Trail guides, day hikes, backpacking routes, and national park adventures across the US.
5.0 · 250 gain
<p>The Horse Trail Loop at Lake Catherine State Park traverses a varied landscape of lakeshore bottomland and pine-covered ridges above the southern reaches of the Ouachita Mountains, providing a thor...
6.4 · 1600 gain
<p>Sunfish Pond sits atop Kittatinny Ridge at 1,382 feet elevation as New Jersey's only natural glacial lake, preserved by the Appalachian Trail Conservancy and environmental activists who battled a p...
3.5 · 400 gain
<p>The Foothills Loop at Kartchner Caverns State Park circles through the Kartchner Hills that surround the famous cavern system, offering a moderate hiking experience with excellent views and diverse...
2.0 · 450 gain
<p>The Sleeping Bear Dunes Climb is arguably the most physically demanding short hike in the Great Lakes region, ascending 450 feet of active, unvegetated sand on one of the largest perched dune compl...
2.0 · 400 gain
<p>The Falls Branch Trail at Lake Catherine State Park leads to a lovely waterfall tucked into a narrow hollow of the Ouachita foothills above the lake. The cascade drops over a mossy sandstone ledge ...
3.5 · 1200 gain
<p>Storm King Mountain is one of the most historically significant peaks in American conservation history, its proposed use as a pumped-storage hydroelectric plant in the 1960s sparking a decade-long ...
1.0 · 100 gain
<p>The Ocotillo Trail at Kartchner Caverns State Park provides a short and accessible introduction to the desert habitat surrounding the cave entrance, offering interpretive information about both the...
3.0 · 50 gain
<p>The Beach and Dune Walk traces Warren Dunes' Lake Michigan shoreline from the main beach access south toward the park boundary and back, combining the sensory pleasures of a Great Lakes beach walk ...
3.5 · 150 gain
<p>The Kingfisher Trail at Pinnacle Mountain State Park provides a completely different experience from the summit climbs, exploring the rich bottomland floodplain of the Arkansas River at the base of...
7.2 · 1700 gain
<p>Bull Hill, known on some maps as Mount Taurus, is the highest summit in Hudson Highlands State Park Preserve at 1,420 feet, offering 360-degree views that many experienced Catskill and Adirondack h...
2.2 · 200 gain
<p>The Guindani Trail at Kartchner Caverns State Park winds through open desert grassland above one of the most remarkable living cave systems in the world. Named for the Guindani family who historica...
2.5 · 200 gain
<p>The Nature Trail at Warren Dunes loops through the diverse ecological communities that develop in the lee of the primary dune line, revealing the surprising complexity that exists just steps from o...
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