Kid-friendly bike trails near North Carolina campgrounds
Campgrounds with at least half a mile of trail rated Family/Beginner (green) within 5 miles. We count only trails explicitly rated in OpenStreetMap; we don't guess.
224of 391 campgrounds have bike-legal trail within 5 mi
43have difficulty-rated MTB trail nearby
27have green (kid-friendly) trail nearby
Difficulty legend: Family/Beginner (green)Intermediate (blue)Expert (black / double black)Unrated (no tag). Ratings come from OpenStreetMap
mtb:scale:imba (preferred) or mtb:scale. How we map them.| # | Campground | Rated MTB mi | All bike mi | Difficulty mix (mi) | Green trails | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wolf Ford Horse Camp USDA Forest Service |
7.5 | 125.8 | 6.90.6118.3 | Neverending Road (3.5 mi away); Headwater Road (3.9 mi away) | — |
| 2 | Cove Creek Upper Group Camp USDA Forest Service |
7.3 | 116.3 | 6.50.8109.0 | Headwater Road (0.7 mi away); 475B (0.7 mi away) | — |
| 3 | Cove Creek Lower Group Camp USDA Forest Service |
7.3 | 116.3 | 6.50.8109.0 | Headwater Road (0.7 mi away); 475B (0.7 mi away) | — |
| 4 | White Pine South Group Camp USDA Forest Service |
6.5 | 116.0 | 6.5109.5 | 475B (3.2 mi away); Headwater Road (3.6 mi away) | — |
| 5 | Wash Creek Horse Camp USDA Forest Service |
23.9 | 100.0 | 6.512.24.60.676.1 | Neverending Road (1.7 mi away); Homestead Trail (4.4 mi away) | — |
| 6 | Headwaters Roadside Campsites | 6.5 | 131.7 | 6.5125.2 | Headwater Road (0.0 mi away); 475B (2.4 mi away) | — |
| 7 | Buckhorn Gap Shelter and Campsite | 7.1 | 147.6 | 6.50.6140.5 | Headwater Road (2.0 mi away); 475B (4.0 mi away) | — |
| 8 | Mount Pisgah Campground National Park Service |
6.6 | 87.3 | 6.00.680.7 | Neverending Road (2.6 mi away); Headwater Road (4.7 mi away) | — |
| 9 | North Mills River USDA Forest Service |
14.7 | 92.5 | 5.66.62.577.8 | Neverending Road (3.1 mi away) | $15 |
| 10 | Deep Gap Shelter | 7.4 | 57.2 | 5.22.249.8 | 475B (3.7 mi away); Headwater Road (3.8 mi away) | — |
| 11 | Butter Gap Shelter | 5.6 | 61.6 | 4.90.756.0 | 475B (2.3 mi away); Headwater Road (3.3 mi away) | — |
| 12 | Youth Group Campground Private campground |
8.2 | 23.4 | 3.73.40.90.215.2 | Three Lakes Trail (3.4 mi away); High Rocks climb trail (4.0 mi away); Evergreen (4.0 mi away) | — |
| 13 | Davidson River USDA Forest Service |
3.4 | 90.4 | 3.487.0 | 475B (4.0 mi away); Headwater Road (4.7 mi away) | — |
| 14 | Shining Rock Campground Private campground |
3.1 | 44.1 | 3.141.0 | Headwater Road (4.3 mi away) | Free |
| 15 | Camp Tekoa Private campground |
6.0 | 6.8 | 2.82.10.90.20.8 | High Rocks climb trail (0.6 mi away); Evergreen (0.6 mi away); First in Flight (0.8 mi away) | — |
| 16 | Blue Star Camps | 7.3 | 11.3 | 2.83.40.90.24.0 | High Rocks climb trail (2.1 mi away); Evergreen (2.2 mi away); First in Flight (2.4 mi away) | — |
| 17 | Haw River State Park Campground North Carolina Division of Parks and Recreation |
2.4 | 2.4 | 2.4 | Watershed Connector Trail (4.7 mi away); Blue Heron Trail (4.8 mi away); Reedy Fork Trail (4.8 mi away) | $20–$45 (NC schedule) |
| 18 | Lake Powhatan Glamping USDA Forest Service |
23.7 | 64.8 | 2.117.04.641.1 | Homestead Trail (0.1 mi away); Deer Lake Lodge Trail (0.6 mi away) | — |
| 19 | Lake Powhatan USDA Forest Service |
23.7 | 64.8 | 2.117.04.641.1 | Homestead Trail (0.1 mi away); Deer Lake Lodge Trail (0.6 mi away) | — |
| 20 | Firefighter Island Campsite | 22.6 | 40.0 | 2.115.94.617.4 | Deer Lake Lodge Trail (2.2 mi away); Homestead Trail (2.5 mi away) | — |
| 21 | Tom Johnson's Morehead Farms Campground Private campground |
1.2 | 3.1 | 1.00.21.9 | Rocky River Crossing Nature Trail (1.0 mi away) | — |
| 22 | Ver-El RV Park & Campground Private campground |
1.0 | 3.0 | 1.02.0 | Rocky River Crossing Nature Trail (2.3 mi away) | — |
| 23 | Turn 1 Campground Private campground |
1.0 | 2.9 | 1.01.9 | Rocky River Crossing Nature Trail (1.9 mi away) | — |
| 24 | Black Forest Family Camping Resort Private campground |
0.9 | 20.4 | 0.919.5 | Three Lakes Trail (3.6 mi away) | — |
| 25 | Kuykendall Group Camp USDA Forest Service |
0.8 | 26.9 | 0.826.1 | 475B (4.6 mi away) | — |
| 26 | Blue Ridge Motorcycle Campgrounds | 1.4 | 48.5 | 0.80.647.1 | Headwater Road (4.5 mi away) | — |
| 27 | McDowell Campground Private campground |
0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Hamilton Green Nature Trail (2.6 mi away) | — |
Trail data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and USDA Forest Service (bike-allowed NFS trails, which are unrated). For trail conditions and closures, search Trailforks or MTB Project.
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