Trail guides, day hikes, backpacking routes, and national park adventures across the US.
5.0 · 600 gain
<p>The Day Hill Loop climbs from the Lake Superior shoreline through the inland forest of Split Rock Lighthouse State Park to reach the elevated ridge above the lighthouse, providing a bird's-eye pers...
2.5 · 400 gain
<p>The Kildoo Trail offers the most immersive gorge experience in McConnells Mill State Park in a compact loop format, descending steeply to Slippery Rock Creek and following it upstream through the m...
5.0 ·
<p>The Lakeshore Trail at Elephant Butte Lake State Park circles portions of New Mexico's largest reservoir, offering expansive water views and long-distance vistas toward the distant White Sands dune...
3.0 · 400 gain
<p>Lindy Run Trail loops through one of the most intact examples of high-elevation red spruce forest remaining in the central Appalachians, a forest community that once covered hundreds of thousands o...
5.0 · 50 gain
<p>The Gitchi-Gami State Trail is a paved multi-use trail following the Lake Superior shoreline through Split Rock Lighthouse State Park, providing the most accessible lakeside experience on the North...
4.5 · 600 gain
<p>The Slippery Rock Gorge Trail descends into one of western Pennsylvania's most spectacular geological features: a 400-foot-deep gorge carved by the sudden drainage of a large glacial lake approxima...
1.5 · 100 gain
<p>The Sandia Mountain Vista loop at Coronado Historic Site circles the perimeter of the pueblo ruin area to take maximum advantage of the sweeping views of the Sandia Mountains that rise dramatically...
6.0 · 1000 gain
<p>Bald Knob Trail ascends to the 4,280-foot summit of Bald Knob, the highest point of the Canaan Valley plateau and one of the highest accessible summits in West Virginia, where the boreal krummholz—...
4.5 · 700 gain
<p>The Tettegouche Lake Trail loops through the park's interior, connecting four boreal lakes set in rugged basalt terrain far from the Lake Superior shoreline. The Tettegouche camp area, a former pri...
4.0 · 500 gain
<p>The Fourth Run Trail explores the quieter northwestern corner of Hickory Run State Park, following the Fourth Run stream corridor through a hemlock-dominated ravine before climbing onto a forested ...
2.0 ·
<p>The Rio Grande Trail at Coronado Historic Site follows the cottonwood bosque along the west bank of the Rio Grande, immersing hikers in the remarkable riparian forest that has sustained human commu...
7.2 · 1400 gain
Difficult hiking trail near Custer, SD. 7.2 mi, 1,400 ft gain, out-and-back on dirt.
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