The regions -- The seasons -- Being prepared -- Zero-impact hiking -- Hiking with dogs -- Hiking with kids -- Backcountry etiquette -- Map legend -- Mountains -- Appalachian trail -- Cumberland Knob Recreation Area -- Stone Mountain State Park -- Doughton Park -- Mount Jefferson State Park -- E.B. Jeffress Park -- Boone -- Price Park -- Moses Cone Memorial Park -- Blowing Rock -- Elk River Falls Trail -- Roan Mountain -- Tanawha -- Grandfather Mountain -- Linville area -- Lost Cove area -- Harper Creek area -- Linville Gorge Wilderness -- Linville Falls Recreation Area -- Crabtree Meadows -- Mount Mitchell -- Craggy Gardens -- Asheville -- Chimney Rock Park -- Mount Pisgah area -- Shining Rock Wilderness -- Graveyard Fields -- Great Smoky Mountains National Park -- Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest -- Highlands area -- Piedmont -- Pilot Mountain State Park -- Hanging Rock State Park -- Winston-Salem -- Greensboro -- High Point -- Eno River area -- Duke Forest -- William B. Umstead State Park -- Schenck Forest -- Raleigh -- South Mountains State Park -- Uwharrie National Forest -- Morrow Mountain State Park -- Charlotte -- Crowders Mountain State Park -- Coast -- Nags Head Woods Ecological Preserve -- Cape Hatteras National Seashore -- Cape Lookout National Seashore -- Croatan National Forest -- Bald Head Island.