About the Park: Located in Surry and Yadkin counties 20 miles northwest of Winston-Salem, Pilot Mountain State Park centers around the iconic geologic knob. The park offers bridle trails along the trail corridor connecting the mountain and river sections.

Little Pinnacle Overlook offers hikers a close-up view of Big Pinnacle and distant views of the valley below. Equestrians and hikers alike will relish the trails through the six-mile woodland corridor that connects the two sections of the park. Cliffs and crevices, ravens, and rhododendron are only a small part of the scenery to be discovered. For more information about the trails, see the park map. All visitors with horses must be able to provide proof of a negative equine infectious anemia (Coggins) test while visiting North Carolina State Parks. Horse rentals not available.

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Difficulty: Moderate to Strenuous

Trail length: 1.3 to 6.6 miles

Available Trails:

Bean Shoals access: Corridor Trail

Bean Shoals access: Yadkin Islands Trail

Bean Shoals access: Yadkin River Park Trail

103 Yadkin River Park Trail
Pinnacle, NC 27043

GPS: 36.2647, -80.4878