Trail guides, day hikes, backpacking routes, and national park adventures across the US.
5.4 · 1700 gain
<p>Rainbow Falls Trail ascends LeConte Creek from the Cherokee Orchard trailhead to the park's highest single-drop waterfall — an 80-foot plunge off a sandstone lip that earns its name from the midday...
1.7 miles · 200 ft gain
Yellow Branch Falls in Oconee County is a 50-foot curtain of water accessible via a gentle, family-friendly path through Sumter National Forest. One of South Carolina's most underrated waterfalls.
8.0 · 1400 gain
<p>This section of the Appalachian Trail traverses the spine of the Smokies near Clingmans Dome, the highest point on the entire 2,190-mile AT at 6,643 feet — the only place in the eastern United Stat...
1.6 miles · 260 ft gain
Two separate waterfalls converge on Eastatoe Creek in one of South Carolina's most scenic short hikes. Twin Falls rewards hikers with a lush gorge, old-growth hemlocks, and two dramatic drops.
3.5 · 100 gain
<p>Little Medano Creek Trail traces a shallow riparian corridor along the base of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, threading through the pinyon-juniper woodland that separates the dune field from the f...
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