TRACK Trail
in North Carolina · centroid 23 mi from Asheville
Enjoy the peaceful setting while discovering what makes the farm, fields and forests so unique at Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site. Pick up a TRACK Trail brochure as you enter the park from the main visitor parking lot. The brochures help young visitors discover different aspects of the park as they visit the Sandburg residence, the goat farm, rolling pastures, mountainside woods, miles of hiking trails, two lakes, flower and vegetable gardens, and an apple orchard.
To download and print a brochure before you come or to find more TRACK trails in the area, visit kidsinparks.com.
- States
- North Carolina
- Trail type
- National Historic Site trail
- Centroid nearest city
- Asheville, NC · 23 mi · ~40 min drive
- Centroid coords
- 35.2735°, -82.4452°
About Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site
This trail is inside Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site, a national historic site managed by the U.S. National Park Service. Conditions, road status, trail closures, and reservation requirements are published on the park's NPS page — check it before driving in, especially in winter or during major weather events.
Official NPS trail page: https://www.nps.gov/places/track-trail.htm
Park homepage: https://www.nps.gov/carl/index.htm
Plan your hike
Maps + permits: long-distance trails like this often require permits for through-hiking, backcountry camping, or specific sections (especially in National Parks). Check with the maintaining organisation listed above and the relevant land manager before booking travel.
Water + supplies: water sources vary seasonally on most U.S. trails. Carry a filter and consult current trail-condition reports — through-hiker journals (PCT-L, AT Reddit, etc.) and the maintaining organisation publish regular updates.
When to go: hiking seasons vary widely with elevation, latitude, and snowpack. Through-hikers traditionally start the AT in March-April (Springer northbound) and the PCT in late April (Campo northbound). High-elevation western trails (CDT, JMT, Wonderland) generally aren't passable until July.
If you've hiked TRACK Trail and have current notes (water sources, trail closures, permit changes), tell us at /contact — we update pages as we learn.
Stay nearby
Other trails within 50 miles
Palmetto Trail: Poinsett Reservoir Passage
9 miles from this trail's centroid
Palmetto Trail: Blue Wall Passage
13 miles from this trail's centroid
Palmetto Trail: Peach Country Passage
21 miles from this trail's centroid
Mountains-to-Sea Trail: Segment 3
22 miles from this trail's centroid
Mountains-to-Sea Trail: Segment 2
29 miles from this trail's centroid
Mountains-to-Sea Trail
31 miles from this trail's centroid
Sources
Trail data on this page is compiled from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), the maintaining organisation's public-facing materials, and Wikipedia (CC BY-SA where excerpts are quoted). Distance, terminus, and descriptive text for nationally-designated trails are hand-curated from federal land-manager websites and trail-association sources. We do not modify the underlying data; this page presents what is already publicly recorded. To suggest corrections, see our methodology page.