Trail guides, day hikes, backpacking routes, and national park adventures across the US.
3.0 · 400 gain
<p>The Balanced Rock Trail winds through the most dramatic geological features of Hot Springs National Park — a landscape sculpted from novaculite, an extremely hard, fine-grained siliceous rock that ...
1.6 miles · 280 ft gain
Linville Falls plunges into the deepest river gorge in the eastern United States. Multiple overlook trails provide views of the upper and lower falls from both rims of Linville Gorge — an experience unlike any other on the Blue Ridge Parkway.
14.0 · 500 gain
<p>The Napau Crater Trail traverses the most volcanically active corridor in Kilauea's East Rift Zone, crossing 14 miles of lava fields laid down between 1969 and 2018 to reach the forested rim of Nap...
3.5 miles · 380 ft gain
The Triple Falls loop in DuPont State Recreational Forest visits three stunning waterfalls — Hooker Falls, Triple Falls, and High Falls — on the Little River. One of the best waterfall hikes in the southern Appalachians.
2.0 · 100 gain
<p>The Crater Rim Trail section near Halema'uma'u offers the most direct view into Kilauea's active summit caldera — a 280-acre lava lake that has erupted intermittently since 2008 and continuously si...
0.2 miles · 40 ft gain
At 60 feet wide and nearly 30 feet tall, Looking Glass Falls in Pisgah National Forest is one of the most photographed waterfalls in North Carolina. A paved path from the roadside makes it accessible to absolutely everyone.
1.0 ·
<p>Devastation Trail crosses the surreal cinder field deposited during the 1959 Kilauea Iki eruption — a 36-day volcanic event that produced lava fountains reaching 1,900 feet, the highest ever record...
2.0 miles · 340 ft gain
Reedy Cove Falls — locally known as the Blue Hole — is a 35-foot cascade into one of the clearest, coldest swimming holes in the SC Upstate. The 2-mile trail through Pickens County hardwood forest is moderate and immensely satisfying.
4.0 · 800 gain
<p>The lower section of the Sliding Sands Trail (Keonehe'ehe'e) descends the steep southwest wall of Haleakala crater through a surreal cinder landscape that has been compared to the surface of Mars, ...
2.6 miles · 580 ft gain
At 200 feet, Lower Whitewater Falls is one of the tallest waterfalls in the eastern United States. The demanding hike into the gorge is steep and relentless, but nothing prepares you for the scale of what waits at the bottom.
0.5 · 100 gain
<p>The Leleiwi Overlook Trail is a short walk to one of Haleakala's most remarkable atmospheric phenomena — the Brocken spectre, a meteorological optical illusion in which a visitor's own shadow is pr...
0.8 miles · 180 ft gain
Spoonauger Falls drops 50 feet into a canyon pool along a tributary of the Wild and Scenic Chattooga River. Short, steep, and spectacularly wild — this is SC waterfall hiking at its rawest.
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