Trail guides, day hikes, backpacking routes, and national park adventures across the US.
1.5 · 100 gain
<p>Palouse Canyon Rim Trail follows the basalt edge of the Palouse Falls canyon upstream from the main overlook, offering an extended geological tour of this remarkable landscape sculpted by catastrop...
6.0 · 200 gain
<p>Dead Horse Point Rim Trail circles one of the American Southwest's most celebrated overlooks — a narrow peninsula of mesa jutting 2,000 feet above the Colorado River's sweeping gooseneck bend far b...
1.0 · 300 gain
<p>Ha Ha Tonka State Park's signature attraction is the ruins of a European-style stone castle built in 1905 by Kansas City businessman Robert Snyder on a 200-foot dolomite bluff above the Lake of the...
2.0 · 400 gain
<p>Lower Gorge Trail descends steeply from the canyon rim to the floor of the Palouse River canyon, offering an entirely different perspective on the dramatic basalt landscape carved by the ancient Mi...
1.0 ·
<p>The Three Sisters Area is centered on Goblin Valley's most iconic rock formation — three towering Entrada Sandstone spires standing side by side like sentinels guarding the valley. The short, easy ...
1.5 · 100 gain
<p>The Rock Explorer Trail invites visitors to scramble over and between the elephant-shaped granite boulders that give the park its name. The route winds through the boulder pile via informal scrambl...
3.0 · 250 gain
<p>The Whitefish Point loop explores the southern section of White Clay Creek State Park, traversing a distinctive landscape where limestone bedrock outcrops through the thin piedmont soils to create ...
0.5 · 20 gain
<p>Palouse Falls Overlook is a short, paved path to one of the most spectacular natural wonders in Washington State, the 200-foot Palouse Falls, which plunges into a dramatic basalt canyon carved by t...
3.4 · 200 gain
<p>Carmel Canyon Loop provides a completely different perspective on the Goblin Valley landscape by ascending to the canyon rim above the goblin formations and following the elevated terrain for sweep...
2.0 · 100 gain
<p>The Engine House Loop visits the ruins of the granite quarry operation that made Elephant Rocks a commercial site from 1869 through the early 20th century. The 1879 engine house foundation remains ...
2.5 · 200 gain
<p>The Tri-State Marker Trail leads to one of the most historically significant and geographically unusual spots in the mid-Atlantic region: the tripoint where the borders of Delaware, Pennsylvania, a...
8.0 · 2000 gain
<p>Hamilton Mountain Loop is the signature long hike of Beacon Rock State Park, delivering sweeping Columbia River Gorge panoramas from the 2,438-foot summit of Hamilton Mountain through a challenging...
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