Trail guides, day hikes, backpacking routes, and national park adventures across the US.
2.6 · 400 gain
<p>Lost Lake Trail loops through a magnificent stand of old-growth Douglas fir in Larrabee State Park, offering a relatively gentle hike through ancient forest to a small, secluded lake that embodies ...
2.5 · 200 gain
<p>Grand Parade Trail is the essential hike in Kodachrome Basin State Park, winding 2.5 miles through a colorful canyon landscape studded with 67 stone spires known as sedimentary pipes — geological f...
0.5 · 100 gain
<p>Mushroom Rock State Park protects one of Kansas's most unusual geological features - a collection of enormous Dakota Sandstone concretions that weathered into mushroom shapes as surrounding softer ...
4.4 · 1000 gain
<p>Fragrance Lake Trail climbs through lush Pacific Northwest forest to a beautiful, hidden lake nestled in a forested cirque on the slopes of Chuckanut Mountain, with bonus views across Bellingham Ba...
1.5 · 200 gain
<p>Hidden Pinyon Trail winds through one of Snow Canyon State Park's most intimate and ecologically interesting landscapes — a terrain of ancient pinyon pine trees, lava tubes, and colorful Navajo San...
3.0 · 300 gain
<p>The Big Creek Trail follows the park's main waterway through a mature forest corridor that represents some of the finest remaining bottomland hardwood habitat in southeast Missouri. Ancient sycamor...
6.5 · 1200 gain
<p>Chuckanut Trail is the premier long hike in Larrabee State Park, climbing through the stunning sandstone and conifer landscape of Chuckanut Mountain to viewpoints overlooking Samish Bay and the Chu...
3.5 · 500 gain
<p>Johnson Canyon Trail is one of Snow Canyon State Park's most geologically diverse hikes, winding 3.5 miles round-trip through a striking landscape where red Navajo Sandstone canyon walls give way t...
4.0 · 300 gain
<p>Logan Creek drains a quiet hollow in the Sam A. Baker backcountry, offering a peaceful alternative to the busier main trail system. The creek runs clear and cold, fed by numerous springs seeping fr...
0.5 · 20 gain
<p>The Petroglyph Interpretive Tour at Columbia Hills State Park provides guided access to Tsagaglalal, known as She Who Watches, one of the most celebrated and culturally significant pieces of Native...
1.5 · 200 gain
<p>Petrified Dunes Trail explores one of Snow Canyon State Park's most visually arresting geological features — ancient sand dunes that solidified into Navajo Sandstone roughly 180 million years ago a...
8.0 · 700 gain
<p>The Shut-In Mountain Forks Trail represents some of the most rugged hiking in the Missouri Ozarks, traversing the St. Francois Mountains through terrain shaped by ancient volcanic activity. The Eas...
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