FIND A HIKE OR OUTDOOR ADVENTURE

Find a trail by using the Google map to zoom in on a marker near you or click on the trail from the table which contains all the hikes and links to the fully detailed page on North Carolina Hikes describing the trails. Each marker in the Google map has a short description and provides a link to the fully detailed page on North Carolina Hikes describing that trail.  The markers are color coordinated: RED: indicates a strenuous hike, GREEN: indicates a moderate hike, BLUE: indicates an easier hike.

Central Carolina Hikes and Outdoor Adventures

Trail Name	Distance Miles	Elevation Gain	Difficulty
Duke Gardens	1 - 2	Minimal	Easy
Durham Museum of Life and Science	1 - 3	Minimal	Easy
Eno River State Park (Buckquarter Creek & Holden Mill Trail Loop)	4.1	300	Easy - Moderate
Eno River State Park (Cox Mountain Trail)	3.75	270	Easy
Occoneechee Mountain State Recreation Area	2.2	300	Easy

Coastal Carolina Hikes and Outdoor Adventures

Trail Name	Distance Miles	Elevation Gain	Difficulty
Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge (Creef Cut Wildlife Trail)	1	Minimal	Easy
Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge (Red Wolf Howling Safari)	0.25	Minimal	Very Easy
Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge (Wildlife Drive)	Varies	Varies	Easy
Battleship North Carolina	Varies	Varies	Easy
Cape Lookout National Seashore	varies	Minimal	Easy - Moderate
Bodie Island Lighthouse	0.5	Minimal	Very Easy
Cedar Point: Tideland Trail	0.6 or 1.3	Minimal	Easy
Fort Macon State Park	1	Minimal	Very Easy
Patsy Pond Nature Trail	0.75, 1, or 1.9	Minimal	Easy
Wright Brothers National Memorial	0.25 - 2	190	Easy

Mountain Hikes and Outdoor Adventures

Trail Name	Distance Miles	Elevation Gain	Difficulty
Blue Ridge Parkway	N/A	N/A	Easy
Grandfather Mountain MacRae Peak	2.6	800	Strenuous
Grandfather Mountain Mile High Swinging Bridge	1.6	350	Moderate
Grandfather Mountain Wildlife Habitats	0.5	Minimal	Easy
The Blowing Rock	0.25	Minimal	Very Easy