Ashe County · NC

Hiking Trails in Ashe County

21 hiking trails in Ashe County, North Carolina, with maps, distances, and elevation profiles.

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21
Hiking
35.5 mi
Total length

About hiking in Ashe County

Ashe County, North Carolina has 21 named trails tagged for hiking, covering 35.5 miles, an average of 1.7 miles each. The longest is Mountains-to-Sea Trail, at 11.2 miles. 2 run 5 miles or longer.

What the hiking trails in Ashe County are like

By length, 12 are under a mile, 7 run 1 to 5 miles, and 2 are 5 miles or longer. 5 are loops, ending where they start; the longest is Three Top Trail, at 3.4 miles.

Of the 9 with a difficulty rating, 4 easy and 5 moderate. Of the 21 with measured elevation, Mountains-to-Sea Trail climbs the most, about 3,264 ft, and 3 gain 1,000 ft or more.

All 21 hiking trails, longest first

Mountains-to-Sea TrailHike11.2 miRiverbend TrailHike6.8 miThree Top TrailHike3.4 miFern Nature TrailHike2.0 miRunning Cedar TrailHike1.9 miCohosh LoopHike1.7 miMountain Ridge TrailHike1.6 miRiver Run TrailHike1.3 miShagbark Hickory LoopHike1.1 miGroupsite PathHike0.8 miRhododendron TrailHike0.8 miLost Province TrailHike0.6 miJumpingoff Rocks TrailHike0.5 miHickory TrailHike0.3 miSummit TrailHike0.3 miSunset Overlook Spur TrailHike0.3 miCampground Spur TrailHike0.2 miNorthern Peaks State TrailHike0.2 miCrab Apple Spur TrailHike0.1 miBlue Bird Spur TrailHike0.1 miDogwood TrailHike0.1 mi
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Trail geometry from OpenStreetMap contributors, licensed ODbL. Elevation from the USGS 3D Elevation Program. Compiled and published by Trailmonger · trail data last rebuilt .