Trail guides, day hikes, backpacking routes, and national park adventures across the US.
5.6 · 1800 gain
<p>Slide Mountain, at 4,190 feet the highest peak in the Catskill Mountains, offers one of the most rewarding summit climbs in New York State via a demanding 5.6-mile out-and-back trail that gains 1,8...
1.0 · 50 gain
<p>Hartwick Pines protects the largest remaining tract of old-growth white pine forest in Michigan's Lower Peninsula, and the Old Growth Forest Pathway winds through its cathedral heart on a short but...
1.5 · 300 gain
<p>The Devil's Den Trail explores the dramatic sandstone crevices and cave passages that give Devil's Den State Park its name and reputation as one of the most unique destinations in the Ozarks. The p...
3.0 · 400 gain
<p>Awosting Falls is Minnewaska State Park Preserve's most dramatic waterfall, a 60-foot curtain of water plunging from the Shawangunk Ridge into a deep plunge pool surrounded by vertical quartzite cl...
5.0 · 400 gain
<p>The North Country National Scenic Trail is the longest National Scenic Trail in the United States at nearly 4,800 miles, stretching from North Dakota to Vermont, and its passage through Tahquamenon...
2.5 · 300 gain
<p>The Bear Cave Trail at Petit Jean State Park leads to one of the most historically significant and visually arresting geological features in the Arkansas River Valley. The trail's namesake feature ...
6.0 · 800 gain
<p>The Shawangunk Ridge Trail traverses the dramatic spine of the 'Gunks,' a world-famous rock climbing destination where horizontal beds of Silurian-age white quartzite conglomerate form sweeping cli...
4.0 · 200 gain
<p>Four miles downstream from the thundering Upper Falls, the Tahquamenon River splits around a wooded island to create the Lower Falls, a collection of smaller cascades that visitors can access by re...
4.0 · 400 gain
<p>The Seven Hollows Trail is among the most geologically fascinating hikes in Arkansas, threading through a landscape of seven distinct canyon hollows eroded into the sandstone cap of Petit Jean Moun...
4.0 · 400 gain
<p>The Sky Top Carriageway circles Lake Minnewaska, a perched sky lake resting atop the Shawangunk Ridge at 1,650 feet elevation, its waters a striking azure blue produced by the highly acidic, minera...
2.0 · 200 gain
<p>The Upper Tahquamenon Falls ranks as the second-largest waterfall by volume east of the Mississippi River, and the loop trail circling its rim is the single most visited attraction in Michigan's Up...
4.0 · 500 gain
<p>The Cedar Falls Trail leads to the crown jewel of Petit Jean State Park and one of the most spectacular waterfalls in the entire midsouth. Cedar Falls drops 95 feet in a single plunge into a amphit...
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