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Best Hiking Trails near Shelby, North Carolina



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Explore hiking trails around Shelby, North Carolina. The best hike near Shelby is Pisgah National Forest Hike, a 2.2 mile out and back trail in Pisgah National Forest.


  • Hiking Trails (456)
  • Parks & Forests (33)
  1. 1
    Babel Tower Trail (in Linville Gorge)
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ EASY 2.2 mi
  2. 2
    Crowders Mountain Loop via Crowders Trail
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ MODERATE 5.7 mi
  3. 3
    Mount Mitchell from Black Mountain CG via Mount Mitchell Trail
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ DIFFICULT 11.0 mi
  4. 4
    Catawba Falls
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ EASY 2.1 mi
  5. 5
    Linville River via Spence Ridge Trail
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ EASY 1.4 mi
  6. 6
    168 Loop via Buncombe Horse Trail
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ MODERATE 5.7 mi
  7. 7
    Shorts Lake Loop via Pinnacle Trail
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ EASY 3.9 mi
  8. 8
    Faulkner Flats
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ EASY 1.5 mi
  9. 9
    Linville Gorge - Rock Jock Trail
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ MODERATE 3.5 mi
  10. 10
    Shortoff Mountain
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ MODERATE 5.7 mi

Pisgah National Forest
Cherokee National Forest
Blue Ridge Parkway
Sumter National Forest
Cherokee National Forest
Linville Gorge Wilderness
South Mountains State Park
Paris Mountain State Park
Crowders Mountain State Park
Mount Mitchell State Park
Lake James State Park
Lake Norman State Park
Chimney Rock State Park
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site
Kings Mountain State Park
Lake Norman State Park
Kings Mountain National Military Park
Hibriten Mountain
Tuttle Educational State Forest
Battle of Blackstock's Historic Site
Battle of Blackstock's Historic Site
Berewick Regional Park
Blue Ridge Parkway
Chester State Park
Gill State Forest
Harrisburg Road Regional Park
Landsford Canal State Park
Nevin Regional Park
Reedy Creek Regional Park