Watauga County

United States · North Carolina

About Watauga County

Discover Watauga County: mountain guide, activities and travel information.

Day	Min / max	Sky	Precipitation	Sunshine
Sun, Oct 4	13 / 20 °C	drizzle	dry	1 h sun
Mon, Oct 5	11 / 21 °C	partly cloudy	dry	8 h sun
Tue, Oct 6	8 / 20 °C	clear sky	dry	12 h sun
Wed, Oct 7	9 / 22 °C	clear sky	dry	12 h sun
Thu, Oct 8	12 / 23 °C	clear sky	dry	12 h sun
Fri, Oct 9	13 / 23 °C	overcast	dry	2 h sun
Sat, Oct 10	12 / 20 °C	overcast	dry	1 h sun
Sun, Oct 11	12 / 14 °C	rain showers	dry	0 h sun
Mon, Oct 12	12 / 15 °C	drizzle	dry	0 h sun

Source: Open-Meteo, village altitude, updated 2026-10-03 22:52 UTC.

8 curated hiking trails around Watauga County, sourced from OpenStreetMap and enriched with distance, elevation gain and difficulty.

Mountains-to-Sea Trail: Segment 5

136.6 km · +4462 m

The Mountains-to-Sea Trail is a developing long distance hiking trail, which connects the Great Smokys to the Outer Banks. The trail is an official unit of the NC State Park System, and it is supported by the Friends of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail.
Summit Trail

3.1 km · +298 m
Boat Rock

2.6 km · +96 m
Green Knob Trail

2.3 km · +115 m
Blue Ridge Conservancy Trail

3.3 km · +86 m
Boone Fork Trail

4.1 km · +87 m
Boone Fork Trail

2.4 km · +56 m
China Creek Trail

2.6 km · +0 m