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Napau Crater Trail
<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...
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Triple Falls: DuPont State Forest's Crown Jewel Loop
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.
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Crater Rim Trail – Halema'uma'u
<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...
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Looking Glass Falls: The Most Beautiful Roadside Waterfall in NC
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.
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Devastation Trail
<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...
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Reedy Cove Falls (Blue Hole): A Pickens County Swimming Hole Classic
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.
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Sliding Sands – Lower Section
<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, ...
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Lower Whitewater Falls: A Demanding Trail to a Spectacular Plunge
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.
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Leleiwi Overlook Trail
<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...
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Spoonauger Falls: A Wild Chattooga River Canyon Cascade
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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Halemau'u Trail
<p>Halemau'u Trail descends the dramatic inner wall of Haleakala crater — a 7-mile-wide, 2,600-foot-deep erosional depression (not a volcanic caldera in the traditional sense) atop Maui's highest peak...
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Station Cove Falls: History and Beauty at Oconee Station
A short, peaceful walk through historic Oconee Station State Historic Site leads to Station Cove Falls — a 60-foot cascade framed by old-growth hemlocks. One of the most serene waterfall hikes in the SC Upstate.