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reports and maps of the area you plan to visit (in addition to the maps provided in this guidebook). Know park regulations, and always follow them. Do not take chances.

      Contents

       OVERVIEW MAP

       OVERVIEW MAP KEY

       MAP LEGEND

       DEDICATION

       ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

       PREFACE

       RECOMMENDED HIKES

       INTRODUCTION

       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

       Appendixes

       APPENDIX A: OUTDOOR RETAILERS

       APPENDIX B: HIKING CLUBS

       ABOUT THE AUTHOR

      Dedication

      This book is dedicated to Jessica Nile. Thanks for being there with me every step of the way.

      Acknowledgments

      Thanks to all the trail crews and workers who have spent countless days in the dirt of the forest chipping rock, cutting trees, cleaning trails and rivers, and constructing bridges so that those of us who enjoy nature so much may have a path in which to explore it. Thanks also to those who have advocated for the trails and greenways around Charlotte. The trails are some of the best in the country, and creating them is no easy task. Your work does not go unnoticed or unappreciated. Finally, thanks to Susan Haynes and Scott McGrew for making the book possible, and to my friends and family for being so supportive of this project.

       —Joshua Kinser

      Preface

      When I first started working on this project, I always got the same response when I told people who didn’t live in Charlotte that I was writing a hiking guidebook to the city: “Charlotte? I didn’t think there was much hiking in Charlotte.” This couldn’t be further from the truth, and those of us who live in and around this great city know how much hiking Charlotte has to offer. Truly amazing and diverse hiking experiences are here for the seeking.

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