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Best Road Biking in North Carolina

This list represents the most popular road biking in North Carolina (learn more about Top Trails). Use this list to plan your next North Carolina road biking trip. Select a state and/or activity below to find even more top trails.

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#1. Asheville - Biltmore Ramble

  
The Asheville-Biltmore Ramble, a delightful but challenging 17.5-mile ride, takes you by many of Asheville’s scenic and historically important sights and through architecturally diverse neighborhoods.…
From the guidebook "Road Biking North Carolina"
Asheville , NC - Road Biking - 17.5 miles   
Published by Falcon Publishing

#2. Lake Norman Challenge

  
This ride is enjoyable all year. The back roads of Catawba and Iredell counties are as charming as their names: Grassy Creek Road, Black Snake Road, Molly's Backbone, and Buffalo Shoals road. The ro…
From the guidebook "Best Bike Rides in the South"
Denver , NC - Road Biking - 43 miles   
Published by The Globe Pequot Press

#3. Orange County Ramble

  
The Orange County Ramble will let you relax and enjoy your ride with few turns. The ride begins in the small town of Carrboro with its mainly residential streets. Major improvements along Greensboro S…
From the guidebook "Road Biking North Carolina"
Carrboro , NC - Road Biking - 24.3 miles   
Published by Falcon Publishing

#4. Duke - Durham Cruise

  
The 26.1-mile Duke-Durham Cruise takes you on a delightful sight-seeing tour of Durham, home of Duke University. The ride begins in front of the famous Duke Chapel, winding through the West and then t…
From the guidebook "Road Biking North Carolina"
Durham , NC - Road Biking - 26.1 miles   
Published by Falcon Publishing

#5. Cycling on Cape Hatteras National Seashore

  
With its long, flat landscape stretching 72 miles down the coast of North Carolina, the Cape Hatteras National Seashore is a good destination for long, relatively easy rides. There is only one real hi…
From the guidebook "Exploring Cape Hatteras and Cape Lookout National Seashores"
Buxton , NC - Road Biking
Published by Falcon Publishing

#6. Capital City Ramble

  
The Capital City Ramble offers a relatively easy 12.2-mile tour of Raleigh. It starts at the main entrance to an established girls’ school then heads toward the State Capitol and downtown Raleigh. Aft…
From the guidebook "Road Biking North Carolina"
Raleigh , NC - Road Biking - 12.2 miles   
Published by Falcon Publishing

#7. Cane Creek - Emmas Grove

  
This is one of the flattest rides in the Asheville area. However, you must remember that "flat" is a relative term in the mountains, where nothing is truly level for any sustained distance. Expect gen…
From the guidebook "Road Bike Asheville, North Carolina"
Skyland , NC - Road Biking - 26 miles   
Published by Milestone Press

#8. Kings Mountain Ramble

  
Kings Mountain Ramble connects two state parks and a national military park on a pleasant but hilly ride from southern North Carolina into northern South Carolina. From Crowders Mountain State Park in…
From the guidebook "Road Biking North Carolina"
Kings Mountain , NC - Road Biking - 21.5 miles   
Published by Falcon Publishing

#9. Road to Nowhere

  
This is the locally famous "Road to Nowhere," a road leading into the Great Smoky Mountains National Park that was begun in 1941 and has yet to be completed. It was intended to connect Bryson City to…
From the guidebook "Road Bike The Smokies"
Bryson City , NC - Road Biking - 17 miles   
Published by Milestone Press

#10. Fort Fisher to Southport Cruise

  
The 27.1-mile Fort Fisher to Southport Cruise explores a small coastal town at the mouth of the Cape Fear River and then crosses by ferry to the coastal island across the river where Fort Fisher is lo…
From the guidebook "Road Biking North Carolina"
Southport , NC - Road Biking - 27.1 miles   
Published by Falcon Publishing

#11. Cabarrus County Challenge

  
The 55.7-mile Cabarrus County Challenge leads you from the quiet streets of downtown Concord, the county seat, south into the rolling countryside before sweeping east across the southern part of the c…
From the guidebook "Road Biking North Carolina"
Cabarrus , NC - Road Biking - 55.7 miles   
Published by Falcon Publishing

#12. Breakfast Ride

  
This ride is an addition to the Rose Garden route. It's fairly easy and passes through the attractive north Asheville neighborhoods - expect to see many large beautiful homes. For two and a half miles…
From the guidebook "Road Bike Asheville, North Carolina"
Asheville , NC - Road Biking - 17 miles   
Published by Milestone Press

#13. Pamlico South Classic

  
The Pamlico Sound Classic, a century tour, takes you from historic New Bern across two rivers into Pamlico County for a large loop around Gum Tree Swamp and through small coastal communities. The flat…
From the guidebook "Road Biking North Carolina"
New Bern , NC - Road Biking - 102 miles   
Published by Falcon Publishing

#14. Outer Banks Cruise

  
Your ride begins on Ocracoke Island, the southernmost island of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. In the course of the ride, you hop a ferry to Hatteras Island and make a turnaround at Cape Hatter…
From the guidebook "Best Bike Rides in the South"
Ocracoke , NC - Road Biking - 55.6 miles   
Published by The Globe Pequot Press

#15. Bat Cave - Edneyville

  
Beautiful mountain roads highlight this wonderful ride through rural apple orchard country. Some of the terrain is rolling, but there are also several long, hard climbs and one six-mile-long, fast win…
From the guidebook "Road Bike Asheville, North Carolina"
Skyland , NC - Road Biking - 42 miles   
Published by Milestone Press

#16. French Broad River Cruise

  
The French Broad River Cruise, amazingly enough in light of the surrounding terrain, is not difficult because it wanders through the French Broad River valley, caressing the river along much of its 40…
From the guidebook "Road Biking North Carolina"
Brevard , NC - Road Biking - 40.3 miles   
Published by Falcon Publishing

#17. Historic Alamance County Cruise

  
The Historic Alamance County Cruise rambles through the quiet countryside in this section of North Carolina’s Piedmont. The gently rolling landscape provides the exhilaration of coasting downhill with…
From the guidebook "Road Biking North Carolina"
Snow Camp , NC - Road Biking - 41.1 miles   
Published by Falcon Publishing

#18. Queen City Ramble

  
The Queen City Ramble leads you on a challenging tour of North Carolina’s largest city, Charlotte, and is recommended for experienced cyclists. Beginning at the chic shopping area called Southpark Mal…
From the guidebook "Road Biking North Carolina"
Charlotte , NC - Road Biking - 19.4 miles   
Published by Falcon Publishing

#19. Two Rivers

  
The open terrain on this ride makes for some long range views and a rolling ride with many fun ups and downs. As the name implies, you'll travel beside two rivers. The French Broad is big and wide, an…
From the guidebook "Road Bike Asheville, North Carolina"
Asheville , NC - Road Biking - 27 miles   
Published by Milestone Press

#20. Cape Fear Challenge

  
The ride acquaints you with nearly every aspect of the Cape Fear area. It progresses from city to riverbank to beachfront. Points of interest along the way include Fort Fisher and the North Carolina…
From the guidebook "Best Bike Rides in the South"
Wilmington , NC - Road Biking - 55.8 miles   
Published by The Globe Pequot Press

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