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Trail guides, day hikes, backpacking routes, and national park adventures across the US.

Carlton Peak Trail
Strenuous  MN

Carlton Peak Trail

3.6  ·  900 gain

<p>Carlton Peak is one of the most prominent summits on the Minnesota North Shore, rising 927 feet above Lake Superior on a massive pluton of anorthosite, the same pale gray rock that forms the Split ...

August 12, 2025
Manor Area to Falls
Moderate  MD

Manor Area to Falls

2.5  ·  300 gain

<p>The Manor Area to Falls route provides a longer and more rewarding approach to Cunningham Falls from the park's Manor Area campground and day use area, following Big Hunting Creek upstream through ...

August 12, 2025
Fountain Valley Trail
Easy  CO

Fountain Valley Trail

2.5  ·  200 gain

<p>Fountain Valley Trail is the signature hike at Roxborough State Park, threading through one of Colorado's most dramatic Front Range landscapes. The 2.5-mile loop winds among towering red sandstone ...

August 12, 2025
Ann Bailey Trail
Moderate  WV

Ann Bailey Trail

3.2  ·  400 gain

<p>The Ann Bailey Trail honors the legendary frontier scout and messenger whose exploits during the American Revolutionary War period made her a celebrated figure in Greenbrier Valley history, followi...

August 11, 2025
Cauldron Trail
Moderate  MN

Cauldron Trail

2.5  ·  300 gain

<p>The Temperance River gets its name from the fact that it has no bar at its mouth — an unusual circumstance that results from the river entering Lake Superior through an extremely narrow, deep slot ...

August 10, 2025
Cunningham Falls Trail
Easy  MD

Cunningham Falls Trail

0.7  ·  100 gain

<p>Cunningham Falls Trail leads directly to the largest cascading waterfall in Maryland — a 78-foot cascade of Big Hunting Creek dropping over a wide ledge of ancient metamorphic rock in the Catoctin ...

August 10, 2025
Dam Overlook Trail
Easy  NM

Dam Overlook Trail

1.5  · 

<p>The Dam Overlook Trail at Elephant Butte Lake State Park leads to a viewpoint overlooking the historic Elephant Butte Dam and the Rio Grande below, offering a perspective on one of the most signifi...

August 10, 2025
Arrowhead Trail
Moderate  WV

Arrowhead Trail

5.8  ·  600 gain

<p>The Arrowhead Trail loops through the heart of Watoga State Park, West Virginia's largest state park at nearly 10,000 acres, penetrating one of the most extensive old-growth hardwood forests access...

August 9, 2025
Split Rock River Loop
Strenuous  MN

Split Rock River Loop

6.0  ·  700 gain

<p>The Split Rock River Loop is among the most demanding and rewarding day hikes on the Minnesota North Shore, combining a dramatic river gorge, multiple stream crossings, and elevated ridge views int...

August 8, 2025
Alpha Pass Trail
Moderate  PA

Alpha Pass Trail

1.5  ·  300 gain

<p>Alpha Pass Trail leads to one of the premier bouldering and rock climbing areas in western Pennsylvania, descending through the McConnells Mill gorge to a chaos of massive conglomerate boulders dep...

August 8, 2025
Rocky Canyon Trail
Moderate  NM

Rocky Canyon Trail

3.0  ·  300 gain

<p>The Rocky Canyon Trail at Elephant Butte Lake State Park ascends into the volcanic canyon terrain above the reservoir, offering a more rugged and intimate desert experience than the exposed lakesho...

August 8, 2025
Canaan Valley Wetlands Walk
Easy  WV

Canaan Valley Wetlands Walk

2.0  ·  50 gain

<p>Canaan Valley Wetlands Walk traverses the edge of one of the most biologically significant and geologically unique freshwater wetland complexes in the eastern United States—a 14,000-acre high-eleva...

August 7, 2025

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