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Lost Valley Trail
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Lost Valley Trail

<p>The Lost Valley Trail packs an extraordinary concentration of geological and natural wonders into just two miles, making it one of the most rewarding short hikes in the entire National Park System....

June 16, 2025
Mount Tammany Loop
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Mount Tammany Loop

<p>Mount Tammany rises 1,527 feet directly above the Delaware Water Gap, the dramatic river breach where the Delaware cuts through Kittatinny Ridge, and its Red Dot Trail ascent is one of the steepest...

June 15, 2025
Pendley Homestead Trail
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Pendley Homestead Trail

<p>The Pendley Homestead Trail at Slide Rock State Park offers a short but historically rich walk through the remnants of one of Oak Creek Canyon's earliest homesteads, providing visitors with a fasci...

June 15, 2025
Good Harbor Bay Trail
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Good Harbor Bay Trail

<p>Good Harbor Bay occupies the northeastern corner of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore and offers a quieter, more remote Lake Michigan beach experience than the heavily visited dune climb area....

June 15, 2025
Shoreline Trail
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Shoreline Trail

<p>The Shoreline Trail at Lake Catherine State Park follows the wooded edges of Lake Catherine, a scenic reservoir created by the Remmel Dam on the Ouachita River. The trail provides excellent fishing...

June 14, 2025
Dunnfield Creek Trail
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Dunnfield Creek Trail

<p>The Dunnfield Creek Trail follows one of the most pristine stream corridors in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, ascending through a hemlock cathedral gorge alongside a tumbling moun...

June 13, 2025
Slide Rock Creek Trail
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Slide Rock Creek Trail

<p>The Slide Rock Creek Trail at Slide Rock State Park follows Oak Creek through one of Arizona's most beloved natural attractions, where smooth red sandstone channels have been sculpted into natural ...

June 13, 2025
Empire Bluff Trail
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Empire Bluff Trail

<p>The Empire Bluff Trail offers the most accessible high bluff overlook in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, climbing through a mature beech-maple forest before emerging onto an exposed sand bl...

June 13, 2025
Horse Trail Loop
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Horse Trail Loop

<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...

June 12, 2025
Appalachian Trail - Sunfish Pond
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Appalachian Trail - Sunfish Pond

<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...

June 11, 2025
Foothills Loop
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Foothills Loop

<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...

June 11, 2025
Dune Climb
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Dune Climb

<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...

June 11, 2025

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