Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, North Carolina

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• Anne Springs Close Greenway Park - suburban hike, suspension bridges, a nice family park !!
• Blackjacks Heritage Preserve - nice suburban hike, you may see many hawks.
• Catawba Indian Reservation - a fantastic view of the free flowing Catawba River !!
• Historic Brattonsville - walk in the footsteps of Mel Gibson !!
• Landsford Canal State Park - swift water, rocky shoals and tons of lilies in the spring !!
• McMullen Creek Greenway - just an easy urban hike & walk !!
• Rock Hill River Park - great trails and scenery within 5 minutes of downtown !!
   
• Hikes outside the metro area...
• Alder Trail Loop Hike - Easy woodland walk among alders and pines on the lakeshore.
• Art Loeb trail from BRP to Shining Rock - Open hike over balds, with multiple 360 degree views for miles....
• AT and Pine Mountain Loop Trail - Virginia Highlands, bald mountains, wild horses, expansive vistas, wildflowers
• Bearwallow Falls - Rolling Hills, Waterfall
• Bluerock Mountain Trail - A nicely wooed trail with views at the top of Bluerock Mountain and surroundings
• Bluff Ridge Trail Loop - Doughton Park - 10 mile wooded-loop trail. Can be tough or easy... depending on direction.
• Bradley CreekTrail - A relatively flat creekside hike to numerous cascades.
• Bradley Falls Trail - 100 ft waterfall, deep canyon.
• Bridal Veil Falls Trail - Scenic hike along wooded-river trail to Bridal Veil Falls.
• Canebrake Trail - Gorges State Park - Lengthy downhill trek on old forestry road to beautiful Lake Jocassee.
• Cat Gap - Horse Cove Loop - Views From John Rock, Wildlife, Exercise
• Coon Branch Area_Lower Whitewater Falls - Largest Fraser magnolia in SC, old growth woods, beautiful waterfall view
• Daniel Boone Scout Trail To Calloway Peak - Many Mountain Views, small springs, air plane crash, wildlife, birds
• Fletcher Creek Loop - Wildflowers, Good Exercise, Picturesque Native Trout Stream.
• Foothills Trail - A4 to A8 - Mountain Streams, Suspension Bridges, Waterfalls
• Foothills Trail - A8 to A9 - Rolling Hills, Southern Forest, Waterfalls
• Foothills trail - Sassafras Mtn - Pinnacle Mtn - Moderate hike with great views, and old indian hieroglyphics at the turn-around
• Forty Acre Rock Heritage Preserve - a nice hike, beaver pond, waterfall,a cave and a huge rock !!
• Graveyard Fields Loop - waterfalls, easy hike, good exercise
• Grayson Highlands hike to Mount Rogers, VA - Nice (out and back) open landscape, wild ponies, Appalachian Trail section-hike.
• Green River Narrows - Nice deeply wooded hike along stream on the way to the Green River narrows.
• Hanging Rock Battleground & Monument - plenty of rocks to walk on !!
• Hickory Branch Trail - Wildflowers, Cascades, Small Waterfalls, Wildlife
• High Falls,Triple Falls Hike - Beautiful set of waterfalls, multi use area, superbly maintained trails
• Horsepasture River Trail - Short hike to outstanding views of 4 large waterfalls, good camping.
• Lake Dense - Vast variety of trails, beautiful lake, outstanding river
• Lake Imaging - small lake, hike,bike,horseback,beautiful hardwood forest
• Lake James State Park Hiking Trails - Woodland walks with great views of Lake James.
• Little Bradley Falls - A nice stream side hike under a canopy of trees, old ruins and a 50 ft waterfall
• Loop in Stone Mountain State Park, NC - Easy but scenic family stroll over and around Stone Mountain. Great views!
• Oconee Bells Nature Trail at Devils Fork SP - Relaxing_peaceful hike thru a beautiful forest; Oconee Bell viewing in spring
• Panther Town Valley Loop - Waterfalls, Wildflowers, Wildlife, Huge Stone Monoliths (Big Green Mtn.)
• Panthertown Loop Hike - Granite rock outcrops, beautiful falls, also known as the Yosemite of the East.
• Pink Beds Loop- short version - Level loop, nice cool hike, lots of streams, beautiful mtn laurels when in bloom
• Pink Beds Trail - Nice, relatively flat hike along stream bed, Numerous clearings.
• PinnacleTrail-TurnbackTrail - this one will make you feel the burn !!
• Price Lake Loop Trail - Blue Ridge Parkway - Beautiful walk around a mountain lake, lots of obvious beaver activity.
• Rock Hop Trail Loop - Nice wood-covered walk along Bishop Branch, small waterfall and clearings.
• Shining Creek-Art Loeb-Old Butt Knob Loop Trail - Wonderful S. Appalachian creek and cove, Shining Rock, and views galore.
• Shining Rocks Hike - Unique Heath Balds, Beautiful Views, Massive Monolith Shining Rocks
• Stone Mountain Hike - 360 Deg. Views in winter, Great colors in fall, Good Exercise
• The Narrows - Awsome display of rated 4-5 rapids within the Green River Narrows
• Three Falls Hike - Waterfalls, Beautiful River Views, Good Exercise
• Tower-Backside Trails - Fantastic view of Charlotte skyline !!
• Triple Falls Loop - Beatiful waterfalls, wooded trail.
• Turkey Pen Gap Trail - Mountain Views, Lush valleys, Long walk beside the river
• Wolf Creek Falls Trail - Canopy covered trail along Wolf Creek with view of a 40 ft waterfall

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