Trail guides, day hikes, backpacking routes, and national park adventures across the US.
2.5 · 200 gain
<p>Cape Arago Beach Loop connects Shore Acres State Park with the adjacent Cape Arago State Park through a coastal trail that passes exceptional sea lion viewing areas and productive intertidal zones....
1.0 · 300 gain
<p>The Beach Trail at Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve descends dramatically from the reserve's mesa top to Torrey Pines State Beach, offering one of the most scenic and geologically interesting des...
3.0 · 50 gain
<p>The Creek Bottom Trail follows Split Rock Creek through the wooded bottomlands of Palisades State Park, offering a gentler counterpoint to the rocky rim trails above the quartzite canyon. The trail...
1.0 · 20 gain
<p>Shore Acres Gardens Trail loops through the remarkable botanical gardens that occupy the former estate of Oregon timber baron Louis Simpson, whose Shore Acres mansion and gardens were created in th...
2.5 · 300 gain
<p>The Broken Hill Trail is the most extensive hiking route within Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve, offering a rewarding 2.5-mile loop through a varied landscape that encompasses eroded sandstone b...
1.0 · 100 gain
<p>The Rock Climbing Area Loop at Palisades State Park provides a short but engaging circuit around the concentrated area of Sioux Quartzite formations that has made this park one of the most beloved ...
0.5 · 20 gain
<p>Devils Churn Loop visits one of the most dramatic and accessible coastal geological features on the Oregon coast, a narrow tidal inlet cut into the basalt headland where incoming waves funnel throu...
0.75 · 100 gain
<p>The Guy Fleming Trail is a short and extraordinarily scenic loop in Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve in La Jolla, California, winding through one of the rarest forests in North America to reach s...
2.0 · 200 gain
<p>The Quartzite Canyon Trail at Palisades State Park navigates one of the most geologically extraordinary landscapes in the eastern Great Plains, winding through and atop the jagged pink and red quar...
2.5 · 700 gain
<p>Cape Perpetua Overlook Trail climbs steeply from the visitor center to the 803-foot summit of Cape Perpetua, the highest accessible headland on the Oregon coast and the site of a historic 1930s sto...
1.0 · 100 gain
<p>The Slot Canyon Interpretive Trail in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California, offers an enchanting journey through a series of narrow, wind-carved slot canyons set in the colorful badlands terr...
8.0 · 400 gain
<p>The Wildlife Loop Road Hike follows informal trails and park roads through the open prairie and ponderosa savanna of Custer State Park's Wildlife Loop Road corridor, one of the premier large mammal...
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