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Cherokee County Trail Maps
31 named trails across Cherokee County, North Carolina, with maps, distances, and elevation profiles.
About trails in Cherokee County, North Carolina
Cherokee County has 31 named trails on the map, covering 32.0 miles in total, an average of 1.0 mile per trail. That is the 45th largest mapped trail network among 80 counties in North Carolina. 19 of them are tagged for hiking and 4 for mountain biking.
The longest single trail is Benton MacKaye Trail, at 5.9 miles. 1 trail runs 5 miles or longer. Mapped points of interest in the county include 8 trailheads, 7 campsites, 10 waterfalls, and 12 boat launches. The nearest towns to these trails are Murphy, Coker Creek, and Copperhill.
What the trails in Cherokee County are like
By length, 20 are under a mile, 7 run 1 to 5 miles, and 1 is 5 miles or longer. 3 are loops, ending where they start; the longest is Grape Smuggler, at 1.8 miles.
Every one carries a difficulty rating: 5 easy, 15 moderate, and 8 hard. Of the 27 with measured elevation, The Gobbler climbs the most, about 2,408 ft, and 2 gain 1,000 ft or more.
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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 .