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Spillway Walk
<p>The Spillway Walk at Lake Claiborne State Park offers a short but rewarding stroll out to the dam and spillway structure that impounds Lake Claiborne's 6,400 acres of water. The elevated vantage po...
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Genesee Falls Loop
<p>The Genesee Falls Loop is Letchworth State Park's most accessible introduction to its spectacular gorge scenery, condensing views of all three famous waterfalls into a manageable 2.5-mile circuit. ...
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Big Carp River Trail
<p>The Big Carp River Trail descends from the high escarpment country into one of the Porcupine Mountains' most intimate river corridors, following the Big Carp River through old-growth hemlock and su...
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Pine Knoll Trail
<p>The Pine Knoll Trail at Lake Claiborne State Park winds through a maturing stand of loblolly pine interspersed with hardwoods on the gently rolling hills above the lake. This short, pleasant loop i...
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Gorge Trail
<p>Letchworth State Park's Gorge Trail earns its nickname 'the Grand Canyon of the East' by tracing the rim of a dramatic 600-foot-deep gorge carved by the Genesee River through layers of Devonian sha...
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Lake of the Clouds Escarpment
<p>The Lake of the Clouds Escarpment Trail follows the dramatic quartzite ridgeline that crowns Michigan's Upper Peninsula, delivering the single most iconic panorama in the state's park system. The p...
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Lake Claiborne Loop
<p>The Lake Claiborne Loop circumnavigates portions of the shoreline of Lake Claiborne, a sprawling 6,400-acre reservoir in the Piney Hills region of north Louisiana. The lake was created in the 1930s...
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Indian Trail
<p>The Indian Trail traverses Watkins Glen State Park's north rim, offering a quieter alternative to the busy Gorge Trail with excellent overlook perspectives and access to a popular natural swimming ...
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Devil's Standtable
<p>Devil's Standtable is the most geologically distinct feature at Giant City State Park, a giant mushroom rock formation formed when a large horizontal caprock of resistant Pounds sandstone has been ...
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Caroline Dormon Trail
<p>The Caroline Dormon Trail honors one of the South's most important early conservationists, the Louisiana botanist and naturalist who campaigned tirelessly for the establishment of Kisatchie Nationa...
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South Rim Trail
<p>The South Rim Trail at Watkins Glen State Park offers the best elevated perspectives on the park's famous gorge without requiring hikers to navigate the wet stone steps of the Gorge Trail below. Th...
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Post Oak Trail
<p>The Post Oak Trail takes its name from the post oak — a gnarled, drought-tolerant member of the white oak group that dominates the dry, rocky upland soils atop the Shawnee Hills ridges at Giant Cit...