Here's a list of trails on the Blue Ridge Parkway. The list starts at the north end, and works it way south. See the milepost number for location reference. Trails are marked easy, normal or hard.
Mile 5 | Easy hiking | Mountain Farm Trail .25 mile |
Mile 6 | Hard hiking | Humpback Rocks and Mountain Trail 3.75 miles |
Mile 8 | Normal hiking | Cotoctin Trail .2 mile |
Mile 8 | Normal hiking | Greenstone Self Guiding Trail .2 mile, round-trip |
Mile 17 | Easy hiking | The Priest Overlook Trail .03 mile |
Mile 18 | Normal hiking | White Rock Falls Trail 2.7 miles |
Mile 26 | Easy hiking | Big Spy Mountain Overlook Trail .1 mile, round-trip |
Mile 34 | Easy hiking | Yankee Horse Overlook Trail .1mile, round-trip |
Mile 38 | Easy hiking | Boston Knob Trail .1 mile, round-trip |
Mile 47 | Easy hiking | Indian Gap Trail .2 mile, round-trip |
Mile 55 | Easy hiking | White Oak Flats Trail .1 mile |
Mile 60 | Normal hiking | Otter Creek Trail 3.4 miles |
Mile 63 | Normal hiking | Otter Lake Loop Trail 1 mile, round-trip |
Mile 63 | Normal hiking | Trail of Trees Self Guiding Trail .4 mile, round-trip |
Mile 63 | Easy hiking | James River Self Guiding Trail .2 mile |
Mile 74 | Easy hiking | Thunder Ridge Trail .1 mile |
Mile 78 | Hard hiking | Apple Orchards Falls Trail 3.6 miles |
Mile 79 | Easy hiking | Onion Mountain Loop Trail .1 mile, round-trip |
Mile 83 | Normal hiking | Fallingwater Cascades Trail 1.6 miles, round-trip |
Mile 83 | Normal hiking | Flat Top Trail 4.5 miles |
Mile 85 | Easy hiking | Abbot Lake Loop Trail 1 mile, round-trip |
Mile 85 | Easy hiking | Peaks of Otter Picnic Area Trail .35 mile |
Mile 85 | Easy hiking | Elk Run Self Guiding Trail .8 mile, round-trip |
Mile 85 | Normal hiking | Johnson Farm Loop Trail 2.1 miles, round-trip |
Mile 85 | Hard hiking | Harkening Hill Trail 3.3 miles, round-trip |
Mile 86 | Hard hiking | Sharp Top Trail 1.5 miles |
Mile 110 | Easy hiking | Stewarts Knob Trail .05 mile |
Mile 114 | Normal hiking | Roanoke River Self Guiding Trail .6 mile, round-trip |
Mile 116 | Normal hiking | Roanoke Valley Horse Trail 2 miles |
Mile 118 | Normal hiking | Roanoke Valley Horse Trail 4.5 miles |
Mile 120 | Normal hiking | Roanoke Mountain Summit Trail .3 mile, round-trip |
Mile 120 | Normal hiking | Chestnut Ridge Trail 5.3 miles, round-trip |
Mile 123 | Hard hiking | Buck Mountain Trail .5 mile |
Mile 154 | Easy hiking | Smart View Loop Trail 3 miles round-trip |
Mile 162 | Easy hiking | Rakes Mill Pond Overlook .05 mile, round-trip |
Mile 167 | Hard hiking | Rock Castle Gorge Trail 10.6 miles, round-trip |
Mile 169 | Easy hiking | Rocky Knob Picnic Loop Trail 1.3 miles, round-trip |
Mile 169 | Easy hiking | Woodland Trail .8 mile |
Mile 169 | Normal hiking | Black Ridge Trail 3 miles, round-trip |
Mile 176 | Easy hiking | Mountain Industry Trail .4 mile, round-trip |
Mile 179 | Easy hiking | Round Meadow Creek Trail .4 mile, round-trip |
Mile 188 | Easy hiking | Groundhog Mountain Picnic Area Observation Tower .03 mile |
Mile 217 | Hard hiking | Gully Creek Trail 2.5 miles, round-trip |
Mile 218 | Easy hiking | Fox Hunter's Paradise Trail .2 mile, round-trip |
Mile 230 | Easy hiking | Little Glade Mill Pond Trail .2 mile, round-trip |
Mile 238 | Hard hiking | Cedar Ridge Trail 4.5 miles |
Mile 238 | Normal hiking | Bluff Mountain Trail 7.5 miles |
Mile 241 | Normal hiking | Folder Stack Trail 1 mile, round-trip |
Mile 241 | Easy hiking | Wildcat Rocks Trail .1 mile,round-trip |
Mile 241 | Hard hiking | Bluff Ridge Trail 2.8 miles |
Mile 243 | Hard hiking | Basin Creek Trail 3.3 miles |
Mile 244 | Hard hiking | Flat Rock Ridge Trail 5 miles |
