5K Races in Nc

Browse 200 5k trail running and hiking routes in Nc. Distance range: 2.5 mi to 3.5 mi. Elevation gain: 10 ft to 2,903 ft. Each route includes terrain analysis, elevation profiles, and pacing recommendations.

Key Takeaways

Total Routes

200

Races / Routes

0 / 200

Distance Range

2.5 mi - 3.5 mi

Elevation Range

10 ft - 2,903 ft

Surface Type

100% Trail

Route Name	Location	Distance	Elevation Gain	Type	Race Date
Falls Lake Trail - Section 2	NC	2.5 mi	99 ft	route	—
Fonta Flora/MST Connector Trail	NC	2.5 mi	216 ft	route	—
West Fork Moses Creek Trail	NC	2.5 mi	857 ft	route	—
Lower Sidehill Trail	NC	2.5 mi	117 ft	route	—
Intermediate Loop	NC	2.5 mi	269 ft	route	—
Holden Mill Trail	NC	2.5 mi	247 ft	route	—
Occoneechee Mountain Loop Trail	NC	2.5 mi	337 ft	route	—
Green Ridge	NC	2.5 mi	2,016 ft	route	—
Laurel Hill Loop	NC	2.5 mi	163 ft	route	—
Bear Pen Gap Trail	NC	2.5 mi	1,258 ft	route	—
Gully Creek Trail	NC	2.5 mi	736 ft	route	—
Uwharrie Trail - Walkers Creek Section	NC	2.5 mi	181 ft	route	—
Hillsborough Riverwalk	NC	2.5 mi	14 ft	route	—
Van Cliff Loop	NC	2.5 mi	743 ft	route	—
Duncan Road	NC	2.5 mi	352 ft	route	—
Cheoah Trail	NC	2.5 mi	431 ft	route	—
Glade Trail	NC	2.5 mi	204 ft	route	—
Grotto Falls	NC	2.5 mi	514 ft	route	—
Butter Gap Trail #123	NC	2.5 mi	677 ft	route	—
Piedmont Trail	NC	2.5 mi	—	route	—
Summit Loop	NC	2.5 mi	—	route	—
Red Loop	NC	2.5 mi	—	route	—
East Main	NC	2.5 mi	199 ft	route	—
Flat Creek Trail	NC	2.6 mi	148 ft	route	—
Buckeye Loop	NC	2.6 mi	272 ft	route	—
Lake Lynn Trail	NC	2.6 mi	11 ft	route	—
The Falcon Trail	NC	2.6 mi	55 ft	route	—
Thomas Branch	NC	2.6 mi	669 ft	route	—
Douglas Falls #162	NC	2.6 mi	124 ft	route	—
McAlpine Creek Greenway	NC	2.6 mi	10 ft	route	—
Robert Gap Horse	NC	2.6 mi	639 ft	route	—
OVT at Warrior Creek	NC	2.6 mi	—	route	—
Corn Mill Shoals	NC	2.6 mi	177 ft	route	—
Sal's Branch Trail	NC	2.6 mi	164 ft	route	—
Mount Pisgah Trail	NC	2.6 mi	894 ft	route	—
Crowders Trail	NC	2.6 mi	344 ft	route	—
Conservation Road	NC	2.6 mi	381 ft	route	—
Davidson Loop	NC	2.6 mi	—	route	—
West Prong Trail	NC	2.6 mi	965 ft	route	—
Hector H. Henry II Greenway at Rocky River	NC	2.6 mi	—	route	—
Wesser Creek	NC	2.6 mi	1,803 ft	route	—
Big Dudley Concession Horse Trail	NC	2.6 mi	934 ft	route	—
Statesville Greenway - Fourth Creek Section	NC	2.6 mi	10 ft	route	—
North Turkey Creek Multiuse Trail	NC	2.6 mi	—	route	—
Bald Knob Ridge Trail	NC	2.7 mi	1,281 ft	route	—
Sneaking Creek Trail	NC	2.7 mi	214 ft	route	—
