For adventure-seekers and scenery-admirers, Beech Mountain’s 20 miles of hiking trails offer a glimpse of the mountain’s true beauty, taking you through old-growth forest, over an old logging road, and beside a railroad grade that once carried the logs harvested on Beech Mountain

Take an easy stroll through the woods with your family, or if you really want a challenge, make the eight-mile trek through a thousand feet of elevation change. You’ll see wildlife, waterfalls, picturesque lakes, and scenic vistas that showcase the breathtaking beauty of western North Carolina.

Beech also offers guided hikes throughout the year, and twice monthly in the summer along each of the mountain’s ten marked trails—ranging in difficulty from easy to strenuous. There’s also a paved, handicap-accessible trail around Lake Coffey.

For more information, visit www.hikebeechmountain.com.

Beech Mountain Adventure Trail Park –
Emerald Outback Trails

Take your love of mountain exploration to new heights at the Beech Mountain Adventure Trail Park and The Emerald Outback Trails. Over eight miles of trails in Phase I invite families, avid bikers and hikers to explore this four season destination with amazing topography and 100-mile vistas of North Carolina and Tennessee. Elevations range from 4,700 to 5,400 feet, giving the park the distinction of being among the highest such venues on the East Coast. Designed to offer something for everyone, the park has trails ranging from beginner to intermediate levels, with bailout trails on the more difficult levels. With the trailhead in the Town of Beach Mountain, Emerald Outback Trails includes a combination of single-track, double-track and gravel roads traversing the mountaintop. The park is open seven days a week and is free to the public. Dogs are not allowed on the trail system.

Click here to download a trail map,
or pick one up at the Beech Mountain Chamber of Commerce.

And click here to view a video at WCYB.