Hiking

Tanawha Trail

Sugar Mountain Resort · North Carolina · United States

Tanawha Trail is a hike from Sugar Mountain Resort in United States: 20.4 km, 573 m of climb, 831 m of descent, high point 1396 m.

About this hike

The Tanawha Trail extends for 13.5 miles (21.7 km) from Julian Price Park to Beacon Heights in North Carolina. The name "Tanawha" derives from the Cherokee word for a mythical hawk or eagle. Completed in 1993, the trail, like the nearby final section of the Blue Ridge Parkway, traverses a variety of geological and biological landscapes.

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Getting there

This hike starts near Sugar Mountain Resort. Open the destination for travel time from where you are by car, train or plane, and the price of a night.

Before you go

This route is shown for information only. It is not a recommendation and not a guarantee that the route is safe, open, marked or passable today. The line, the distances, the climb and the grade come from open data sources and may be inaccurate or out of date, and conditions in the mountains change fast.

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Route data from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); elevation from open terrain data. Updated 2026-09-19.