Trail guides, day hikes, backpacking routes, and national park adventures across the US.
1.4 · 300 gain
<p>Rankin Ridge is the highest point in Wind Cave National Park at 5,013 feet, and the loop trail to its summit provides the park's most expansive panoramic views of the southern Black Hills and the m...
8.2 · 1200 gain
<p>The Gahuti Backcountry Trail circumnavigates the full perimeter of Fort Mountain State Park through the Cohutta Mountains terrain, traversing multiple ridge systems and creek drainages in a demandi...
0.4 ·
<p>The Interdune Boardwalk is the most accessible trail in White Sands National Park, designed to provide a fully wheelchair-accessible and stroller-friendly experience in the heart of the gypsum dune...
4.0 · 600 gain
<p>The West Overlook Trail traverses Fort Mountain's western ridge to a series of exposed rock outcrops and overlooks with sweeping views into the Cohutta Wilderness and across the valley toward Tenne...
1.0 ·
<p>The Dune Life Nature Trail is a self-guided interpretive loop that ventures into White Sands National Park's active dune field with a specific focus on the surprising diversity of animals that make...
1.0 · 200 gain
<p>The Stone Wall Loop leads to one of Georgia's greatest archaeological mysteries: an 855-foot-long stone wall of unknown origin snaking along the summit of Fort Mountain at 2,850 feet elevation. The...
1.0 ·
<p>The Sunset Stroll is White Sands National Park's most atmospheric evening experience, a ranger-led program that departs from the Heart of the Sands area each evening approximately 45 minutes before...
1.0 · 100 gain
<p>The Black Rock Lake Trail circles a small mountain lake tucked into a rhododendron-fringed hollow on the eastern slope of Black Rock Mountain, providing a peaceful and accessible walk in stark cont...
9.0 · 300 gain
<p>The Locator Lake Trail provides access to one of the most pristine interior lakes in Voyageurs National Park, a motor-free body of water that sees far fewer visitors than the large boundary lakes a...
7.2 · 1500 gain
<p>The James E. Edmonds Backcountry Trail provides the park's most immersive wilderness experience—a rugged 7.2-mile loop descending from the 3,640-foot summit ridge into the deeply incised creek holl...
1.0 ·
<p>The Sullivan Bay Portage is a short but historically evocative land crossing in Voyageurs National Park, tracing a route used for centuries by Ojibwe people and later by French-Canadian fur trade v...
2.2 · 500 gain
<p>The Tennessee Rock Trail is the premier hike at Black Rock Mountain State Park—Georgia's highest state park at 3,640 feet elevation—looping to exposed granite outcrops on the park's main ridge with...
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