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Great Balsam Mountains

86 hiking trails · 23 mountains

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Range outlines and hierarchy: GMBA Mountain Inventory v2 (Snethlage et al. 2022, Scientific Data; CC BY 4.0). Mountains from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).

Range facts

Part of
Blue Ridge Mountains › Appalachian Mountains
Countries
United States
Elevation range
607–1,931 m (GMBA)
Area
1,431 km² (GMBA)
Trails
86
Mountains with trails
23
Parks and forests
National Forests in North Carolina, Blue Ridge Parkway
Best months
Mar–Nov (months that are “best” for at least half of the 86 trails with climate data; CHELSA V2.1)
Wikidata
Q5598693
GMBA ID
15973

Mountains

trails per mountain

Other trails in the Great Balsam Mountains

57

354 Trace Ridge

7.1 km · Local route

618 Bennet Branch

4.7 km · Local route

Art Loeb Trail

48 km · Local route

Art Loed Trail

7.4 km · Local route

Avery Creek

3.4 km · Local route

Avery Creek

5.2 km · Trail

Bad Fork

2.8 km · Trail

Barnett Branch

6.2 km · Trail

Bear Branch

2.5 km · Local route

Bent Creek Trail

3.0 km · Local route

Big Creek

7.8 km · Trail

Big East Fork

5.6 km · Trail

Bradley Creek

8.2 km · Trail

Brushy Ridge Trail

2.8 km · Local route

Buckeye Gap

4.6 km · Trail

Buckhorn Gap

10 km · Trail

Caney Bottom

2.4 km · Trail

Case Camp Ridge

2.2 km · Trail

Cove Creek

3.8 km · Trail

Daniel Ridge

7.0 km · Local route

Davidson River

2.1 km · Trail

Deer Lake Lodge Trail

2.1 km · Local route

Exercise Trail

2.1 km · Trail

Farlow Gap

8.0 km · Local route

Frying Pan Trail

3.0 km · Trail

Graveyard Ridge Trail

3.1 km · Local route

Greasy Cove Trail

3.1 km · Local route

Green Mountain Trail

8.2 km · Local route

Green's Lick Trail

3.2 km · Local route

Haywood Gap

4.6 km · Trail

Hemlock Ridge

2.1 km · Trail

Horse Cove Gap

3.5 km · Trail

Ingles Field Gap

2.9 km · Trail

Ivestor Gap

6.8 km · Trail

Little East Fork

7.9 km · Trail

Little Sam

2.1 km · Trail

Locust Gap

3.4 km · Trail

Long Branch

4.3 km · Trail

Lower Sidehill

4.1 km · Trail

Mountains to Sea Trail

2.1 km · Trail

Mountains-to-Sea Trail: Segment 3

109 km · Regional route

Mullinax

2.3 km · Trail

North Boundary

7.8 km · Trail

North Mills River

2.7 km · Trail

North Slope Loop

6.4 km · Trail

Pilot Cove

3.4 km · Trail

Pilot Rock

5.0 km · Trail

Pinetree Loop

2.5 km · Trail

Pink Beds Loop

8.3 km · Trail

Sawmill Bottoms

2.3 km · Trail

Shining Creek

6.5 km · Trail

Slate Rock

7.1 km · Trail

South Mills River

23 km · Trail

Squirrel Gap

13 km · Trail

Sunset Connector

2.1 km · Trail

Turkey Pen Gap

8.8 km · Trail

Wayehutta Loop

14 km · Trail