Trail guides, day hikes, backpacking routes, and national park adventures across the US.
9.0 · 1700 gain
<p>Sky Pond Trail delivers one of Rocky Mountain National Park's most dramatic alpine experiences, ascending nearly 1,700 feet over 4.5 miles from the Bear Lake Trailhead into the glacier-carved terra...
3.0 · 30 gain
<p>The Baynard Trail is the centerpiece hike in Hillsborough River State Park, looping through a hardwood hammock alongside the Hillsborough River's most dramatic section—the only Class II whitewater ...
3.6 · 650 gain
<p>The Emerald Lake Trail is one of Rocky Mountain National Park's most beloved hikes, stringing together three glacially carved lakes in a stunning alpine amphitheater. The journey begins at Bear Lak...
1.8 · 10 gain
<p>The River Shores Trail follows the northern bank of the Loxahatchee River—Florida's first federally designated Wild and Scenic River—through the subtropical riparian forest that lines its tannin-st...
3.4 · 700 gain
<p>Tall Trees Grove protects the floodplain stand where the world's tallest measured tree — Hyperion, at 380.3 feet — was discovered in 2006, though the exact location of Hyperion is deliberately with...
0.5 · 80 gain
<p>The Hobe Mountain Tower Trail climbs to the 86-foot summit of Hobe Mountain—the highest natural point in southeastern Florida and one of the highest points in peninsular Florida south of the Lake W...
1.3 · 200 gain
<p>Lady Bird Johnson Grove was the site chosen for the formal dedication of Redwood National Park on August 27, 1969, when First Lady Lady Bird Johnson joined Secretary of the Interior Walter Hickel b...
7.6 · 30 gain
<p>The Kitching Creek Trail is Jonathan Dickinson's signature hike, a 7.6-mile loop through the remarkable ecological diversity of the park's interior. The route crosses from Florida scrub—sandy, open...
7.0 · 400 gain
<p>Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park protects a long meadow corridor flanked by old-growth coast redwood, and the Prairie Creek Trail loops through both habitats in a single outing. The meadow itself ...
3.0 · 5 gain
<p>The Bay Side Trail loops through the estuarine margin of St. Joseph Peninsula State Park along the shore of St. Joseph Bay—a remarkably intact estuarine system that supports one of Florida's health...
9.0 · 2000 gain
<p>North Chalone Peak, at 3,304 feet, is the highest point in Pinnacles National Park and rewards the demanding 4.5-mile climb with a panoramic view that encompasses the Salinas Valley farmland to the...
8.0 · 10 gain
<p>The Gulf Trail follows the undeveloped Gulf of Mexico shoreline of St. Joseph Peninsula northward to the peninsula's tip, one of the most remote and pristine beach walks accessible from a Florida s...
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