Hikes near Ela, North Carolina
Ambleway maps 551 hikes within 60 miles of Ela. The wildest is Tunnel Bypass Trail & Whiteoak Branch Trail via Lakeshore Trail at 97% wild, 8 miles out in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The closest wild walking is Deep Creek Horse Trail–Deep Creek Trail, 4 sights at 84% wild, 3 miles out.
Hikes
Within 5 miles
Deep Creek Horse Trail–Deep Creek Trail Loop, 5 sights
3 mi away · 13.4 mi · ▲ 2,756 ft
Deep Low Gap Trail
3 mi away · 11 mi · ▲ 2,981 ft
Deep Creek Trail–Indian Creek Trail, 3 sights
3 mi away · 8.5 mi · ▲ 776 ft
Upper Sassafras Gap & Noland Divide Trail
3 mi away · 15.1 mi · ▲ 3,656 ft
Deep Creek Horse Trail–Deep Creek Trail, 4 sights
3 mi away · 11.1 mi · ▲ 1,749 ft
Deep Creek Horse Trail & Deep Creek Trail
3 mi away · 2.5 mi · ▲ 645 ft
Lonesome Pine Overlook & Noland Divide Trail
3 mi away · 6.8 mi · ▲ 2,292 ft
Juney Whank Falls & Deep Creek Horse Trail
3 mi away · 3.7 mi · ▲ 719 ft
A short drive · 5–25 miles
Tunnel Bypass Trail & Whiteoak Branch Trail via Lakeshore Trail
8 mi away · 7.6 mi · ▲ 1,680 ft
Pretty Hollow Gap & Pretty Hollow Gap Trail
20 mi away · 10.3 mi · ▲ 2,385 ft
Enloe Creek Trail via Hughes Ridge Trail
14 mi away · 15.5 mi · ▲ 4,316 ft
Ramsey Cascades & Ramsey Cascades Trail
18 mi away · 7.8 mi · ▲ 2,189 ft
Beech Gap–Laurel Gap, 3 saddles
16 mi away · 10.6 mi · ▲ 2,841 ft
Board Camp Gap & Forney Ridge Trail
9 mi away · 10.8 mi · ▲ 2,729 ft
Jakes Gap–Jakes Creek Trail, 5 sights
18 mi away · 13.6 mi · ▲ 3,577 ft
Polls Gap & Rough Fork Trail
19 mi away · 12.6 mi · ▲ 2,285 ft
Worth the drive · 25–60 miles
Sarvis Cove Sunset Point–Chestnutlog Gap, 5 sights
60 mi away · 11.4 mi · ▲ 3,944 ft
Hangover Lead Trail
33 mi away · 4.7 mi · ▲ 1,815 ft
Big Fat Branch Trail
33 mi away · 2.7 mi · ▲ 1,007 ft
Kennedy Cabin Sunset Point–Bullen Hollow Trail, 4 sights
57 mi away · 9.3 mi · ▲ 2,188 ft
Big Fat Branch Trail–Nichols Cove Trail Loop, 3 sights
33 mi away · 7.9 mi · ▲ 1,654 ft
Windy Gap Trail
33 mi away · 4.5 mi · ▲ 1,192 ft
Bullen Hollow Trail–Firescald Road, 3 sights
57 mi away · 6.9 mi · ▲ 1,918 ft
Bradley Creek Road–Bradley Creek Trail Loop, 7 sights
42 mi away · 14.8 mi · ▲ 2,045 ft