Saturday, April 16, 2016

Best Hikes With Dogs North Carolina




Combining Karen Chaves' book Best Hikes With Dogs North Carolina with 100 Classic Hikes In North Carolina I have a guide to nearly 140 beautiful places to hike. Even though my dog Gypsy is perfectly capable of walking with me on most of the trails listed in the 100 Classic Hikes, the Best Hike With Dogs does tend to be more dog-friendly. I use both resources to help me discover and enjoy God's beautiful creation preserved in its natural environment by the State of North Carolina. You can view pictures and a description of those hikes listed in this book by clicking on the highlighted "Hiked." Total-to-date 17 (33%)


  1. Price Lake Loop Trail (Hiked)
  2. Tanawha Trail (Hiked)
  3. Crabtree Falls Loop Trail (Hiked)
  4. Old Mitchell Trail (Hiked)
  5. Big Butt Trail
  6. Craggy Pinnacle Trail
  7. Snowball Trail 
  8. Rattlesnake Trail
  9. Mount Pisgah* and Buck Spring  Lodge Trails (*Hiked)
  10. Fryingpan Mountain Trail (Hiked)
  11. Graveyard Fields Trails (Hiked)
  12. Devils Courthouse and Little Sam Trail (Hike)
  13. Richard Balsam Nature Loop Trail (Hiked)
  14. Waterrock Knob Trail
  15. Joyce Kilmer Memorial Trail
  16. Rufus Morgan Falls Trail
  17. Bartram Trail; Jones Gap to Whiterock Mountain
  18. DuPont State Forest- Cedar Rock Trail via Corn Mill Shoals and Big Rock Trails
  19. DuPont State Forest- Hooker Falls Trail
  20. Dupont State Forest- Triple Falls and High Falls Trails
  21. Sam Knob Summit and Flat Laurel Creek Trails (Hiked)
  22. Cold Mountain via Art Loeb Trail
  23. Coontree Loop Trail
  24. Pink Beds Trail
  25. Cat Gap Loop
  26. Pulliam Creek Trail
  27. Bent Creek Experimental Forest- Pinetree Loop Trail
  28. North Carolina Arboretum- Carolina Mountain Trail
  29. Max Patch Trail
    1. Lovers Leap Loop Trail
    2. Laurel River Trails
    3. Roan Mountain- High Bluff and Rhododendron Garden Trails
    4. Lake James State Park-Sandy Cliff Overlook and Lake Channel Overlook Trails
    5. South Mountain State Park-Shinny and Upper Falls Trail
    6. Crowder Mountain State Park- Pinnacles Trail (Hiked)
    7. Crowder Mountain State Park- Crowder Lake Trail
    8. Crowder Mountain State Park- Tower and Backside Trails
    9. New River State Park- Fern Nature Trail (Hiked)
    10. Mount Jefferson State Natural Area- Summit and Rhododendron Trails (Hiked)
    11. Stone Mountain State Park- Stone Mountain Summit Trail (Hiked)
    12.  Pilot Mountain State Park- Jomeokee and Sassafras Trails (Hiked)
    13. Uwharrie National Forest- Densons Creek Nature Trail (Hiked)
    14. Occoneechee Mountain State Natural Area-Occoneechee Mountain Trail (Hiked)
    15. Eno River State Park- Buckquarter Creek Trail
    16. William B. Umstead State Park- Sals Branch Trail
    17. William B. Umstead State Park- Inspiration Trail
    18. William B. Umstead State Park- Company Mill Trail
    19. Falls Lake Recreation Area- (Mountian-to-Sea Trail) Falls Lake Trail
    20. Falls Lake Recreation Area- Woodland Nature Trail
    21. Croatan National Forest (Neuse River Recreation Area) Beauty Loop Trail
    22. Croatan National Forest-Island Creek Forest Walk
    * Indicates not fully completed.

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