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Cumberland Falls Trail
<p>The Cumberland Falls Trail leads to one of the most celebrated waterfall spectacles in the eastern United States—a 125-foot-wide, 68-foot-drop waterfall on the Cumberland River known as the Niagara...
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Civilian Conservation Corps Loop
<p>The CCC Loop commemorates the 1930s Civilian Conservation Corps workers who built much of Backbone State Park's infrastructure during the Great Depression. The route passes stone shelters, bridges,...
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Charcoal Trail
<p>The Charcoal Trail interprets the vanished iron-charcoal industry that denuded the Catoctin Mountains of nearly all their original forest cover during the 18th and 19th centuries, providing fuel fo...
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Fowler Trail
<p>Fowler Trail offers an accessible introduction to the spectacular scenery of Eldorado Canyon State Park on a 2.2-mile loop that combines riparian creek walking with dramatic cliff-base terrain. The...
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Whittleton Branch Trail
<p>Whittleton Branch Trail follows the Whittleton Branch stream upstream through one of the Red River Gorge area's most arch-rich corridors, passing multiple sandstone arch formations of varying scale...
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East Lake Trail
<p>The East Lake Trail circles the park's main reservoir through second-growth maple and basswood forest. The lake offers trout fishing and canoe rentals in summer. Limestone outcroppings punctuate th...
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Blue Blazes Whiskey Still Trail
<p>The Blue Blazes Whiskey Still Trail leads to one of the most evocative Prohibition-era archaeological sites in the National Park System — the ruins of a large illicit distillery that federal agents...
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Rattlesnake Gulch Trail
<p>Rattlesnake Gulch Trail is the premier hiking route in Eldorado Canyon State Park, ascending 800 feet through a dramatic canyon corridor renowned worldwide as one of America's finest rock climbing ...
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Hood's Branch Trail
<p>Hood's Branch Trail explores a richer and less-visited portion of Natural Bridge State Resort Park's sandstone arch landscape, connecting two geological features—Henson's Cave arch and Balanced Roc...
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Devil's Backbone Trail
<p>The Devil's Backbone Trail traverses Iowa's oldest state park, established in 1919. The route crosses a narrow limestone ridge where the path winds between exposed dolomite walls and hoodoo formati...
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Wolf Rock and Chimney Rock Trail
<p>The Wolf Rock and Chimney Rock Trail combines two of the most dramatic geological features in the Catoctin Mountains into a single strenuous loop, connecting two distinctive quartzite rock formatio...
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Carpenter Peak Trail
<p>Carpenter Peak Trail is the most demanding hike in Roxborough State Park, climbing 1,000 feet over six miles round-trip to the park's high point at 7,160 feet above sea level. The effort is richly ...