In addition to a 43-acre recreational park, Beech Mountain is home to a vast network of hiking and mountain biking trails--perfect for elevating your sense of adventure and fine-tuning your harmony with nature.

Over 20 miles of hiking trails wrap up, down, and around the mountain, offering boot-jockeys focused perspectives of wildlife, waterfalls, and breathtaking scenery. There are trails for everyone--from novice to advanced hikers--winding through wooded hideaways and lush, open balds.  For more information about hiking on Beech Mountain, please click here.

And for those anxious to get their wheels turning, Beech boasts an abundance of great cycling with 50 miles of paved bike routes. These roads earned international acclaim in 1998, after helping Lance Armstrong regain his championship form after a bout with cancer.  For more information about biking on Beech Mountain, please click here.

Hiking Trails

Upper Pond Creek Trail
From Tamarack to Lake Coffey
Easy, 1.0 mile

From its starting point at Perry Park the trail travels through Charter Hills to Lake Coffey and the recreation area one mile away.

Upper Pond Creek Trail has been designated as a nature trail. Be sure to pick up a guide at the bottom of the stairs at the trailhead. Fifteen different stations are located along the trail with interesting information about creek life, trees, animals, and wildflowers.

Lower Pond Creek Trail
Lake Coffey to Locust Ridge Road
Moderately Strenuous, 1 mile

This is a single track-walking trail that leads through the woods down to its terminus at Locust Ridge Road, a distance of one mile. This trail offers some of Beech Mountain's greatest natural beauty.

An adult should always accompany children. Do not attempt to slide on the rocks or swim in the small pool, they could prove to be dangerous.

Wild Iris Loop Trail
Moderate, 1.6 mile loop

Best described as an easy woodland trail, Wild Iris Trail is almost two miles in length with only a moderate elevation change along the way.

Grassy Gap Creek Trail
Hawthorne to Buckeye Lake
Easy to Moderate, 2.0 miles

Beginning at the Hawthorne Trail Head, this easy hiking trail heads a little northwest dropping some 600 feet in elevation to Buckeye Lake. Please stay on the marked trail and always respect the private property along the way. A car can be left at the bottom point so that you can drive back.

Red Fox/Arrowhead Loop Trail
Easy to Moderate, 1.6 miles
This is an easy trail through the woods. Watch for the green and orange arrows along the way.

Smoketree Trail
Easy to Moderate, 2 mile loop

This trail connects Beech Mountain Parkway to Pinnacle Ridge Road.

Falls Trail

Starting at Buckeye Lake this trail follows lower Buckeye Creek to an area below the lake and spillway.