Trail guides, day hikes, backpacking routes, and national park adventures across the US.
0.6 · 200 gain
<p>The Elakala Falls Trail descends steeply into the Shays Run canyon to reveal a series of four cascading waterfalls whose intimate scale, tannic-stained water, and canyon setting make them among the...
1.5 · 300 gain
<p>Shovel Point is the most dramatic geological feature on the Minnesota North Shore, a basalt headland that juts into Lake Superior like the prow of a ship, its vertical cliffs dropping 170 feet dire...
1.0 · 50 gain
<p>The Boulder Field at Hickory Run State Park is a National Natural Landmark and one of the most extraordinary geological features in the northeastern United States — a flat, oval field measuring app...
3.0 · 400 gain
<p>The Tesuque Creek Trail at Hyde Memorial State Park follows the riparian canyon below the Santa Fe ski area, tracing the course of Tesuque Creek through a beautiful forested canyon in the Sangre de...
1.5 · 150 gain
<p>Pendleton Lake Loop circles the four-acre Pendleton Lake at the heart of Blackwater Falls State Park, combining a pleasant lakeside walk with access to one of the most ecologically distinctive bog ...
1.5 · 150 gain
<p>The Middle Falls Trail focuses on the middle section of the Gooseberry River cascade sequence, providing closer access to the river level than the main falls overlook trail and revealing the sequen...
3.5 · 700 gain
<p>Sunset Rocks Trail climbs the South Mountain ridgeline south of Pine Grove Furnace State Park to a series of open quartzite ledges with outstanding westward views over the Cumberland Valley farmlan...
2.5 · 500 gain
<p>The Ponderosa Ridge Trail at Hyde Memorial State Park traverses the transitional zone between the pinon-juniper woodland of the lower foothills and the ponderosa pine forest that dominates the midd...
3.6 · 400 gain
<p>The Long Branch Trail loops through one of Babcock State Park's most ecologically distinctive landscapes, protecting old-growth eastern hemlock groves and expansive fern glades that represent a for...
5.0 · 600 gain
<p>The Superior Hiking Trail is one of the premier long-distance hiking trails in the Midwest, tracing the ridgeline above Lake Superior's Minnesota shore for 310 miles from Jay Cooke State Park to th...
2.0 · 600 gain
<p>The short but punishing route to Pole Steeple packs exceptional scenery into a compact package, climbing 600 feet in just one mile to reach a dramatic quartzite outcrop perched on the South Mountai...
4.0 · 800 gain
<p>The Big Tesuque Trail at Hyde Memorial State Park provides access from the state park into the Santa Fe National Forest, climbing through the dramatic Sangre de Cristo foothills above Santa Fe to r...
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