Saturday, February 28, 2026

NC - Dupont State Recreational Forest

Hiked since November 2025:

  1. Fawn Lake Loop Trail
  2. Fawn Lake Road
    • 1.0 miles, easy. Gravel trail, passes next to Fawn Lake. Swimming spot for people and dogs. Krumm approved. Might have missed the end
  3. Bridal Veil Falls Road
    • 0.6 miles, easy. Gravel trail, passes by a barn, leads to wooden overlook. Continue on to base of falls.
  4. Shelter Rock Trail
    • 0.6 miles, easy. Dirt trail.
  5. Holly Road
    • 1.3 miles, easy. Dirt trail even though it's called road. No people on it, because everyone parked at Hooker Falls is going to see the waterfalls. Ends at a paved road.
  6. Hooker Falls Trail
  7. Triple Falls Trail
    • 11/29/2025 Agile Trekker: Hooker Falls and Triple Falls, Dupont State Recreational Forest
    •  0.4 miles, moderate. Wide trail. Busy trail. Better on weekdays. Moore Cemetery is now fenced off with a do not enter sign. Triple Falls area not good for dog swimming due to cascades in the river. Can leave trail and hike on rocks to the base of the falls. Hike to the top of Triple Falls Trail to see all 3 falls.
  8. Jim Branch Trail
  9. Isaac Heath Trail 
  10. Wilkie Trail
    • 12/3/2025 Agile Trekker: Corn Mill Shoals west loop, Dupont State Recreational Forest
    • 1.6+ miles, moderate. This trail starts at paved Cascade Lake Road, continues on what was called the west half of the Micajah trail, continues on what was called the Buck Ridge Road Trail. There is a great picnic spot on a rock slab, that is shown as the west side of the Micajah Trail. Controlled burn inside the loop on November 13, 2025.
    • 12/27/2025 Agile Trekker: Wilkie Trail and Cannon Creek Falls, Dupont
    • 2.1 miles, moderate. The trail starts at Rich Mountain Road. Side trail to Cannon Creek Falls (too small for dog swimming). Nice rock outcrops. This section previously called Cannon Creek Trail and Buckhorn Creek Trail. Great place for a weekend when the rest of Dupont is crowded.
  11. Micajah Trail
  12.  Rock Quarry Road
    • 12/3/2025 Agile Trekker: Corn Mill Shoals west loop, Dupont State Recreational Forest
    • 1.3 miles, moderate. Pine tree corridor near paved road. Don't miss the short unnamed spur trail to the north to rocky cliffs. Where Rock Quarry Road leaves the loop, it gets rougher towards the park boundary. Purple rock at the park boundary. Controlled burn inside the loop on November 13, 2025.
  13. Hickory Mountain Road
    • 12/25/2025 Agile Trekker: Guion Farm Loop, Dupont
    • 0.9 miles, easy. Dirt road with tall pine trees. Near the north end is a picnic shelter next to a meadow. Nice place to sit and throw a dog toy for a few minutes.
  14. Hooker Creek Trail
    • 12/25/2025 Agile Trekker: Guion Farm Loop, Dupont
    • 1.1+ miles, moderate. Part of former White Pine Road trail has been added to Hooker Creek Trail. Trail splits into two one-way sections. We took the route in the woods. No signs of Hooker Creek from our re-route.
  15. Boundary Trail
    • 12/25/2025 Agile Trekker: Guion Farm Loop, Dupont
    • 0.3 miles, easy. Short half loop. Gaia shows one end as Guion Trail, but both sides where it hits Hickory Mountain Road have signs calling it Boundary Trail.
  16. Tarkiln Branch Road
  17. Thomas Cemetery Trail
    • 1.6 miles, moderate. Mostly flat. Has a very cool tree. Has Thomas Cemetery on it. Thomas Cemetery Road
  18. Flat Rock Trail
  19. Shoal Creek Trail
  20. Rifle Trail
  21. Ridgeline Trail
  22. Hickory Mountain Loop Trail
  23. Burnt Mountain Trail
  24. Nooks Trail
  25. Twixt Trail
  26. Longside Trail
  27. Cascade Loop Trail
  28. Big Rock Trail
  29. Cedar Rock Trail
  30. Little River Trail
  31. Rocky Ridge Trail
  32. Switchback Trail
  33. Frank Street
  34. Plantation Trail
  35. High Falls Loop
  36. Base of the Falls Spur Trail, 0.2 moderate
  37. Covered Bridge Trail Agile Trekker: High Falls Loop, Triple Falls and Sheep Mountain Trail, Dupont State Recreational Forest
    • 5/19/2026
    • 0.2 miles easy. Trail to pretty covered bridge.
  38. Sheep Mountain Trail Agile Trekker: High Falls Loop, Triple Falls and Sheep Mountain Trail, Dupont State Recreational Forest
    • 5/19/2026
    • 1.5 miles moderate. Woods road. 2 flame azaleas in May. Okay for a woods road. Be careful with navigation - some trails are not on the map.
  39. Three Lakes Trail Agile Trekker: Three Lakes Trail, Dupont State Recreational Forest
    • 6/24/2026
    • Quieter trail that passes by the shore of 2 lakes. Sometimes good dog swimming.

Trails we couldn't find:

  1. Locust Trail (this is part of Isaac Heath Trail) - still on current map

Closed trails:

  1. Barn Trail, 0.5 miles easy (Permanently CLOSED)
  2. Bridal Veil Overlook Trail (Permanently CLOSED)
  3. Cart Trail (Permanently CLOSED)
  4. Flatwoods Trail (CLOSED) - logging/diseased trees
  5. Grassy Meadow Trail (Permanently CLOSED)
  6. Kids Bike Loop (Permanently CLOSED)
  7. Lake View Loop Trail (Permanently CLOSED)
  8. Nooks Trail (Permanently CLOSED)
  9. Sandy Trail (Permanently CLOSED)
  10. Stone Mountain Trail (Possibly permanently closed)
  11. Table Rock Trail (Permanently CLOSED)
  12. Turkey Knob Trail (BRIDGE CLOSED but can do 1/2 mile out and back)

To hike:

  1. Airstrip Trail, 1.1 miles, difficult
  2. Briery Fork
  3. Buck Forest Road (west of closed section: Agile Trekker: High Falls Loop, Triple Falls and Sheep Mountain Trail, Dupont State Recreational Forest) 
  4. Camp Summit Road
  5. Chestnut Oak Road
  6. Conservation Road
  7. Corn Mill Shoals Trail (west side: Agile Trekker: Burnt Mountain Loop Trail, Dupont State Recreational Forest) 
  8. Farm House Trail
  9. Grassy Creek Falls Trail (BRIDGE CLOSED) **
  10. Grassy Creek Trail
  11. Guion Trail
  12. Hilltop Trail **
  13. Joanna Road (closed between Grassy Creek Trail and Pinnacle Mountain Road)
  14. Lake Imaging Road **
  15. Lake Julia Road
  16. Laurel Ridge Trail
  17. Mine Mountain Trail
  18. Oak Tree Trail
  19. Pine Tree Trail
  20. Pitch Pine Trail
  21. Poplar Hill Loop Trail (NORTH PORTION CLOSED)
  22. Poplar Trail
  23. Reasonover Creek Trail
  24. Ruffled Grouse Trail 
  25. Shoals Trail
  26. Turkey Knob Road
  27. Twin Oaks Trail
  28. White Pine Loop Trail
  29. Wintergreen Falls Trail

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