Trail guides, day hikes, backpacking routes, and national park adventures across the US.
2.8 · 400 gain
<p>Blue Suck Falls Trail follows Wilson Creek upstream through a deeply incised gorge to reach a striking tiered waterfall system whose whimsical name reportedly derives from the sound the water makes...
1.5 · 100 gain
<p>Amnicon Falls State Park is a compact gem in Wisconsin's far northwest corner, packing four significant waterfalls, a historic covered bridge, and a spectacular red sandstone gorge into a park bare...
1.7 · 50 gain
<p>The Ferncliff Peninsula Natural Area loop encircles a dramatic river-carved oxbow where the Youghiogheny River makes a sharp horseshoe bend through resistant sandstone, nearly doubling back on itse...
2.0 · 100 gain
<p>The Birding Area Loop at Catalina State Park traverses one of southern Arizona's premier birdwatching corridors, where the riparian vegetation along Cañada del Oro wash and surrounding desert scrub...
6.2 · 1400 gain
<p>The Tuscarora Overlook Trail stands as Douthat State Park's premier long-distance challenge, ascending the rugged Allegheny Mountain front to a rocky 360-degree summit overlook that straddles the V...
3.5 · 400 gain
<p>The Lost Canyon Trail explores the rugged sandstone bluff country on the western side of Governor Dodge State Park, looping through terrain that includes dramatic canyon sections and elevated ridge...
4.3 · 600 gain
<p>The Highland Trail traverses the broad ridgetop plateau above Ricketts Glen's famous waterfall glens, offering a dramatically different experience from the gorge-bottom routes. Rather than cascades...
5.5 · 1000 gain
<p>The Canyon Loop Trail at Catalina State Park provides a strenuous and deeply rewarding exploration of the rugged foothills terrain along the southwestern flank of the Santa Catalina Mountains, comb...
1.5 · 200 gain
<p>The CCC Cabin Trail serves as a living history walk through one of Virginia's best-preserved examples of Civilian Conservation Corps architecture and landscape design, connecting the cluster of ori...
1.0 · 200 gain
<p>The Evergreen Trail offers a short but immersive walk through one of Pennsylvania's finest surviving old-growth eastern hemlock groves. These towering conifers, some exceeding 500 years in age, cre...
3.0 · 400 gain
<p>The Romero Ruins Trail at Catalina State Park combines outstanding Sonoran Desert scenery with a fascinating archaeological site, leading hikers through the foothills of the Santa Catalina Mountain...
2.0 · 300 gain
<p>Stephens Falls is one of Wisconsin's few interior waterfalls not associated with the Lake Superior watershed, a rarity in a state where most waterfall scenery concentrates in the far north. The fal...
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