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Dunnfield Creek Trail
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Dunnfield Creek Trail

<p>The Dunnfield Creek Trail follows one of the most pristine stream corridors in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, ascending through a hemlock cathedral gorge alongside a tumbling moun...

June 13, 2025
Slide Rock Creek Trail
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Slide Rock Creek Trail

<p>The Slide Rock Creek Trail at Slide Rock State Park follows Oak Creek through one of Arizona's most beloved natural attractions, where smooth red sandstone channels have been sculpted into natural ...

June 13, 2025
Empire Bluff Trail
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Empire Bluff Trail

<p>The Empire Bluff Trail offers the most accessible high bluff overlook in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, climbing through a mature beech-maple forest before emerging onto an exposed sand bl...

June 13, 2025
Horse Trail Loop
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Horse Trail Loop

<p>The Horse Trail Loop at Lake Catherine State Park traverses a varied landscape of lakeshore bottomland and pine-covered ridges above the southern reaches of the Ouachita Mountains, providing a thor...

June 12, 2025
Appalachian Trail - Sunfish Pond
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Appalachian Trail - Sunfish Pond

<p>Sunfish Pond sits atop Kittatinny Ridge at 1,382 feet elevation as New Jersey's only natural glacial lake, preserved by the Appalachian Trail Conservancy and environmental activists who battled a p...

June 11, 2025
Foothills Loop
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Foothills Loop

<p>The Foothills Loop at Kartchner Caverns State Park circles through the Kartchner Hills that surround the famous cavern system, offering a moderate hiking experience with excellent views and diverse...

June 11, 2025
Dune Climb
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Dune Climb

<p>The Sleeping Bear Dunes Climb is arguably the most physically demanding short hike in the Great Lakes region, ascending 450 feet of active, unvegetated sand on one of the largest perched dune compl...

June 11, 2025
Falls Branch Trail
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Falls Branch Trail

<p>The Falls Branch Trail at Lake Catherine State Park leads to a lovely waterfall tucked into a narrow hollow of the Ouachita foothills above the lake. The cascade drops over a mossy sandstone ledge ...

June 10, 2025
Storm King Summit
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Storm King Summit

<p>Storm King Mountain is one of the most historically significant peaks in American conservation history, its proposed use as a pumped-storage hydroelectric plant in the 1960s sparking a decade-long ...

June 9, 2025
Ocotillo Trail
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Ocotillo Trail

<p>The Ocotillo Trail at Kartchner Caverns State Park provides a short and accessible introduction to the desert habitat surrounding the cave entrance, offering interpretive information about both the...

June 9, 2025
Beach and Dune Walk
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Beach and Dune Walk

<p>The Beach and Dune Walk traces Warren Dunes' Lake Michigan shoreline from the main beach access south toward the park boundary and back, combining the sensory pleasures of a Great Lakes beach walk ...

June 9, 2025
Kingfisher Trail
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Kingfisher Trail

<p>The Kingfisher Trail at Pinnacle Mountain State Park provides a completely different experience from the summit climbs, exploring the rich bottomland floodplain of the Arkansas River at the base of...

June 8, 2025

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