Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
Trail Finder 10
Map Legend 12
Coastal Region 13
Wilmington
1 Snow's Cut Trail-Carolina Beach State Park 14
2 Sugarloaf Dune Trail-Carolina Beach State Park 18
Cape Carteret
3 Cedar Point Tideland Trail-Croatan National Forest 23
Havelock
4 Neusiok Trail (Northern Terminus)-Croatan National Forest 27
Washington to Bath
5 Live Oak Trail-Goose Creek State Park 31
6 Goose Creek Trail-Goose Creek State Park 35
Ocracoke
7 Hammock Hills Nature Trail-Cape Hatteras National Seashore 39
Buxton
8 Buxton Woods Trail-Cape Hatteras National Seashore 43
Nags Head
9 Soundside Nature Trail-Jockey's Ridge State Park 47
Elizabeth City to Murfreesboro
10 Lassiter Trail-Merchants Millpond State Park 51
Creswell
11 Boardwalk Trail-Pettigrew State Park 56
Goldsboro to Kinston
12 Spanish Moss Trail-Cliffs of the Neuse State Park 60
13 Lake Trail-Cliffs of the Neuse State Park 64
Piedmont Region 69
Raleigh
14 Woodland Nature Trail-Falls Lake State Recreation Area 70
15 Lake Lynn Trail-Lake Lynn Park 74
16 Potts Branch Trail-William B. Umstead State Park 79
Greensboro
17 Woodland Trail-Greensboro Arboretum 83
18 Bog Garden Trail 87
Troy
19 Badin Lake Trail-Uwharrie National Forest 91
Mountains Region 99
Charlotte
20 Cove Trail-McDowell Nature Preserve 100
Mooresville to Statesville
21 Lake Shore Trail-Lake Norman State Park 104
Lexington to Salisbury
22 Cottonwood Tree Trail-Boone's Cave Park 109
Danbury
23 Lower Cascades Trail-Hanging Rock State Park 113
Sparta to Elkin
24 Stone Mountain Loop Trail-Stone Mountain State Park 116
25 Widow's Creek Trail-Stone Mountain State Park 121
Wilkesboro to Blowing Rock
26 Cascades Trail-E. B. Jeffress Park 124
Blowing Rock
27 Glen Burney Trail-Annie Cannon Memorial Gardens 128
28 Bass Lake Loop Trail-Moses Cone Memorial Park 132
29 Boone Fork Trail-Julian Price Memorial Park 136
Lenoir to Linville Falls
30 Hunt Fish Falls Trail-Pisgah National Forest 142
31 Harper Creek Trail-Pisgah National Forest 146
32 Lower Falls of Upper Creek Trail-Pisgah National Forest 151
Morganton to Marion
33 High Shoals Falls Loop Trail-South Mountains State Park 155
34 Paddy's Creek Trail-Lake James State Park 160
Marion to Little Switzerland
35 Crabtree Falls Loop Trail-Blue Ridge Parkway National Park 164
36 Roaring Fork Falls Trail-Pisgah National Forest 169
Hot Springs
37 Max Patch Trail-Pisgah National Forest 172
Robbinsville
38 Joyce Kilmer Loop Trail-Nantahala National Forest 176
Hayesville to Franklin
39 Big Laurel Falls Trail-Nantahala National Forest 180
Highlands to Cashiers
40 Cliffside Lake Loop Trail-Nantahala National Forest 184
41 Secret Falls Trail-Nantahala National Forest 188
42 Chattooga leaver Trail-Nantahala National Forest 191
43 Silver Run Falls Trail-Nantahala National Forest 195
Lake Toxaway
44 Schoolhouse Falls and Panthertown Valley Trail-Nantahala National Forest 199
Rosman to Waynesville
45 Courthouse Falls Trail-Pisgah National Forest 204
46 Dill Falls Trail-Nantahala National Forest 208
47 Flat Laurel Creek Trail-Pisgah National Forest 211
Waynesville to Brevard
48 Graveyard Fields Loop Trail and Upper Falls Trail-Pisgah National Forest 216
49 Skinny Dip Hole Trail-Pisgah National Forest 221
Brevard
50 Pink Beds Loop Trail-Pisgah National Forest 225
51 Moore Cove Falls Trail-Pisgah National Forest 231
52 Cat Gap Loop Trail-Pisgah National Forest 235
53 Cove Creek Falls Trail-Pisgah National Forest 240
54 Sunwall Trail-Pisgah National Forest 245
55 Andy Cove Nature Trail-Pisgah National Forest 250
Mills River to Asheville
56 Carolina Mountain Trail-North Carolina Arboretum 254
57 South Milk River Trail-Pisgah National Forest 258
Brevard to Hendersonville
58 Hooker Falls Toil-DuPont State Forest 263
59 Triple and High Falls Trail-DuPont State Forest 266
Saluda
60 Little Bradley Falls Trail-Pisgah National Forest 271
Hike Index 275
About the Author 277