Little Dudley Concession Horse Trail	NC	2.7 mi	819 ft	route	—
Bluff Ridge Primitive Trail	NC	2.7 mi	2,256 ft	route	—
Warren Wilson River Trail	NC	2.7 mi	55 ft	route	—
Yellow Buck Trail	NC	2.7 mi	1,117 ft	route	—
Looking Glass Rock Trail	NC	2.7 mi	1,591 ft	route	—
Thread Loop	NC	2.7 mi	71 ft	route	—
Long Branch Trail #116	NC	2.7 mi	72 ft	route	—
Lewellyn Cove	NC	2.7 mi	368 ft	route	—
Lower CCC Trail	NC	2.7 mi	343 ft	route	—
Bethabara Greenway	NC	2.7 mi	170 ft	route	—
RTP Connector	NC	2.7 mi	88 ft	route	—
Summit Loop Trail	NC	2.7 mi	164 ft	route	—
Crabtree Falls Trail	NC	2.7 mi	575 ft	route	—
Bad Fork Trail	NC	2.7 mi	1,190 ft	route	—
Trombatore Trail	NC	2.7 mi	656 ft	route	—
Brushy Creek Trail	NC	2.7 mi	367 ft	route	—
Buffalo Creek Greenway	NC	2.7 mi	10 ft	route	—
Call Farm Loop	NC	2.7 mi	70 ft	route	—
Catawba Falls Ridge Trail	NC	2.7 mi	872 ft	route	—
Grassy Branch Trail	NC	2.7 mi	1,711 ft	route	—
Blue Loop	NC	2.7 mi	211 ft	route	—
Hawk Loop	NC	2.7 mi	—	route	—
Rocky Mt. Loop OHV Trail	NC	2.7 mi	412 ft	route	—
FS 4675	NC	2.7 mi	197 ft	route	—
Toby Creek Greenway	NC	2.7 mi	11 ft	route	—
Hibriten Mountain	NC	2.7 mi	718 ft	route	—
Laurel Bluff Trail (Central)	NC	2.8 mi	215 ft	route	—
Tennis Court Loop	NC	2.8 mi	124 ft	route	—
Raider Camp Trail	NC	2.8 mi	222 ft	route	—
Sugarloaf Mountain Trail	NC	2.8 mi	—	route	—
Buckeye Gap	NC	2.8 mi	1,486 ft	route	—
Occoneechee Loop	NC	2.8 mi	127 ft	route	—
Rough Creek Trail	NC	2.8 mi	1,408 ft	route	—
Hatcher Mountain Trail	NC	2.8 mi	850 ft	route	—
Durham-Duncan Line	NC	2.8 mi	35 ft	route	—
Baskins Creek Trail	NC	2.8 mi	883 ft	route	—
West Ridge Trail	NC	2.8 mi	81 ft	route	—
Finley Cane Trail	NC	2.8 mi	191 ft	route	—
Mill's Creek Trail	NC	2.8 mi	144 ft	route	—
Bennett Gap Trail	NC	2.8 mi	148 ft	route	—
Muddy Creek Greenway	NC	2.8 mi	10 ft	route	—
Parkway Loop	NC	2.9 mi	139 ft	route	—
Leadmine Gap Trail #212	NC	2.9 mi	334 ft	route	—
North Mecklenburg	NC	2.9 mi	117 ft	route	—
Falls Lake Trail - Section 4	NC	2.9 mi	—	route	—
Benn Knob Trail	NC	2.9 mi	292 ft	route	—
Twentymile Loop Trail	NC	2.9 mi	837 ft	route	—
Beech Gap Trail (West)	NC	2.9 mi	1,837 ft	route	—
Al Buehler Cross Country Trail	NC	2.9 mi	134 ft	route	—
Kanati Fork Trail	NC	2.9 mi	2,099 ft	route	—
Bridal Loop Trail	NC	2.9 mi	253 ft	route	—
Falls Dam OHV Trail	NC	2.9 mi	242 ft	route	—
Homestead	NC	2.9 mi	—	route	—
Daniel Boone Scout Trail	NC	2.9 mi	1,743 ft	route	—
Laurel Bluff Trail	NC	2.9 mi	17 ft	route	—
West Fork Trail	NC	3.0 mi	2,007 ft	route	—
West Ellerbee Creek Trail	NC	3.0 mi	21 ft	route	—
