A 22-mile trail on private land connecting Pilot Mountain State Park and Hanging Rock State Park in the Triad region of north-central North Carolina; mostly flat and easy. Open to hikers and equestrians, but there may be challenging creek crossings depending on recent rains.
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A 9.2-mile out-and back hike along the Sauratown Trail, which connects Pilot Mountain State Park on the west to Hanging Rock State Park on the east. (GPS info on this says 4.6 miles -- I walked that far and turned back.)Trip write-up at Two-Heel Drive
6.5-mile hike along the Sauratown Trail, sections 12-13. The trail connects Pilot Mountain and Hanging Rock state parks northwest of Winston Salem, North Carolina. Hike Write-up at Two-Heel Drive.
Sauratown Loop Trail, Hanging Rock State Park
Hanging Rock State Park, North Carolina, United States
6.0 miles
6.0 miles
A hike on the Sauratown Loop Trail at Hanging Rock State Park northwest of Winston-Salem. Full write-up at Two-Heel Drive.
Sauratown Trail Sections 1-3, 9-mile strenuous hike
Vade Mecum, North Carolina, United States
9.3 miles
9.3 miles
Nicest sections of the Sauratown Trail I've seen so far (seven down, nine to go). These sections head west out of Hanging Rock State Park -- the terrain is far more rugged on this end compared to the western end at Pilot Mountain State Park. Qualifies as strenuous because the trail has many up-and-down sections -- my GPS claims over 1900 feet (probably wildly inflated, but it's more than moderate in any...
Short hike to Tory's Falls in Hanging Rock State Park
