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      Overview Map Key

      Center City

       1 Downtown–Uptown Walk

       2 Historic Fourth Ward

       3 Irwin Creek and Stewart Creek Greenway

       4 Little Sugar Creek Greenway

      North of Charlotte

       5 Jetton Park: Loop 1

       6 Jetton Park: Loop 2

       7 Latta Plantation: Piedmont Prairie Trail & Mountain Island Lake Loop

       8 South Mountains State Park: High Shoal Falls Trail

       9 South Mountains State Park: River Trail

       10 Torrence Creek Greenway East

       11 University Research Park Trail

      East of Charlotte

       12 Morrow Mountain State Park: Fall Mountain Trail

       13 Morrow Mountain State Park: Sugarloaf Mountain Trail

       14 Reed Gold Mine

       15 Reedy Creek Nature Preserve: Dragonfly Pond Loop

       16 University of North Carolina at Charlotte Botanical Gardens

       17 Uwharrie National Forest: Badin Lake Trail

       18 Uwharrie National Forest: Birkhead Mountains Wilderness Trail

      South of Charlotte

       19 Cane Creek Park: Northern Red Loop Trail

       20 Cane Creek Park: Southern Trails

       21 McAlpine Creek Greenway Loop

       22 McAlpine Creek Park: Pond Loop

       23 McDowell Nature Preserve: Trail Combo 1

       24 McDowell Nature Preserve: Trail Combo 2

      West of Charlotte

       25 Crowders Mountain State Park: Lake Loop

       26 Crowders Mountain State Park: Trail Combo

       27 Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden

       28 Kings Mountain National Military Park: Battlefield Trail

       29 Kings Mountain State Park: Historic Farm Trail

       30 Kings Mountain State Park: Trail Combo

       31 U.S. National Whitewater Center: Lake Loop

       32 U.S. National Whitewater Center: North Main Trail

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      NEARLY 4 MILES OF TRAILS WIND ALONG THE LAKESHORE AND THROUGH THE FORMAL GARDENS OF BEAUTIFUL JETTON PARK.

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      Five-Star Trails Charlotte

      Your Guide to the Area’s Most Beautiful Hikes

      Copyright © 2012 by Joshua Kinser

      All rights reserved

      Published by Menasha Ridge Press

      Distributed by Publishers Group West

      Printed in the United States of America

      First edition, first printing

      Edited by Amber Kaye Henderson

      Cover design by Scott McGrew

      Text design by Annie Long

      All photographs by Joshua Kinser unless otherwise noted

      Cartography and elevation profiles by Joshua Kinser and Scott McGrew

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Kinser, Joshua.

       Five-star trails : Charlotte : your guide to the area’s most beautiful hikes / Joshua Kinser.

       p. cm.

       ISBN-13: 978-0-89732-888-3

       ISBN-10: 0-89732-888-4

       eISBN: 978-0-89732-949-1

       1. Hiking—North Carolina—Charlotte—Guidebooks. 2. Trails—North Carolina—Charlotte—Guidebooks. 3. Charlotte (N.C.)—Guidebooks. I. Title.

       GV199.42.N662C55 2012

       796.5109756—dc23

      2012030982

      Menasha Ridge Press

      P.O. Box 43673

      Birmingham, AL 35243

       menasharidge.com

      Disclaimer

      This book is meant only as a guide to select trails in and near Charlotte, North Carolina, and the greater metropolitan area. This book does not guarantee hiker safety in any way—you hike at your own risk. Neither Menasha Ridge Press nor Joshua Kinser is liable for property loss or damage, personal injury, or death that result in any way from accessing or hiking the trails described in the following pages. Please be especially cautious when walking in potentially hazardous terrains with, for example, steep inclines or drop-offs. Do not attempt to explore terrain that may be beyond your abilities. Please read carefully the introduction to this book, as well as further safety information from other sources. Familiarize yourself with

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