Trail guides, day hikes, backpacking routes, and national park adventures across the US.
1.5 · 700 gain
<p>The Devil's Backbone Trail traverses Iowa's oldest state park, established in 1919. The route crosses a narrow limestone ridge where the path winds between exposed dolomite walls and hoodoo formati...
4.0 · 1000 gain
<p>The Wolf Rock and Chimney Rock Trail combines two of the most dramatic geological features in the Catoctin Mountains into a single strenuous loop, connecting two distinctive quartzite rock formatio...
6.0 · 1000 gain
<p>Carpenter Peak Trail is the most demanding hike in Roxborough State Park, climbing 1,000 feet over six miles round-trip to the park's high point at 7,160 feet above sea level. The effort is richly ...
1.0 · 600 gain
<p>The Original Trail delivers the most direct and historically authentic route to Natural Bridge's magnificent sandstone arch—a 65-foot-high, 78-foot-span natural bridge carved from Corbin Sandstone ...
4.0 · 500 gain
<p>The Superior Hiking Trail traverses Temperance River State Park along the ridge above the river gorge, connecting the dramatic cauldron and gorge scenery near Lake Superior with the higher inland t...
4.0 · 600 gain
<p>Catoctin Hollow Trail climbs through the heart of the Catoctin Mountain range in the vicinity of Camp David, the presidential retreat located within the adjacent Catoctin Mountain Park — a proximit...
3.0 · 500 gain
<p>South Rim Trail climbs above the sandstone formations of Roxborough State Park to deliver sweeping aerial perspectives of the park's famous hogback ridges and the greater Front Range foothills. The...
4.0 · 500 gain
<p>Seneca Trail South follows the historic Seneca Trail corridor—one of the most important Native American travel routes in the central Appalachians, used for centuries by the Seneca Iroquois and othe...
3.6 · 900 gain
<p>Carlton Peak is one of the most prominent summits on the Minnesota North Shore, rising 927 feet above Lake Superior on a massive pluton of anorthosite, the same pale gray rock that forms the Split ...
2.5 · 300 gain
<p>The Manor Area to Falls route provides a longer and more rewarding approach to Cunningham Falls from the park's Manor Area campground and day use area, following Big Hunting Creek upstream through ...
2.5 · 200 gain
<p>Fountain Valley Trail is the signature hike at Roxborough State Park, threading through one of Colorado's most dramatic Front Range landscapes. The 2.5-mile loop winds among towering red sandstone ...
3.2 · 400 gain
<p>The Ann Bailey Trail honors the legendary frontier scout and messenger whose exploits during the American Revolutionary War period made her a celebrated figure in Greenbrier Valley history, followi...
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