North Carolina

Just a little under 2 miles away from downtown Asheville, NC, you'll find the beautiful Botanical Gardens. If you're looking for the perfect place to walk around, explore, and go at your own pace...look no further.  The entire wooded property is roughly 10 acres, but you can wander along the sho...

If you're in Asheville, NC and want a fun place to be outside, buzzing with activity-- you'll need to check out Carrier Park. Here, you can run along the trails, bike in the Velodrome (former race track), launch your kayak or inner tube from one of the free launches, hammock from a tree, do yoga ...

Fawn Lake sits on the backside of DuPont State Forest, about a 15 minute drive from the High Falls Parking/ Visitor Center as well as Hooker Falls parking lots. With easy access and easy terrain, this is a must see to add to the list. While sometimes the main parking lots and trails of DuPont can...

Cascades Trail is an out-and-back trail that takes you by a waterfall located near Deep Gap, North Carolina.

Neuse River Trail is a point-to-point trail that takes you by a lake located near Raleigh, North Carolina.

Sal's Branch Trail is a loop trail that takes you by a lake located near Morrisville, North Carolina.

Roughly an hour east of Raleigh, N.C., sits the college town of Greenville. Downtown Greenville is on the Tar River, which flows into the Pamlico Sound. To my knowledge, one of the oldest European records of the Pamlico Sound was in 1524, when Italian Explorer Giovanni de Verrazzano mistook the s...

Black Creek Greenway to Lake Crabtree is an out-and-back trail that takes you by a lake located near Morrisville, North Carolina.

Flanners Beach and Croatan National Forest Loop is a loop trail that takes you through a nice forest located near New Bern, North Carolina.

Blue Dot and Falls Lake Loop is a loop trail that takes you by a lake located near Raleigh, North Carolina.

Laurel River Trail is an out-and-back trail that takes you by a river located near Marshall, North Carolina.

Balsam Nature Trail to Mount Mitchell is a loop trail where you may see beautiful wildflowers located near Burnsville, North Carolina.

Reedy Creek and Loblolly Trail is a loop trail that takes you by a lake located near Raleigh, North Carolina.

Piedmont Trail is an out-and-back trail that takes you by a lake located near Greensboro, North Carolina.

Sam Knob Trail is an out-and-back trail that takes you by a waterfall located near Canton, North Carolina.

The Loblolly and Reedy Creek Trail Loop is a great loop trail for hiking, running and biking in Umstead State Park near Raleigh, North Carolina.  TRAILI started my run on the Loblolly Trail from the parking area and then continued on the Reedy Creek Trail. Combining these two trails forms a loop...