Hikes near Highlands, North Carolina
Ambleway maps 449 hikes within 60 miles of Highlands. The wildest is Tunnel Bypass Trail & Whiteoak Branch Trail via Lakeshore Trail at 97% wild, 34 miles out in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Nothing within 5 miles of the centre scores as wild; the nearest that does is Wolf Mountain Road, 18 miles out.
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Hikes
A short drive · 5–25 miles
Wolf Mountain Road
18 mi away · 7.2 mi · ▲ 829 ft
Charley Bridge Falls–Charley Creek, 3 sights
19 mi away · 5.7 mi · ▲ 914 ft
Gage Creek Falls & Gage Creek
20 mi away · 2.8 mi · ▲ 524 ft
Brushy Mountain Road
24 mi away · 2.1 mi · ▲ 347 ft
Upper Courthouse Falls–Lower Chestnut Falls, 7 sights
25 mi away · 16.1 mi · ▲ 4,519 ft
Cold Spring Gap
20 mi away · 7.1 mi · ▲ 807 ft
Dill Falls & Upper Dill Falls via Cold Spring Gap
20 mi away · 8.5 mi · ▲ 1,031 ft
Bald Knob & Pinhook Gap
21 mi away · 3.9 mi · ▲ 587 ft
Worth the drive · 25–60 miles
Tunnel Bypass Trail & Whiteoak Branch Trail via Lakeshore Trail
34 mi away · 7.6 mi · ▲ 1,680 ft
Pretty Hollow Gap & Pretty Hollow Gap Trail
40 mi away · 10.3 mi · ▲ 2,385 ft
Enloe Creek Trail via Hughes Ridge Trail
38 mi away · 15.5 mi · ▲ 4,316 ft
Hangover Lead Trail
51 mi away · 4.7 mi · ▲ 1,815 ft
Big Fat Branch Trail
51 mi away · 2.7 mi · ▲ 1,007 ft
Ramsey Cascades & Ramsey Cascades Trail
46 mi away · 7.8 mi · ▲ 2,189 ft
Beech Gap–Laurel Gap, 3 saddles
39 mi away · 10.6 mi · ▲ 2,841 ft
Board Camp Gap & Forney Ridge Trail
39 mi away · 10.8 mi · ▲ 2,729 ft