Trail guides, day hikes, backpacking routes, and national park adventures across the US.
6.0 · 1400 gain
<p>The Appalachian Trail to Mount Greylock's summit is the signature route in all of western Massachusetts. Beginning from Notch Road, the white-blazed AT winds through northern hardwood forest domina...
10.5 · 2800 gain
<p>Frozen Head Tower Trail ascends to the 3,324-foot summit of Frozen Head Mountain, the highest point on the Cumberland Plateau and site of a historic fire lookout tower with 360-degree views of the ...
1.5 ·
<p>Peacham Bog Natural Area is a state-designated natural area within Groton State Forest protecting one of the finest and most accessible examples of a raised peat bog ecosystem in Vermont — a rare h...
2.0 · 150 gain
<p>River Trail follows the Falling Water River through Burgess Falls State Park, traversing limestone bluffs and river bottom forest before the main waterfall trail begins. This gentler route highligh...
2.0 · 300 gain
<p>The New Discovery Campground Nature Trail in Groton State Forest loops through a section of mature boreal forest and skirts the edge of a black spruce–Sphagnum moss bog that represents one of the m...
1.0 · 200 gain
<p>Overlook Trail approaches the 136-foot main Burgess Falls from above, providing a top-down perspective on the waterfall that complements the base-level view available from the main Burgess Falls Tr...
5.2 · 1200 gain
<p>Owl's Head Mountain at 1,958 feet is the highest point in Groton State Forest, Vermont's largest state forest at over 26,000 acres of contiguous protected land in the remote northeast kingdom footh...
3.0 · 400 gain
<p>Burgess Falls Trail follows the Falling Water River downstream through Burgess Falls State Park, passing four successive waterfalls before reaching the dramatic 136-foot main falls at the trail ter...
1.5 · 800 gain
<p>The historic carriage road on Mount Philo is a relic of the mountain's early development as a summer resort destination in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when wealthy Champlain Valley fami...
4.8 · 600 gain
<p>Paw Paw Trail descends to the bottom of the Fall Creek gorge and traverses the gorge floor, crossing the creek on a dramatic cable suspension bridge that sways above the rushing water. This is the ...
2.0 · 700 gain
<p>The East Trail on Mount Philo provides a gentler, more forested alternative approach to the summit than the main Mount Philo Trail, winding through the mountain's lower eastern slopes in mature nor...
1.8 · 300 gain
<p>Gorge Overlook Trail traverses the rim of the Fall Creek gorge system, visiting overlook points above four separate waterfalls in a single loop. The trail follows the edge of the Cumberland Plateau...
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