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Trail guides, day hikes, backpacking routes, and national park adventures across the US.

Upper Ledges Trail
Moderate  IA

Upper Ledges Trail

1.5  ·  300 gain

<p>The Upper Ledges Trail climbs to the canyon rim where Savanna-type vegetation transitions between eastern deciduous forest and western prairie. Compass plant, rattlesnake master, and other prairie ...

September 7, 2025
Fort Miles Heritage Trail
Easy  DE

Fort Miles Heritage Trail

3.0  ·  30 gain

<p>The Fort Miles Heritage Trail explores the extensive World War II coastal defense infrastructure built at Cape Henlopen between 1941 and 1945 to protect Delaware Bay and the vital shipping lanes su...

September 7, 2025
Mount Constitution Summit Trail
Strenuous  WA

Mount Constitution Summit Trail

7.8  ·  2000 gain

<p>The Mount Constitution Summit Trail climbs to the highest point in the San Juan Islands at 2,409 feet, offering what many consider the finest viewpoint in the Pacific Northwest. The trail winds thr...

September 7, 2025
Staunton Ranch Trail
Moderate  CO

Staunton Ranch Trail

3.5  ·  400 gain

<p>Staunton Ranch Trail pays homage to the homesteading legacy that shaped this land for over a century before it became a state park in 2013. The 3.5-mile loop tours the historic Staunton Ranch prope...

September 7, 2025
Lake Trail
Easy  KY

Lake Trail

2.0  ·  200 gain

<p>Lake Trail follows the wooded shoreline of Dewey Lake in a gentle loop that provides consistent access to the water's edge and excellent wildlife viewing in the coves and inlet areas where the rese...

September 6, 2025
Pease Creek Trail
Easy  IA

Pease Creek Trail

3.0  ·  100 gain

<p>The Pease Creek Trail follows the main waterway through Ledges State Park along the creek bottom, offering a flat and accessible route through the park's most dramatic terrain. Floods periodically ...

September 5, 2025
Pinelands Nature Trail
Easy  DE

Pinelands Nature Trail

2.0  ·  20 gain

<p>The Pinelands Nature Trail loops through a maritime forest of pitch pine and American holly that represents one of the finest examples of coastal plain pinelands habitat in Delaware. Pitch pine dom...

September 5, 2025
West Beach to North Beach
Easy  WA

West Beach to North Beach

3.5  ·  200 gain

<p>The West Beach to North Beach route is a satisfying loop hike in Deception Pass State Park that combines two distinct coastal environments: an open Pacific-facing driftwood beach and a sheltered, f...

September 5, 2025
Lion Lakes Trail
Strenuous  CO

Lion Lakes Trail

6.0  ·  1200 gain

<p>Lion Lakes Trail is the most ambitious hike in Staunton State Park, climbing 1,200 feet over six miles round-trip to a pair of alpine lakes that sit just inside the boundary of the Lost Creek Wilde...

September 5, 2025
Moss Ridge Trail
Moderate  KY

Moss Ridge Trail

2.5  ·  500 gain

<p>Moss Ridge Trail climbs from the resort area to a forested ridgeline overlooking Dewey Lake reservoir—one of the larger impoundments in eastern Kentucky, created by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers...

September 4, 2025
Canyon Trail
Moderate  IA

Canyon Trail

2.5  ·  300 gain

<p>The Canyon Trail at Ledges State Park follows Pease Creek through a sandstone canyon whose walls were carved by flash floods following the last glaciation. The buff-colored Dakota Sandstone canyon ...

September 3, 2025
Great Dune Trail
Easy  DE

Great Dune Trail

1.0  ·  50 gain

<p>The Great Dune at Cape Henlopen State Park is the highest coastal dune on the Atlantic seaboard south of Cape Cod, rising approximately 80 feet above sea level from the surrounding beach and mariti...

September 3, 2025

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