North Carolina Cycling Map with GPX Downloads

North Carolina’s cycling landscape ranges from beach cruises along the Outer Banks to challenging climbs in the Blue Ridge Mountains and urban greenways in Charlotte and Raleigh. The state has invested heavily in multi-use paths and the Mountains-to-Sea Trail corridor. This interactive map loads live OpenStreetMap cycling infrastructure for any North Carolina location.

North Carolina Cycling Infrastructure Types

The map shows seven categories of cycling infrastructure from OpenStreetMap. Download any category as a GPX file — compatible with Garmin, Wahoo, Komoot, Strava, and all major cycling apps. Data loads automatically when you zoom into a city, or click Load Cycle Data at any zoom level.

Top North Carolina Cities — Zoom to Load Cycling Maps

Click Zoom on any city to jump to it on the map and auto-load its cycling infrastructure. Ranked by population — Raleigh (state capital) marked with a star ★.

#CityPopulation (2020)
1Charlotte874,579
2Raleigh ★467,665
3Greensboro299,035
4Durham278,993
5Winston-Salem249,545
6Fayetteville208,501
7Cary174,721
8Wilmington115,451
9High Point114,059
10Concord105,240
11Asheville94,067
12Gastonia82,790
13Jacksonville73,478
14Chapel Hill61,960
15Rocky Mount53,930
16Burlington57,719
17Huntersville61,376
18Wilson48,564
19Kannapolis49,677
20Apex60,492
21Greenville92,156
22Indian Trail40,011
23Mooresville50,193
24Wake Forest47,601
25Goldsboro34,234
26Hickory42,328
27Holly Springs44,269
28Matthews32,293
29New Bern30,508
30Fuquay-Varina38,847
31Garner33,555
32Sanford29,764
33Mint Hill26,045
34Morrisville30,187
35Monroe35,053
36Asheboro26,568
37Cornelius31,018
38Statesville28,301
39Leland24,950
40Carrboro21,209
41Kernersville25,053
42Thomasville27,096
43Harrisburg17,239
44Havelock17,466
45Waxhaw19,856
46Lumberton21,024
47Salisbury34,498
48Fayetteville208,501
49Lewisville14,619
50Smithfield12,396
51Clayton24,636
52Stallings16,619
53Hendersonville14,297
54Mebane18,697
55Pinehurst16,362
56Knightdale19,463
57Elizabeth City17,188
58Archdale11,639
59Albemarle15,930
60Boone19,205
61Graham16,035
62Conover8,166
63Lexington22,071
64Davidson13,935
65Lenoir17,671
66Roanoke Rapids14,702
67Hope Mills17,012
68Tarboro10,491
69Kinston19,671
70Murfreesboro2,761
71Belmont14,432
72Morehead City8,966
73Shelby21,186
74Weddington14,096
75Piney Green14,974
76Lincolnton11,516
77Winterville10,145
78Pittsboro4,617
79Spring Lake12,460
80Marvin6,801
81Siler City8,484
82Zebulon6,574
83Aberdeen9,087
84Swansboro3,661
85Mills River6,845
86Elkin4,146
87Rockingham8,648
88Mount Holly16,261
89Reidsville13,843
90Henderson15,584
91Laurinburg14,601
92Wendell8,380
93Waynesville10,204
94Mount Airy9,756

About This Map

Cycling infrastructure data comes from OpenStreetMap via the Overpass API, updated in real time. City data sourced from Esri’s USA Major Cities dataset (2020 Census). Base map by CyclOSM. Explore cycling maps for all 50 US states on our Global Cycle Map with GPX Downloads page.

Explore nearby states: Virginia Cycling Map | Tennessee Cycling Map | Georgia Cycling Map | South Carolina Cycling Map

About the Author
I'm Daniel O'Donohue, the voice and creator behind The MapScaping Podcast ( A podcast for the geospatial community ). With a professional background as a geospatial specialist, I've spent years harnessing the power of spatial to unravel the complexities of our world, one layer at a time.