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Longs Peak Trail
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Longs Peak Trail

<p>Longs Peak stands at 14,259 feet and holds the distinction of being the only fourteener entirely within Rocky Mountain National Park. The standard Keyhole Route climbs 5,100 feet over 7.25 miles on...

October 11, 2024
Wetlands Restoration Trail
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Wetlands Restoration Trail

<p>The Wetlands Restoration Trail loops through one of the park's most ecologically significant areas—a formerly drained and degraded floodplain that has been actively restored to functioning wetland ...

October 9, 2024
Sky Pond Trail
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Sky Pond Trail

<p>Sky Pond Trail delivers one of Rocky Mountain National Park's most dramatic alpine experiences, ascending nearly 1,700 feet over 4.5 miles from the Bear Lake Trailhead into the glacier-carved terra...

October 9, 2024
Baynard Trail
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Baynard Trail

<p>The Baynard Trail is the centerpiece hike in Hillsborough River State Park, looping through a hardwood hammock alongside the Hillsborough River's most dramatic section—the only Class II whitewater ...

October 7, 2024
Emerald Lake Trail
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Emerald Lake Trail

<p>The Emerald Lake Trail is one of Rocky Mountain National Park's most beloved hikes, stringing together three glacially carved lakes in a stunning alpine amphitheater. The journey begins at Bear Lak...

October 7, 2024
River Shores Trail
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River Shores Trail

<p>The River Shores Trail follows the northern bank of the Loxahatchee River—Florida's first federally designated Wild and Scenic River—through the subtropical riparian forest that lines its tannin-st...

October 5, 2024
Tall Trees Grove Trail
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Tall Trees Grove Trail

<p>Tall Trees Grove protects the floodplain stand where the world's tallest measured tree — Hyperion, at 380.3 feet — was discovered in 2006, though the exact location of Hyperion is deliberately with...

October 5, 2024
Hobe Mountain Tower Trail
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Hobe Mountain Tower Trail

<p>The Hobe Mountain Tower Trail climbs to the 86-foot summit of Hobe Mountain—the highest natural point in southeastern Florida and one of the highest points in peninsular Florida south of the Lake W...

October 3, 2024
Lady Bird Johnson Grove
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Lady Bird Johnson Grove

<p>Lady Bird Johnson Grove was the site chosen for the formal dedication of Redwood National Park on August 27, 1969, when First Lady Lady Bird Johnson joined Secretary of the Interior Walter Hickel b...

October 3, 2024
Kitching Creek Trail
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Kitching Creek Trail

<p>The Kitching Creek Trail is Jonathan Dickinson's signature hike, a 7.6-mile loop through the remarkable ecological diversity of the park's interior. The route crosses from Florida scrub—sandy, open...

October 1, 2024
Prairie Creek Trail
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Prairie Creek Trail

<p>Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park protects a long meadow corridor flanked by old-growth coast redwood, and the Prairie Creek Trail loops through both habitats in a single outing. The meadow itself ...

October 1, 2024
Bay Side Trail
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Bay Side Trail

<p>The Bay Side Trail loops through the estuarine margin of St. Joseph Peninsula State Park along the shore of St. Joseph Bay—a remarkably intact estuarine system that supports one of Florida's health...

September 29, 2024

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