North Loop	NC	3.0 mi	102 ft	route	—
Abbotts Creek Trail	NC	3.0 mi	19 ft	route	—
Buckhorne Gap #103	NC	3.0 mi	581 ft	route	—
Pinecliff Horse B Loop	NC	3.0 mi	—	route	—
Academy	NC	3.0 mi	—	route	—
Sugarloaf Trail	NC	3.0 mi	—	route	—
Grindstone Trail	NC	3.0 mi	1,044 ft	route	—
Falls Lake Trail Section 3	NC	3.0 mi	71 ft	route	—
Irish Buffalo Creek Greenway: Rogers Lake Rd to Vietnam Veterans Park	NC	3.0 mi	21 ft	route	—
NC215 Trail	NC	3.0 mi	638 ft	route	—
Farlow Gap Trail	NC	3.0 mi	303 ft	route	—
Greasy Cove Trail	NC	3.0 mi	89 ft	route	—
Jenkins Meadow	NC	3.0 mi	2,386 ft	route	—
Brown Trail	NC	3.0 mi	124 ft	route	—
Robbins Branch Trail	NC	3.0 mi	470 ft	route	—
Richland Creek Trail	NC	3.1 mi	53 ft	route	—
Central Loop	NC	3.1 mi	152 ft	route	—
Cantrell Creek Trail #148	NC	3.1 mi	677 ft	route	—
Elliot Coues Trail	NC	3.1 mi	—	route	—
Rough Creek Inner Loop	NC	3.1 mi	426 ft	route	—
Kit Creek Loop	NC	3.1 mi	149 ft	route	—
Spencer Branch Trail #140	NC	3.1 mi	—	route	—
Saddleback Trail	NC	3.1 mi	—	route	—
Reasonover Creek	NC	3.1 mi	318 ft	route	—
Martins Gap Trail	NC	3.1 mi	749 ft	route	—
Mackey Mountain Trail #216	NC	3.1 mi	1,026 ft	route	—
Wormhole	NC	3.1 mi	160 ft	route	—
Big Fork Ridge Trail	NC	3.1 mi	611 ft	route	—
Pilot Creek Trail	NC	3.1 mi	115 ft	route	—
Copperhead Trail	NC	3.1 mi	164 ft	route	—
Buck Forest Road	NC	3.1 mi	327 ft	route	—
Green Knob Trail/Lost Cove Trail	NC	3.1 mi	2,059 ft	route	—
Avery Creek Trail #327	NC	3.2 mi	51 ft	route	—
286-Outer Loop	NC	3.2 mi	216 ft	route	—
Nat Greene Trail	NC	3.2 mi	83 ft	route	—
North Main	NC	3.2 mi	222 ft	route	—
Lickstone AS2 Spur	NC	3.2 mi	577 ft	route	—
Parsons Branch Rd	NC	3.2 mi	47 ft	route	—
North Loop Trail	NC	3.2 mi	1,276 ft	route	—
Schoolhouse Ridge Trail	NC	3.2 mi	106 ft	route	—
RTP	NC	3.2 mi	77 ft	route	—
Bald Springs	NC	3.2 mi	2,184 ft	route	—
Horseridge Trail	NC	3.2 mi	514 ft	route	—
Sycamore Cove #143	NC	3.2 mi	600 ft	route	—
Pole Road Creek Trail	NC	3.2 mi	—	route	—
East Fork Mine Creek Trail	NC	3.2 mi	62 ft	route	—
GoPro Loop	NC	3.2 mi	—	route	—
Loblolly Trail	NC	3.2 mi	—	route	—
Oklawaha Greenway	NC	3.2 mi	19 ft	route	—
Reedy Fork Trail	NC	3.2 mi	—	route	—
Haw River Trail: Red Slide Park to Sandy Cross Road	NC	3.2 mi	32 ft	route	—
Harris Creek Trail	NC	3.2 mi	731 ft	route	—
Buffalo Creek Park Loop	NC	3.2 mi	43 ft	route	—
Rich Mountain Loop Trail	NC	3.2 mi	1,395 ft	route	—
Amadahy Trail	NC	3.2 mi	—	route	—
Bill Craft Trail	NC	3.2 mi	163 ft	route	—
Holden Cove Trail	NC	3.3 mi	—	route	—
