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Backbone Trail
<p>The Backbone Trail in Kisatchie National Forest showcases the most dramatically eroded sandstone formations in Louisiana, a landscape that regularly astonishes visitors who arrive expecting flat Gu...
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Gorge Trail
<p>Watkins Glen State Park's Gorge Trail is arguably the most spectacular short hike in New York State, descending into a 700-foot-deep sandstone and shale gorge carved by Glen Creek over 12,000 years...
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Giant City Nature Trail
<p>Giant City Nature Trail is the signature hike of Giant City State Park in the Shawnee Hills of southern Illinois, threading through a maze of massive Pounds sandstone bluffs that tower 50 to 80 fee...
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Kisatchie Hills Wilderness Trail
<p>The Kisatchie Hills Wilderness Trail traverses Louisiana's only federally designated wilderness area, a remarkable landscape of flat-topped mesas, deep ravines, and exposed sandstone outcroppings t...
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Pine Meadow Lake Loop
<p>The Pine Meadow Lake Loop is one of Harriman State Park's finest full-day wilderness experiences, threading through the heart of the Seven Lakes area on a demanding 9.5-mile circuit that gains 1,50...
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Fristoe Trail
<p>The Fristoe Trail provides a ridge-walking experience along the backbone of the Pere Marquette limestone bluffs, traversing a section of the park that sees significantly less foot traffic than the ...
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Cypress Bayou Walk
<p>The Cypress Bayou Walk at Chicot State Park delivers visitors deep into one of Louisiana's most visually dramatic natural environments: the flooded cypress-tupelo swamp. Ancient bald cypress trees ...
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Lemon Squeezer Trail
<p>The Lemon Squeezer is Harriman State Park's most celebrated geological curiosity—a narrow slot canyon carved through Precambrian granite where hikers must turn sideways and squeeze through walls of...
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Goat Cliff Trail
<p>Goat Cliff Trail earns its strenuous designation by climbing 300 feet directly up the face of the Illinois River bluffs to a cliff-edge overlook that juts out over the river valley like a ship's pr...
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Longleaf Pine Trail
<p>The Longleaf Pine Trail at Chicot State Park passes through an active ecological restoration area where land managers are working to reestablish the once-vast longleaf pine savanna ecosystem of the...
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Appalachian Trail - Harriman Section
<p>Harriman State Park's stretch of the Appalachian Trail offers a quintessential taste of the iconic 2,190-mile footpath within a sprawling 200-mile network of trails just 30 miles from Midtown Manha...
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Twin Shelters Trail
<p>Twin Shelters Trail is the backbone hiking route of Pere Marquette State Park, the largest state park in Illinois at nearly 8,000 acres, traversing the dramatic limestone bluffs above the Illinois ...