Hikes near Murphy, North Carolina
Ambleway maps 185 hikes within 60 miles of Murphy. The wildest is Tunnel Bypass Trail & Whiteoak Branch Trail via Lakeshore Trail at 97% wild, 38 miles out in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Nothing within 5 miles of the centre scores as wild; the nearest that does is Hangover Lead Trail, 23 miles out.
Hikes
A short drive · 5–25 miles
Hangover Lead Trail
23 mi away · 4.7 mi · ▲ 1,815 ft
Big Fat Branch Trail
23 mi away · 2.7 mi · ▲ 1,007 ft
Big Fat Branch Trail–Nichols Cove Trail Loop, 3 sights
23 mi away · 7.9 mi · ▲ 1,654 ft
Windy Gap Trail
23 mi away · 4.5 mi · ▲ 1,192 ft
Fodderstack Trail & Mill Branch Trail
24 mi away · 13.6 mi · ▲ 3,567 ft
Calderwood Lake–Yellowhammer Gap Loop, 5 sights
23 mi away · 10.7 mi · ▲ 2,976 ft
Yellowhammer Gap via Hangover Lead Trail
23 mi away · 4.5 mi · ▲ 2,200 ft
Slick Rock Road
23 mi away · 13.1 mi · ▲ 2,008 ft
Worth the drive · 25–60 miles
Tunnel Bypass Trail & Whiteoak Branch Trail via Lakeshore Trail
38 mi away · 7.6 mi · ▲ 1,680 ft
Enloe Creek Trail via Hughes Ridge Trail
58 mi away · 15.5 mi · ▲ 4,316 ft
Ramsey Cascades & Ramsey Cascades Trail
57 mi away · 7.8 mi · ▲ 2,189 ft
Beech Gap–Laurel Gap, 3 saddles
59 mi away · 10.6 mi · ▲ 2,841 ft
Board Camp Gap & Forney Ridge Trail
44 mi away · 10.8 mi · ▲ 2,729 ft
Jakes Gap–Jakes Creek Trail, 5 sights
47 mi away · 13.6 mi · ▲ 3,577 ft
Deep Creek Horse Trail–Deep Creek Trail Loop, 5 sights
43 mi away · 13.4 mi · ▲ 2,756 ft
Brushy Mountain Trail & Porters Creek Trail
56 mi away · 7 mi · ▲ 1,505 ft