Trail guides, day hikes, backpacking routes, and national park adventures across the US.
1.4 miles · 160 ft gain
DeSoto Falls in Lumpkin County features an impressive upper falls of 90 feet and a lower falls of 35 feet on Frogtown Creek — an easy and rewarding north Georgia mountain waterfall hike.
2.0 · 400 gain
<p>Buena Vista Peak is among the most rewarding short summit hikes in Kings Canyon, offering a true 360-degree panorama from a broad granite dome that requires none of the technical skill demanded by ...
0.6 miles · 80 ft gain
Toccoa Falls drops 186 feet in an unbroken freefall on the campus of Toccoa Falls College in Stephens County — taller than Niagara Falls and one of the most unique waterfall settings in Georgia.
1.6 miles · 200 ft gain
Anna Ruby Falls features two side-by-side waterfalls — Lion's Eye and York Creek — tumbling together into a single pool in the Chattahoochee National Forest near Helen, Georgia.
8.0 · 1200 gain
<p>The Hotel Creek to Cedar Grove Overlook loop climbs out of the Kings Canyon floor to one of the Sierra Nevada's most dramatic panoramic viewpoints, overlooking a canyon that geologist Francois Matt...
1.4 miles · 600 ft gain
Amicalola Falls tumbles 729 feet in seven cascades through Dawson County — the tallest cascading waterfall east of the Mississippi River and the southern approach to the Appalachian Trail.
2.0 · 300 gain
<p>The Coastal Glacier Viewpoint is accessible only via the tour boat and water taxi services operating out of Seward, placing visitors in one of Alaska's most dramatic fjord landscapes. The park's co...
5.0 miles · 600 ft gain
Abrams Falls rewards a 5-mile round trip hike from Cades Cove with a 20-foot-wide curtain waterfall and a deep swimming hole pool in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
0.4 miles · 60 ft gain
Bald River Falls drops 90 feet directly into a road-level pool in the Cherokee National Forest near Tellico Plains — one of Tennessee's most photographed and accessible waterfalls.
16.0 · 2000 gain
<p>The Resurrection River Trail climbs from the Exit Glacier area into the alpine zone at the edge of the Harding Icefield, one of the largest non-polar ice fields in North America at 700 square miles...
3.8 miles · 320 ft gain
Burgess Falls State Park in Putnam County features four waterfalls on the Falling Water River — culminating in the 136-foot main falls — one of the most spectacular waterfall trails in middle Tennessee.
1.0 miles · 150 ft gain
Ozone Falls drops 110 feet in a spectacular freefall into a circular sandstone pool in Cumberland County — a striking Tennessee waterfall reachable in less than a mile of easy hiking.
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