Hikes near Balsam, North Carolina
Ambleway maps 654 hikes within 60 miles of Balsam. The wildest is Tunnel Bypass Trail & Whiteoak Branch Trail via Lakeshore Trail at 97% wild, 26 miles out in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The closest wild walking is Peace Lily Drive at 30% wild, 2 miles out.
Hikes
Within 5 miles
East Fork Trail
4 mi away · 11.4 mi · ▲ 5,103 ft
Plott Balsam–Mount Lyn Lowry, 3 summits
3 mi away · 3.7 mi · ▲ 991 ft
Mount Lyn Lowry & Lyn Lowry Viewpoint via Plott Balsam Trail
3 mi away · 2.9 mi · ▲ 808 ft
Peace Lily Drive
2 mi away · 2.2 mi · ▲ 879 ft
Waterrock Knob–Browning Knob, 8 summits
3 mi away · 3.5 mi · ▲ 1,275 ft
Browning Knob–Mount Lyn Lowry, 6 summits
3 mi away · 3.9 mi · ▲ 1,436 ft
Pedestrian Overlook & Mountains-to-Sea Trail
4 mi away · 8.2 mi · ▲ 1,640 ft
Fork Ridge Overlook (MP 449.0) & Mountains-to-Sea Trail
4 mi away · 4.3 mi · ▲ 814 ft
A short drive · 5–25 miles
Pretty Hollow Gap & Pretty Hollow Gap Trail
14 mi away · 10.3 mi · ▲ 2,385 ft
Enloe Creek Trail via Hughes Ridge Trail
15 mi away · 15.5 mi · ▲ 4,316 ft
Ramsey Cascades & Ramsey Cascades Trail
24 mi away · 7.8 mi · ▲ 2,189 ft
Beech Gap–Laurel Gap, 3 saddles
15 mi away · 10.6 mi · ▲ 2,841 ft
Board Camp Gap & Forney Ridge Trail
25 mi away · 10.8 mi · ▲ 2,729 ft
Bradley Creek Road–Bradley Creek Trail Loop, 7 sights
25 mi away · 14.8 mi · ▲ 2,045 ft
Polls Gap & Rough Fork Trail
13 mi away · 12.6 mi · ▲ 2,285 ft
Rich Mountain via Art Loeb Trail
19 mi away · 3.3 mi · ▲ 512 ft
Worth the drive · 25–60 miles
Tunnel Bypass Trail & Whiteoak Branch Trail via Lakeshore Trail
26 mi away · 7.6 mi · ▲ 1,680 ft
Sarvis Cove Sunset Point–Chestnutlog Gap, 5 sights
51 mi away · 11.4 mi · ▲ 3,944 ft
Green Knob Overlook (MP 350.4)–Laurel Log Branch Trail, 3 sights
52 mi away · 4.4 mi · ▲ 2,203 ft
Hangover Lead Trail
50 mi away · 4.7 mi · ▲ 1,815 ft
Big Fat Branch Trail
50 mi away · 2.7 mi · ▲ 1,007 ft
Kennedy Cabin Sunset Point–Bullen Hollow Trail, 4 sights
49 mi away · 9.3 mi · ▲ 2,188 ft
Big Fat Branch Trail–Nichols Cove Trail Loop, 3 sights
50 mi away · 7.9 mi · ▲ 1,654 ft
Windy Gap Trail
50 mi away · 4.5 mi · ▲ 1,192 ft