Best hikes in Mount Mitchell State Park
Ambleway maps 14 hikes in Mount Mitchell State Park, from a 3.5-mile walk to a 16-mile day out. All of them score as wild, staying clear of roads and development for most of the route; the wildest is Black Mountain Crest. The biggest climb is Horse Rock–Duck pond, 6 sights, gaining 5,967 ft, and the network tops out at 6,682 ft.
- Camp Alice Trail–Commissary Trail, 3 sights 3.5 mi · ▲ 1,109 ft
- Deep Gap Road 3.8 mi · ▲ 1,483 ft
- Picnic & Old Mitchell Trail via Black Mountain Crest 4.8 mi · ▲ 1,774 ft
- Maple Camp Bald–Picnic, 4 sights 5.7 mi · ▲ 2,127 ft
- Camp Alice Trail via Buncombe Horse Range Trail 8.3 mi · ▲ 1,237 ft
- Black Mountain Crest 9.9 mi · ▲ 3,327 ft
- Big Tom Gap Trail via Mount Mitchell Trail 12.2 mi · ▲ 3,402 ft
- Ogle Rock via Wilson Boundary Road 12.7 mi · ▲ 661 ft
- Deep Gap–Black Mountain Crest, 3 sights 13.2 mi · ▲ 4,785 ft
- Mount Mitchell–Picnic, 5 sights 15 mi · ▲ 5,700 ft
- Commissary Hill–Buncombe Horse Range Trail Loop, 4 sights 15 mi · ▲ 2,817 ft
- Wilson Boundary Road 15.5 mi · ▲ 1,221 ft
- Buncombe Horse Trail 15.6 mi · ▲ 3,939 ft
- Horse Rock–Duck pond, 6 sights 16 mi · ▲ 5,967 ft