Trail guides, day hikes, backpacking routes, and national park adventures across the US.
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<p>The Saw Mill Pond Loop at Caddo Lake State Park combines natural history with human heritage, circling a historic pond site associated with 1840s logging operations that once harvested the giant ba...
2.4 · 10 gain
<p>The Boardwalk Loop at Congaree National Park is the most accessible introduction to the park's extraordinary old-growth bottomland forest, following a raised wooden walkway through swamp forest tha...
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<p>The Field 5 Nature Trail explores the maritime shrubland and dune habitat in the quieter eastern section of Robert Moses State Park, providing an introduction to the remarkable ecological community...
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<p>The Caddo Lake Swamp Trail winds through the margins of the largest natural lake in Texas and one of the most hauntingly beautiful wetland landscapes in the American South. Caddo Lake is a labyrint...
4.4 · 20 gain
<p>Weston Lake Loop travels deep into the Congaree bottomland hardwood forest to reach one of the park's oxbow lakes — a curved crescent of still, dark water cut off from the main river channel when t...
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<p>The Atlantic Ocean Beach Walk along Robert Moses State Park traverses one of the finest stretches of barrier beach accessible from New York City, following the broad ocean strand east from the park...
6.0 · 400 gain
<p>The Cedar Brake Trail is the longest hiking route at Dinosaur Valley State Park, venturing into the backcountry of the park where dense cedar and juniper woodland creates an atmosphere of genuine r...
1.5 · 150 gain
<p>Anacapa Island is the closest island to the mainland and the most accessible in Channel Islands National Park, reached by a 90-minute ferry from Ventura. The entire above-water trail system loops a...
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<p>The Fire Island Lighthouse Trail leads to one of the most iconic maritime landmarks on the Atlantic seaboard, the 168-foot Fire Island Lighthouse that has guided mariners safely past the treacherou...
4.5 · 300 gain
<p>The Blue Hole Loop at Dinosaur Valley State Park delivers a more substantial hiking experience than the famous trackway trail, exploring the rugged canyon terrain along the Paluxy River through a l...
4.5 · 500 gain
<p>Potato Harbor Trail travels east from Scorpion Anchorage along the northern coast of Santa Cruz Island to an overlook above a perfectly round natural harbor whose shape inspired the name. The trail...
3.0 · 200 gain
<p>The Lake Trail at Buttermilk Falls State Park circles the peaceful shores of Treman Lake, a small impoundment nestled within a valley of old-growth hemlock and mixed hardwood forest that provides a...
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