Hikes near Ridgecrest, North Carolina
Ambleway maps 603 hikes within 60 miles of Ridgecrest. The wildest is Pretty Hollow Gap & Pretty Hollow Gap Trail at 96% wild, 47 miles out in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The closest wild walking is Buck Gap–Adventure Trail, 4 sights at 80% wild, 1 miles out.
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Hikes
Within 5 miles
Pots Cove Gap–Long Gap, 3 saddles
3 mi away · 8.2 mi · ▲ 1,671 ft
Graybeard Falls–Pots Cove Gap, 3 saddles
3 mi away · 6.4 mi · ▲ 1,496 ft
Rocky Knob–Pots Cove Gap, 3 saddles
3 mi away · 9.4 mi · ▲ 2,248 ft
Star Gap
3 mi away · 3.1 mi · ▲ 799 ft
Glass Rock Knob–Rocky Head, 6 summits
3 mi away · 14 mi · ▲ 3,365 ft
Long Gap–Graybeard Trail, 3 sights
3 mi away · 4.3 mi · ▲ 1,104 ft
Buck Gap–Adventure Trail, 4 sights
1 mi away · 15.9 mi · ▲ 3,717 ft
North Fork Reservoir
5 mi away · 5.5 mi · ▲ 196 ft
A short drive · 5–25 miles
Green Knob Overlook (MP 350.4)–Laurel Log Branch Trail, 3 sights
8 mi away · 4.4 mi · ▲ 2,203 ft
Mackey Mountain–Former Mackey Mountain Trail (Closed), 6 sights
7 mi away · 14.8 mi · ▲ 4,670 ft
Newberry Creek Road
6 mi away · 3.2 mi · ▲ 644 ft
Curtis Creek Road–Hickory Branch Trail, 6 sights
10 mi away · 16 mi · ▲ 4,229 ft
Scarlet's Mountain Road
23 mi away · 2.3 mi · ▲ 389 ft
Big Butt & Big Butt Trail
14 mi away · 6.1 mi · ▲ 1,913 ft
Deep Gap Road
21 mi away · 2.8 mi · ▲ 110 ft
Harris Mountain
13 mi away · 7.4 mi · ▲ 1,530 ft
Worth the drive · 25–60 miles
Pretty Hollow Gap & Pretty Hollow Gap Trail
47 mi away · 10.3 mi · ▲ 2,385 ft
North Harper Creek Trail & North Harper Shortcut
38 mi away · 5.5 mi · ▲ 637 ft
Enloe Creek Trail via Hughes Ridge Trail
53 mi away · 15.5 mi · ▲ 4,316 ft
Sarvis Cove Sunset Point–Chestnutlog Gap, 5 sights
39 mi away · 11.4 mi · ▲ 3,944 ft
Mountains-to-Sea Trail–Rich Cove Road Loop, 3 sights
30 mi away · 2.1 mi · ▲ 530 ft
Cathedral Falls–Spence Ridge Trail, 3 sights
30 mi away · 4.4 mi · ▲ 1,014 ft
Devil's Cellar Overlook–Mountains-to-Sea Trail/ Table Rock Gap, 3 sights
30 mi away · 4.6 mi · ▲ 1,167 ft
Beech Gap–Laurel Gap, 3 saddles
52 mi away · 10.6 mi · ▲ 2,841 ft