Lake Crawford Trail

Length: 1 mile (round trip)

Type: Hiking Trail

Blazing: Purple Trail Markers

Difficulty: Easy

Description: This easy, 1 mile out-and-back trail starts at the CCC Bathhouse and takes you below the CCC Spillway for a scenic photo op. It then follows the back side of the lake for a short distance. At this time, it does not go all the way around the lake but we hope to expand soon. This trail also aids in additional bank fishing opportunities.

Living History Farm Trail

Length: 1.5 miles (round trip)

Type: Hiking Trail

Blazing: Yellow Trail Markers

Difficulty: Easy

Description: This easy, 1.5-mile out and back trail is a unique feature in Kings Mountain State Park. It’s starts at the CCC Bathhouse and takes you below the CCC Spillway for a scenic photo op. It then winds through a mixed hardwood forest to the Living History Farm where you can take a self guided tour before returning on the same route. This trail is mostly flat.

Ridgeline Trail

Length: 2.4 miles (to Crowders Mountain border)

Type: Hiking Tral

Blazing: Red Trail Markers

Difficulty: Easy to Moderate

Description: This trail is unique in that it connects Kings Mountain State Park, Kings Mountain National Military Park and Crowders Mountain State Park (in NC). To access this trail, you start at the trail head at the CCC Bathhouse & follow the blue NRT trail until it meets the Ridgeline trail. It’s then 2.4 miles to the SC/NC border where you can continue the trail in Crowders Mountain State Park. From the trailhead for the Blue NRT trail to the SC/NC border is 3.6 miles (one way).

Poplar Point Trail

Length: 14-mile loop

Type: Equestrain/Hiking

Blazing: White Trail Markers

Difficulty: Easy to Moderate

Description: This easy to moderately difficult 16 mile loop trail begins in Kings Mountain State Park and circles into Kings Mountain National Military Park, the site of a famous Revolutionary War battle. The surface is primarily flat with some rocky areas and some clay spots. The Friends of Kings Mountain helps takes care of the trails and ensure solid footing on some of the ridge climbs. This trail crosses several creeks of differing sizes and has several picnic spots throughout.

Kings Mountain National Recreation Trail

Length: 16 mile loop

Type: Hiking Trail

Blazing: Blue Trail Markers

Difficulty: Moderately Difficult

Description: The moderately difficult, 16-mile Kings Mountain Hiking Trail loop offers some gorgeous hiking through rolling hills and granite outcroppings not far from Charlotte. The trail loops between both Kings Mountain National Military Park and Kings Mountain State Park. The trail itself winds through hardwood forest and along a stream toward the Kings Mountain battlefield, crossing both equestrian trails at various points.

CCC Trail

Length: 17-mile loop with a .4-mile cut through trail in the middle

Type: Equestrian/Hiking

Blazing: Orange Trail Markers

Difficulty: Moderately Difficult

Description: This easy to moderately difficult 17 mile loop trail begins in Kings Mountain State Park and circles the sites of the two CCC camps who built both the State Park & National Park in the 1930’s. The entrance towers to both camps can still be seen today. The surface is primarily flat with some rocky areas and some clay spots. The Friends of Kings Mountain helps takes care of the trails and ensure solid footing on some of the ridge climbs. This trail crosses several larger creeks and has several picnic spots throughout. There is a cut through trail almost midway for those that don’t want to ride/hike the entire route. The cut through does include one of the larger/deeper creek crossings (depending on rain levels).