North Carolina
Pisgah National Forest — Middle Fork Trail Corridor Dispersed Camp
Flat creek-side dispersed camping along the Middle Fork of the Pigeon River in the Appalachian Ranger District —…
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Overlanding Trails in North Carolina
Trails curated for overlanders in North Carolina.
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ModerateTrans-America Trail — Waterville to Asheville via the Pisgah National Forest Backdoor and Black Mountains
Pisgah clay, creek crossings, and Black Mountain skies.
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DifficultTrans-America Trail — Hector to Murphy via the Unicoi Mountain Divide and Ocoee River Gorge
Southern Appalachian mud and mountain, TAT-style.
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DifficultTrans-America Trail — Waterville to Robbinsville via the Great Smoky Mountains Backdoor and Nantahala Gorge
The TAT bites hardest in the Carolina wet forest.
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DifficultTrans-America Trail — Hector to Murphy via the Unicoi Mountain Divide
The TAT's Appalachian teeth — bring a winch.
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DifficultTrans-America Trail — Robbinsville to Tellico Plains via Cherohala Skyway Backdoor and Unicoi Mountains
Rocky Appalachian spine — no easy miles here.
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ModerateTrans-America Trail — Waterville to Damascus via the Blue Ridge High Spine
Southern Appalachian ridge roads most people never find.
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ModerateTrans-America Trail — Robbinsville to Murphy via the Snowbird Mountain Connector
Snowbird ridges, creek crossings, and zero cell bars.
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DifficultTrans-America Trail — Tellico Plains to Robbinsville via the Cherohala Skyway Backdoor
Appalachian ridge country the pavement tourists never find.
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ModerateTrans-America Trail — Murphy to Waterville via the Blue Ridge Parkway High Spine
Appalachian clay, rivers, and ridge country.