About hiking in Chatham County

Chatham County, North Carolina has 29 named trails tagged for hiking, covering 35.3 miles, an average of 1.2 miles each. The longest is Red Route, at 5.1 miles. 1 runs 5 miles or longer.

What the hiking trails in Chatham County are like

By length, 18 are under a mile, 10 run 1 to 5 miles, and 1 is 5 miles or longer.

Of the 10 with a difficulty rating, 8 easy and 2 moderate. Of the 29 with measured elevation, Red Route climbs the most, about 1,090 ft.

All 29 hiking trails, longest first

Red RouteHike5.1 mi American Tobacco TrailHikeMTB4.7 mi Lower Haw River TrailHike3.9 mi Blue RouteHike2.8 mi Red TrailHike2.4 mi Poplar TrailHike1.9 mi Colvard Farms Nature TrailHikeMTB1.5 mi Loves Creek GreenwayHike1.4 mi River TrailHike1.2 mi Blue TrailHike1.1 mi Shiner's WayHike1.1 mi THANKS - Trail for Health, Art, and Nature for Kids to SeniorsHike0.9 mi Transis Camp RoadHikeMTB0.8 mi Gilbert Yager TrailHike0.8 mi Deep Bluffs TrailHike0.7 mi White Pines TrailHike0.7 mi Schoolkids WayHike0.5 mi Lake PathHikeMTB0.5 mi Rocky Bluffs TrailHike0.5 mi Schoolkids TrailHike0.5 mi Wildlife TrailHike0.5 mi American Tobacco Trail ConnectorHikeMTB0.5 mi Panther Creek GreenwayHikeMTB0.4 mi Old Seaforth Rd trailHike0.4 mi Area B CampingHike0.2 mi Loves Creek Greenway Access PathHike0.2 mi Old Bynum BridgeHikeMTB0.2 mi Red Route ConnectorHike0.1 mi Montvale Greenway ConnectorHikeMTB0.1 mi

← All Chatham County trails

Trail geometry from OpenStreetMap contributors, licensed ODbL. Elevation from the USGS 3D Elevation Program. Compiled and published by Trailmonger · trail data last rebuilt October 4, 2026.