🥾 Hiking on public land in North Carolina

163 public places in North Carolina are listed for hiking (104 state & public land, 31 state parks, 13 wildlife management areas, 10 parks, 3 national forests, 1 state forests, 1 ATV / OHV trail systems). 4 have no entry fee. Open any place for its map, directions, fees and the land around it.

Rules, seasons and closures vary by unit. Confirm with the managing agency before you go.

The places

🗺️ Brumley Forest Nature PreserveUnknown — check official site
🌿 Carolina North ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Duke Forest Blackwood DivisionUnknown — check official site
🌳 Hanging Rock State Parkfree
🗺️ Johnston Mill Nature PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Jordan Game LandUnknown — check official site
🌲 Pisgah National Forestfree
🌳 South Mountains State ParkUnknown — check official site
🛞 Uwharrie National Forest OHV Trails$5/day trail pass ($30 season)
🗺️ Alligator RiverUnknown — check official site
🦆 Alligator River National Wildlife RefugeUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Angola Bay GamelandUnknown — check official site
🗺️ B.W. Wells Recreation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bald Head Island Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Battery IslandUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bear Creek Lake Access AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Beaver Dam ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bell ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Birkhead Mountains WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Black River Cypress Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🌿 Briar Creek GreenwayUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Buffalo Cove Game LandUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bullocksville ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Butner-Falls of Neuse Game LandUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Buxton Woods Coastal PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Buxton Woods Coastal PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Cape Hatteras National SeashoreUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Cape Lookout National SeashoreUnknown — check official site
🌳 Carvers Creek State ParkUnknown — check official site
🌳 Carvers Creek State Park - Sandhills AccessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Cascades Preservefree
🗺️ Caswell GamelandUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Catfish Lake South WildernessUnknown — check official site
🦆 Cedar Island National Wildlife ReserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Chestnut Hills PreserveUnknown — check official site
🌳 Chimney Rock State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Chowan Swamp Game LandUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Chowan Swamp Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🌳 Cliffs of the Neuse State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Coastal Mangement-Masonboro Estaurine Resource PreUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Coker PinetumUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Cold Mountain GamelandUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🌲 Croatan National ForestUnknown — check official site
🌳 Crowders Mountain State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Cumberland Knob Recreation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Currituck Estuarine SanctuaryUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Dan River GamelandUnknown — check official site
🌿 Dare County Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Davis Chapel Historic SiteUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Deep River State TrailUnknown — check official site
🌳 Dismal Swamp State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Duke Forest Durham DivisionUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Duke Forest Hillsboro DivisionUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Duke Forest Korstian DivisionUnknown — check official site
🦆 Dupont State Recreational ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Elk Knob GamelandUnknown — check official site
🌳 Eno River State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Falkland Woods/Otter Creek Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Falls Lake Visitor CenterUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Flat River Waterfowl ImpoundmentUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Flat River Waterfowl ImpoundmentUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Flemingtown Road LandingUnknown — check official site
🌿 Fonta Flora State TrailUnknown — check official site
🗺️ George Watts Hill ForestUnknown — check official site
🌳 Goose Creek State ParkUnknown — check official site
🌳 Gorges State ParkUnknown — check official site
🌳 Grandfather Mountain State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Green River Game LandUnknown — check official site
🌿 Guilford Courthouse National Military ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Gull Rock Game LandUnknown — check official site
🌳 Hanging Rock State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Harper Creek Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🌳 Haw River State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Haymarket Nature PreserveUnknown — check official site
🌲 Headwaters State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hidden Lake Nature PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hill Farm GamelandUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Holly Point Recreation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Holly Shelter Game LandUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Horne Creek FarmUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Horton Grove Nature PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Howell WoodsUnknown — check official site
🌿 James M. Johnston Nature PreserveUnknown — check official site
🌳 Jones Lake State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Kitty Hawk Woods ReserveUnknown — check official site
🌳 Lake James State ParkUnknown — check official site
🌳 Lake Norman State ParkUnknown — check official site
🌳 Lake Waccamaw State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Latta Nature PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Linville Gorge WildernessUnknown — check official site
🌿 Little Sugar Creek GreenwayUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Little Tennessee Bartram Trail ProjectUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Long Creek GreenwayUnknown — check official site
🌳 Lumber River State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Mason Farm Biological ReserveUnknown — check official site
🌳 Mayo River State Park (NC)Unknown — check official site
🌳 Medoc Mountain State ParkUnknown — check official site
🌳 Merchants Millpond State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Mitchell River GamelandUnknown — check official site
🌳 Morrow Mountain State ParkUnknown — check official site
🌿 Mount Jefferson State Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🌳 Mount Mitchell State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Nags Head Woods PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Needmore GamelandUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Nutbush Creek ParkUnknown — check official site
🦆 Nutbush Peninsula Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Occoneechee Mountain State Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Overflow Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Palmetto-Peartree PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Panthertown Valley Backcountry AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Paul And Agnes Rhyne Conservation PreserveUnknown — check official site
🦆 Pea Island National Wildlife RefugeUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Pearsons Falls and GlenUnknown — check official site
🌳 Pettigrew State ParkUnknown — check official site
🌳 Pilot Mountain State ParkUnknown — check official site
🌳 Pisgah View State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Pisgah WRC Game LandUnknown — check official site
🦆 Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife RefugeUnknown — check official site
🦆 Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife RefugeUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Pocosin WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Pond Pine WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Randleigh FarmUnknown — check official site
🌳 Rendezvous Mountain State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Richardson-Taylor Preservefree
🦆 Roanoke River National Wildlife RefugeUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Roanoke River RegionUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Rock Pile Farm And Stump Farm Forestry CenterUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Rolling View Recreation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Run Hill State Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Sandhills Game LandUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Sandling Beach Recreation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Satterwhite Point Park and JC Cooper CampgroundUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Seven Mile Creek Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Shallow Ford State Historic SiteUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Shining Rock WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Shinleaf Recreation AreaUnknown — check official site
🌳 Singletary Lake State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ South Mountains Game LandUnknown — check official site
🌳 Stone Mountain State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Suggs Mill Pond Game LandUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Swan Island TractUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Swan Island TractUnknown — check official site
🦆 Swanquarter National Wildlife RefugeUnknown — check official site
🦆 Swanquarter National Wildlife RefugeUnknown — check official site
🦆 Swanquarter National Wildlife RefugeUnknown — check official site
🦆 Swanquarter National Wildlife RefugeUnknown — check official site
🦆 Swanquarter National Wildlife RefugeUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Swanquarter WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Tessentee Bottomland PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Three Top Mountain GamelandUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Toxaway Game LandUnknown — check official site
🌲 Uwharrie National ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Valle Crucis Scenic OverlookUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Van Swamp GamelandUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Vance Game LandUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Wagram Access AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Wannanish Game LandUnknown — check official site
🌿 Weymouth Woods-Sandhills Nature PreserveUnknown — check official site
🌳 William B. Umstead State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Wrc- Neuse River IslandUnknown — check official site
🌿 Yellow Mountain State Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Yorkshire CenterUnknown — check official site

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