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Falls Branch Trail
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Falls Branch Trail

<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 ...

June 10, 2025
Storm King Summit
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Storm King Summit

<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 ...

June 9, 2025
Ocotillo Trail
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Ocotillo Trail

<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...

June 9, 2025
Beach and Dune Walk
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Beach and Dune Walk

<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 ...

June 9, 2025
Kingfisher Trail
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Kingfisher Trail

<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...

June 8, 2025
Bull Hill Loop
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Bull Hill Loop

<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...

June 7, 2025
Guindani Trail
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Guindani Trail

<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...

June 7, 2025
Nature Trail
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Nature Trail

<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...

June 7, 2025
East Summit Trail
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East Summit Trail

<p>The East Summit Trail offers a longer and more forested approach to the summit of Pinnacle Mountain compared to the direct West Summit route. Beginning from the east trailhead near Maumelle Lake, t...

June 6, 2025
Breakneck Ridge Trail
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Breakneck Ridge Trail

<p>Breakneck Ridge is consistently ranked as the most-hiked trail in the greater New York metropolitan area, drawing over 100,000 visitors annually to its dramatic scrambling ascent directly above the...

June 5, 2025
Prospector Trail
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Prospector Trail

<p>The Prospector Trail loops through the desert foothills at the base of the Superstition Mountains, offering sweeping panoramic views of one of Arizona's most legendary mountain ranges. Named in hon...

June 5, 2025
Tower Hill Dune Trail
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Tower Hill Dune Trail

<p>Tower Hill is the centerpiece of Warren Dunes State Park and at 240 feet above the surface of Lake Michigan ranks among the highest dunes in the Great Lakes system. The climb to its summit is stren...

June 5, 2025

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