Trail guides, day hikes, backpacking routes, and national park adventures across the US.
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...
1.5 · 980 gain
<p>Mount Philo State Park is the oldest state park in Vermont, established in 1924, and its 968-foot summit cliff delivers the finest accessible panorama of the Champlain Valley in the state — a sweep...
1.0 · 400 gain
<p>Fall Creek Falls Trail descends into the gorge to reach the base of Fall Creek Falls, at 256 feet the tallest free-falling waterfall east of the Rocky Mountains. The falls plunge from the Cumberlan...
5.0 · 1800 gain
<p>The Madonna Peak Loop traverses three connected summits — Madonna Peak at 3,640 feet, Morse Mountain, and Sterling Mountain — on the eastern side of Smugglers' Notch State Park, utilizing a combina...
3.8 · 150 gain
<p>Bear Swamp Trail loops through the wetland and pond complex at Medoc Mountain State Park, visiting active beaver ponds and providing outstanding opportunities for wetland bird observation. The trai...
2.8 · 1100 gain
<p>Sterling Pond at approximately 3,000 feet elevation is the highest pond in Vermont accessible by a maintained hiking trail, a mountain tarn of exceptional clarity and beauty cradled on a shoulder o...
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