The hard work of many groups has paid off, and we get to get out into the wilderness and hike, camp, climb, and get immersed in nature. The High Country is home to dozens of trails in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Below are places you can explore to get views of the mountains all throughout the Blue Ridge. All distances are one-way unless it labeled as s a loop trail. All photo credits to Ella Jennings and Mia Platt.
Twin mountain peaks at Grandfather Mountain State Park. Photo credits to Ella Jennings.
Bass Lake Loop
Distance: 0.8 miles
Difficulty: Easy
Rich Mountain
Distance: 5.2 miles
Difficulty: Moderate
Little Lost Cove
Distance: 1.3 miles
Difficulty: Moderate
Green Knob Loop Trail
Distance: 2.4 miles
Difficulty: Easy-Moderate
Hawksbill
Distance: 1.8 miles
Difficulty: Strenuous
View Calloway Peak
Beacon Heights
Distance: 0.2 miles
Difficulty: Easy
Howard's Knob Overlook
Crab Orchard Falls
Distance: 0.5 miles
Difficulty: Moderate
Linville Falls
Distance: 1.0 miles
Difficulty: Easy-Moderate
Cold Prong Loop Trail
Distance: 0.5 miles.
Difficulty: Easy
Price Lake Loop
Distance: 2.5 miles
Difficulty: Moderate
Tanawha Trail
Distance: 13 miles
Difficulty: Moderate
Cragway Trail
Distance: 1.0 miles
Difficulty: Strenous
Wilson's Creek Overlook
Elk Knob Summit Trail
Distance: 1.9 miles
Difficulty: Moderate to Strenuous
Boone Fork Loop
Distance: 5.2 miles
Difficulty: Moderate to Strenuous
Moses Cone Manor
Price Park Loop
Distance: 5.0 miles
Difficulty: Moderate
Viaduct Observation Trail
Distance: 1.0 miles
Difficulty: Easy to Moderate
Blue Ridge Conservancy/Middle Fork Greenway Trail
Difficulty: Easy to Moderate
Distance: Expanding
Flat Top Mountain
Distance: 2.5 miles from Moses Cone Manor
Difficulty: Moderate
Rough Ridge
Distance: 0.6 miles
Difficulty: Strenuous
Flat Rock Loop
Distance: 0.7 miles
Difficulty: Easy
Storytellers Rock/Nuwati Trail
Distance: 1.2 miles
Difficulty: Moderate
Trout Lake Loop
Distance: 1.1 miles
Difficulty: Easy