The Best Hikes in Western North Carolina

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Choose a Best Hike Toms Creek Falls Camp Alice Lower Douglas Falls Forest Stroll Craggy Gardens Dupont State Forest Waterfalls Summit/Rhododendron Trail Loop Craggy Pinnacle Sam Knob Linville Falls - Erwin's View Pink Beds Rattlesnake Lodge Graveyard Fields Potato Knob Fields Crabtree Falls Skyline/Cliff Trail Loop Mount Pisgah Old Mitchell Trail Upper Douglas Falls John Rock Mount Mitchell Trail

Welcome to your guide to the best hikes in Western North Carolina. Detailing several of Western North Carolina's best day hikes, this guide contains all of the information you need to take one of them on your next trip! This section lists all Guided Hikes in the various Trailheads on this site. Use this section to find a hike based on its difficulty, length, features and highlights. Short descriptions of each hike are given, so you can decide which ones you are interested in.

To find a hike by its location instead, click the Trailheads tab.

Choose a category below to get an overview of each featured hike, so you can decide which ones you are interested in. Then click on a hike to go to its own page with information and links relating to it, including:

• length
• elevation change
• trailhead location
• images from along the way, and
• a detailed description and trail directions.

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Hikes by Difficulty: All Easy Hikes All Moderate Hikes All More Difficult Hikes All Most Difficult Hikes

Hikes by Feature: Hikes to Waterfalls Hikes to Views Hikes to Historic Sites