail 24.3 mi · 3,308 ft
Bartram Trail 42.9 mi · 3,031 ft
Benton Mackaye -Cheoah Rd 25.1 mi · 4,232 ft
Anst - Appalachian Rd 20.8 mi · 3,378 ft
Hemphill Bald Trail 16.7 mi · 2,246 ft
Chunky Gal 20.9 mi · 2,236 ft
Mst - Grandfather Rd 71.1 mi · 2,445 ft
Snowbird Mountain 14.3 mi · 2,579 ft
Turkey Pen Gap 5.5 mi · 1,460 ft
Black Mountain 8.4 mi · 2,006 ft
Balsam Mountain Trail 20.0 mi · 1,543 ft

Welch Ridge Trail 13.3 mi · 985 ft
Big Butt 5.8 mi · 1,531 ft
Jenkins Ridge Trail 17.6 mi · 2,842 ft
Old Butt Knob 3.7 mi · 2,279 ft
Squirrel Gap 8.0 mi · 959 ft
Mst - Nantahala Rd 16.1 mi · 1,097 ft
MTS / Tanawha Trail 10.2 mi · 1,170 ft
North Boundary 4.9 mi · 1,219 ft
Wauchecha Bald 8.3 mi · 2,396 ft
Laurel Mountain 7.0 mi · 1,743 ft
Anst - Tusquitee Rd 5.8 mi · 1,077 ft
Thomas Divide Trail 27.2 mi · 3,003 ft
Over Mountain Victory Trail 5.6 mi · 454 ft
Uwharrie Nrt 29.4 mi · 626 ft
Boulevard Trail 5.2 mi · 1,072 ft
Noland Divide Trail 22.9 mi · 4,124 ft
Wilson Ridge 12.1 mi · 1,503 ft
Yellow Mountain 6.2 mi · 1,036 ft
Ridgeline Trail 5.7 mi · 586 ft
East Ridge Trail 2.2 mi · 420 ft