Trail guides, day hikes, backpacking routes, and national park adventures across the US.
0.75 · 100 gain
<p>The Elephant Rock Trail is a short, family-friendly loop in Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada, offering an accessible introduction to the park's remarkable red sandstone landscape. The trail's name...
4.0 · 100 gain
<p>Cheyenne Bottoms is one of the most important wetland complexes in interior North America, providing critical stopover habitat for millions of shorebirds migrating along the Central Flyway each spr...
3.8 · 1000 gain
<p>Misery Ridge Loop is the signature hike at Smith Rock State Park, one of the most dramatic state parks in Oregon and a world-class rock climbing destination renowned for its towering rhyolite and t...
1.25 · 200 gain
<p>The White Domes Loop is a compact but richly varied hike in the northern section of Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada. Beginning at the White Domes parking area, this 1.25-mile loop packs an impres...
2.0 · 100 gain
<p>The Lucas Hawk Watch Trail follows the Smoky Hill River valley corridor - a major raptor migration route that concentrates hawks, falcons, and eagles moving south in autumn. Swainson's hawks, which...
2.9 · 400 gain
<p>North Falls Trail explores the northern canyon system of Silver Falls State Park, visiting the spectacular North Falls, Upper North Falls, and Twin Falls in a rewarding out-and-back hike through ol...
1.5 · 200 gain
<p>The Fire Wave Trail is one of the most visually stunning short hikes in the American Southwest, leading visitors across a dramatic landscape of swirling red, pink, and white Aztec Sandstone pattern...
3.0 · 100 gain
<p>The Post Rock Trail in Wilson State Park explores the limestone fencepost geology unique to north-central Kansas where settlers lacking timber cut limestone slabs to serve as fence posts. The Green...
2.4 · 300 gain
<p>South Falls Loop offers the quintessential Silver Falls State Park experience in a compact and accessible package, focusing on the park's most iconic feature: the 177-foot South Falls and the ...
4.0 · 600 gain
<p>Escalante Rim Trail climbs 600 feet above the park to a broad canyon rim overlooking the Escalante River drainage — one of the last major river systems mapped in the continental United States and n...
5.5 · 300 gain
<p>Alum Creek drains into Kanopolis Reservoir through a broad valley that attracts concentrations of migrating shorebirds in spring and fall when water levels expose mudflats. The trail follows the cr...
7.2 · 800 gain
<p>Trail of Ten Falls is the crown jewel of Silver Falls State Park and Oregon's most visited state park trail, a magnificent loop that visits ten named waterfalls cascading through a spectacular...
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