Biking in the Pisgah National Forest
The Pisgah District has many miles of mountain biking trails and forest service roads that combine to make for great mountain biking. In addition, highways 215, 276, and the Blue Ridge Parkway are challenging road bike routes. Be careful on the roadways and be sure to use lights, especially in the parkway tunnels.
Mountain biking in the Pisgah is great, but you need to be aware that some mountain bike trails are seasonal, and their use is restricted to the winter months when hikers are not as likely to be on the trails. Seasonal trails are open to mountain bikers from October 15th to April 15th. You are free to mountain bike on designated trails and forest service roads unless they are signed as closed to biking.
There are several good mountain bike trails very near to the forest entrance near the Ranger station/Visitor Center, and the Davidson River Campground. These include the North Slope Trail (seasonal) behind the Davidson River Campground, the Sycamore Cove Trail, and the Black Mountain Trail.
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