Trail guides, day hikes, backpacking routes, and national park adventures across the US.
6.0 · 50 gain
<p>South Platte River Trail winds through the heart of Chatfield State Park, the most visited state park in Colorado, tracing the banks of the South Platte River through a lush cottonwood riparian cor...
8.0 · 2000 gain
<p>Gates of the Arctic National Park has no roads, no maintained trails, no visitor facilities in the backcountry, and no cell service. Frigid Crags is one of the two dramatic limestone peaks — along ...
30.0 · 800 gain
<p>Badlands Loop Road is one of the most dramatic bike rides in the national park system, circling through 30 miles of otherworldly badlands landscape on a paved road with wide shoulders and virtually...
2.0 · 400 gain
<p>Canyon Overlook is a short but steep out-and-back route that climbs 400 feet in just one mile to reach a dramatic viewpoint overlooking the geology of the Grand Hogback anticline, one of the most v...
0.8 ·
<p>Anhinga Trail is the most wildlife-dense short trail in the national park system, combining a 0.8-mile paved loop with wildlife encounters so close and so frequent that the experience approaches a ...
1.5 · 200 gain
<p>Notch Trail is the most adventurous maintained trail in Badlands National Park, climbing a log ladder up a steep clay wall and traversing a narrow ledge to reach a "notch" in the badlands wall with...
3.0 · 50 gain
<p>East Shoreline Trail hugs the eastern bank of Rifle Gap Reservoir on an easy, nearly flat loop that is perfect for families, casual walkers, and anglers looking to explore the waters edge. At 3 mil...
0.4 ·
<p>Pinelands Trail introduces one of the Everglades' most surprising ecosystems: a native pine forest growing on a thin cap of limestone that rises barely three feet above the surrounding marsh but is...
10.0 · 400 gain
<p>Castle Trail is the longest maintained hiking trail in Badlands National Park, traversing 10 miles across the upper prairie above the badlands wall between two trailhead points that require a car s...
4.0 · 500 gain
<p>The Rim Trail at Harvey Gap State Park climbs to the canyon rim above Rifle Gap Reservoir, rewarding hikers with commanding views of the reservoir shimmering below, the Grand Hogback anticline stre...
0.4 ·
<p>Pa-hay-okee Overlook Trail provides the most accessible view of the river of grass that defines the Everglades — a vast, shallow, slow-moving sheet of water moving imperceptibly southward from Lake...
10.0 · 400 gain
<p>Cycling the Arches National Park road from Balanced Rock to the Windows section is one of the most visually spectacular road bike segments in the American Southwest, passing through the park's cent...
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