Trail guides, day hikes, backpacking routes, and national park adventures across the US.
13.0 · 4000 gain
<p>Alta Peak at 11,204 feet is the highest easily accessible summit in Sequoia National Park and commands one of the most sweeping panoramas in all of the Sierra Nevada. The trail begins at Wolverton ...
2.0 · 600 gain
<p>The Waterfalls Trail descends into Cloudland Canyon via approximately 1,000 wooden and stone steps—Georgia's most dramatic staircase hike—to reach two spectacular waterfalls carved into the Pennsyl...
0.6 · 350 gain
<p>Moro Rock is a massive granite exfoliation dome rising 6,725 feet above sea level in the heart of Sequoia National Park's Giant Forest. The 0.3-mile paved trail spirals around and up the dome via a...
0.5 · 10 gain
<p>The Beach Access Trail crosses Anastasia Island from the parking area to the Atlantic Ocean beach, passing over the island's dune system and emerging at one of Florida's most geologically fascinati...
15.0 · 3700 gain
<p>Rincon Peak at 8,482 feet is the second highest summit in the Rincon Mountains and one of Saguaro National Park's most remote and rewarding destinations. The standard approach from the Happy Valley...
2.0 · 5 gain
<p>The Salt Run Trail follows the western shore of Salt Run—a shallow tidal lagoon between Anastasia Island and the mainland Matanzas River—providing some of the best shorebird and wading bird viewing...
8.4 · 1800 gain
<p>The Tanque Verde Ridge Trail is Saguaro National Park East's premier day hike, climbing 1,800 feet along a dramatic ridgeline that separates the Tanque Verde and Rincon valleys. Beginning at the Ja...
1.0 · 10 gain
<p>The Anastasia Nature Trail loops through the maritime hammock at the heart of Anastasia State Park, one of the finest examples of coastal hammock ecosystem on Florida's northeast coast. The hammock...
1.0 · 50 gain
<p>The Freeman Homestead Trail in Saguaro National Park's Rincon Mountain District offers a gentle introduction to the Sonoran Desert ecosystem while tracing the story of early homesteaders who attemp...
4.5 · 40 gain
<p>Hillsborough River State Park contains a section of the Florida National Scenic Trail—a continuous footpath stretching 1,300 miles from Big Cypress National Preserve in South Florida to Fort Picken...
14.5 · 5100 gain
<p>Longs Peak stands at 14,259 feet and holds the distinction of being the only fourteener entirely within Rocky Mountain National Park. The standard Keyhole Route climbs 5,100 feet over 7.25 miles on...
2.0 · 10 gain
<p>The Wetlands Restoration Trail loops through one of the park's most ecologically significant areas—a formerly drained and degraded floodplain that has been actively restored to functioning wetland ...
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