Mile 271 | Normal hiking | Cascades Trail .9 mile,round-trip |
Mile 294 | Normal hiking | Rich Mountain Carriage Trail 5.1 miles |
Mile 294 | Normal hiking | Flat Top Mountain Carriage Trail 2.8 miles |
Mile 294 | Easy hiking | Moses Cone Park Figure Eight Trail .5 mile, round-trip |
Mile 294 | Easy hiking | Trout Lake Trail 1 mile, round-trip |
Mile 295 | Easy hiking | Sims Creek Trail 1 mile |
Mile 295 | Hard hiking | Green Knob Trail 2 miles, round-trip |
Mile 296 | Easy hiking | Price Lake Loop Trail 2.3 miles, round-trip |
Mile 299 | Easy hiking | Cold Prong Pond Loop Trail .3 mile, round-trip |
Mile 299 | Normal hiking | Tanawha Trail to Julian Price Mem. Park Campgrnd 3.8 miles |
Mile 299 | Easy hiking | Upper Boone Fork Trail .55 mile |
Mile 300 | Normal hiking | Tanawha Trail to Cold Prong Pond Parking 2 miles |
Mile 302 | Normal hiking | Tanawha Trail to Boone Fork Parking Area 3.2 miles |
Mile 302 | Normal hiking | Tanawha Trail to Raven Rocks Overlook .8 mile |
Mile 303 | Hard hiking | Tanawha Trail to Rough Ridge Parking 1.45 miles |
Mile 304 | Hard hiking | Tanawha Trail to Wilson Creek Overlook 1.35 miles |
Mile 304 | Hard hiking | Tanawha Trail to Linn Cove Visitor Center .65 mile |
Mile 305 | Normal hiking | Tanawha Trail to Stack Rock Parking Area .9 mile |
Mile 305 | Normal hiking | Beacon Heights Trail .35 mile |
Mile 308 | Easy hiking | Flat Rock Self Guiding Loop Trail .7 mile, round trip |
Mile 315 | Easy hiking | Camp Creek Trail .06 mile |
Mile 316 | Easy hiking | Duggers Creek Loop Trail .25 mile, round-trip |
Mile 316 | Easy hiking | Linville River Bridge Trail .1 mile |
Mile 320 | Easy hiking | Chestoa View Loop Trail .6 mile, round-trip |
Mile 339 | Hard hiking | Crabtree Falls Loop Trail 2.5 miles, round-trip |
Mile 344 | Normal hiking | Woods Mountain Trail Access Trail 2.1 miles |
Mile 361 | Easy hiking | Glassmine Falls Trail .05 mile |
Mile 364 | Normal hiking | Craggy Pinnacle Trail 1.5 miles, round-trip |
Mile 364 | Normal hiking | Craggy Gardens Self Guiding Trail 1 mile |
Mile 374 | Hard hiking | Mountains to Sea Access Trail .4 mile |
Mile 393 | Hard hiking | Shut In Trail to Walnut Cove Overlook 3.1 miles |
Mile 396 | Normal hiking | Shut In Trail to Sleepy Gap Overlook 1.8 miles |
Mile 397 | Hard hiking | Shut In Trail to Chestnut Cove Overlook .9 mile |
Mile 398 | Hard hiking | Shut In Trail to Bent Creek Gap 2.8 miles |
Mile 400 | Hard hiking | Shut In Trail to Beaver Dam Gap Overlook 1.9 miles |
Mile 401 | Hard hiking | Shut In Trail to Stoney Bald Overlook .9 mile |
Mile 402 | Hard hiking | Shut In Trail to Big Ridge Overlook 1.2 miles |
Mile 403 | Normal hiking | Shut In Trail to Mills River Valley Overlook 1.1 miles |
Mile 404 | Normal hiking | Shut In Trail to Elk Pasture Gap 1.2 miles |
Mile 405 | Hard hiking | Shut In Trail to Mount Pisgah Trailhead 1.9 miles |
Mile 407 | Hard hiking | Mount Pisgah Trail 1.5 miles |
Mile 407 | Easy hiking | Mount Pisgah Trailhead to Picnic Area Trail .5 mile |
Mile 407 | Easy hiking | Mt. Pisgah Picnic Area Loop Trail .3 mile |
Mile 407 | Easy hiking | Picnic Area to Mt Pisgah Campground Trail 1 mile |
Mile 408 | Easy hiking | Buck Spring Trail 1.1 miles |
Mile 408 | Hard hiking | Frying Pan Mountain Trail 1.9 miles |
Mile 417 | Easy hiking | East Fork Trail Access .2 mile |
Mile 422 | Hard hiking | Devil's Courthouse Trail .5 mile |
Mile 425 | Easy hiking | Mountain to Sea Trail Access .15 mile |
Mile 427 | Normal hiking | Bear Pen Gap Trail 2.8 miles |
Mile 431 | Normal hiking | Richland Balsam Trail 1.4 miles, round-trip |
Mile 451 | Hard hiking | Waterrock Knob Trail .5 mile |