Forney Creek Trail: Catawba Springs Preserve Segment	NC	3.3 mi	98 ft	route	—
Mac's Gap Trail #482	NC	3.3 mi	—	route	—
Roundtop Ridge Trail	NC	3.3 mi	—	route	—
Palmer Creek Trail	NC	3.3 mi	1,537 ft	route	—
Saponi Loop Trail	NC	3.3 mi	111 ft	route	—
Green River Cove	NC	3.3 mi	566 ft	route	—
Pioneer Camp Trail	NC	3.3 mi	389 ft	route	—
Cane Creek Red Loop (North)	NC	3.3 mi	112 ft	route	—
Snowball Mountain Trail	NC	3.3 mi	713 ft	route	—
Old Cataloochee Turnpike (lower)	NC	3.3 mi	1,041 ft	route	—
Riverside Trail (#115)	NC	3.3 mi	71 ft	route	—
Horton's Hollar Trail (Berry Mountain Trail)	NC	3.3 mi	259 ft	route	—
Mingo Creek Trail	NC	3.3 mi	10 ft	route	—
House Creek Trail	NC	3.4 mi	231 ft	route	—
Broyhill	NC	3.4 mi	219 ft	route	—
Profile Trail	NC	3.4 mi	1,799 ft	route	—
Panthertown Valley Trail #474	NC	3.4 mi	300 ft	route	—
Falls Lake Trail: Section 6	NC	3.4 mi	—	route	—
Wild Turkey	NC	3.4 mi	147 ft	route	—
Transis Camp Road	NC	3.4 mi	—	route	—
Curry Mountain Trail	NC	3.4 mi	1,172 ft	route	—
Sidehill Trail	NC	3.4 mi	248 ft	route	—
Great Blue Heron Loop	NC	3.4 mi	111 ft	route	—
Blue Heron Trail	NC	3.4 mi	21 ft	route	—
Park Ridge Trail	NC	3.4 mi	161 ft	route	—
Falls Lake Trail - Section 1	NC	3.4 mi	158 ft	route	—
Russell Field Trail	NC	3.4 mi	1,863 ft	route	—
Shoreline Trail Loop	NC	3.4 mi	67 ft	route	—
Snooks Nose Trail	NC	3.5 mi	2,903 ft	route	—
Jack Branch Trail	NC	3.5 mi	45 ft	route	—
Anthony Creek Trail	NC	3.5 mi	1,778 ft	route	—
Kimsey Creek Trail	NC	3.5 mi	939 ft	route	—
River Trail #713	NC	3.5 mi	103 ft	route	—
Buckeye Ridge Horse Trail	NC	3.5 mi	506 ft	route	—
Townsend Trail	NC	3.5 mi	24 ft	route	—
Overmountain Victory Trail South	NC	3.5 mi	961 ft	route	—
Graveyard Ridge Trail	NC	3.5 mi	490 ft	route	—
Springhouse Loop	NC	3.5 mi	90 ft	route	—
Dickey Bell OHV Trail	NC	3.5 mi	427 ft	route	—
Chestnut Mountain Road - FS 198	NC	3.5 mi	873 ft	route	—

Frequently Asked Questions

How many trail races are in Nc?

There are 0 organized races and 200 self-supported routes available in Nc.

What is a 5K race?

A 5K race is approximately 2.5 to 3.7 miles in distance.

What is the average elevation gain in Nc?

The average elevation gain is 524 feet, with routes ranging from 10 to 2,903 feet.

Can these 5k routes in Nc be used for hiking?

Yes. 100% of these routes are on trail surfaces, making them suitable for both trail running and hiking. The terrain analysis and elevation profiles help hikers plan their adventures just as effectively as runners.

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