Trail guides, day hikes, backpacking routes, and national park adventures across the US.
3.5 · 400 gain
<p>Staunton Ranch Trail pays homage to the homesteading legacy that shaped this land for over a century before it became a state park in 2013. The 3.5-mile loop tours the historic Staunton Ranch prope...
2.0 · 200 gain
<p>Lake Trail follows the wooded shoreline of Dewey Lake in a gentle loop that provides consistent access to the water's edge and excellent wildlife viewing in the coves and inlet areas where the rese...
3.0 · 100 gain
<p>The Pease Creek Trail follows the main waterway through Ledges State Park along the creek bottom, offering a flat and accessible route through the park's most dramatic terrain. Floods periodically ...
2.0 · 20 gain
<p>The Pinelands Nature Trail loops through a maritime forest of pitch pine and American holly that represents one of the finest examples of coastal plain pinelands habitat in Delaware. Pitch pine dom...
3.5 · 200 gain
<p>The West Beach to North Beach route is a satisfying loop hike in Deception Pass State Park that combines two distinct coastal environments: an open Pacific-facing driftwood beach and a sheltered, f...
6.0 · 1200 gain
<p>Lion Lakes Trail is the most ambitious hike in Staunton State Park, climbing 1,200 feet over six miles round-trip to a pair of alpine lakes that sit just inside the boundary of the Lost Creek Wilde...
2.5 · 500 gain
<p>Moss Ridge Trail climbs from the resort area to a forested ridgeline overlooking Dewey Lake reservoir—one of the larger impoundments in eastern Kentucky, created by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers...
2.5 · 300 gain
<p>The Canyon Trail at Ledges State Park follows Pease Creek through a sandstone canyon whose walls were carved by flash floods following the last glaciation. The buff-colored Dakota Sandstone canyon ...
1.0 · 50 gain
<p>The Great Dune at Cape Henlopen State Park is the highest coastal dune on the Atlantic seaboard south of Cape Cod, rising approximately 80 feet above sea level from the surrounding beach and mariti...
0.5 · 50 gain
<p>Rosario Head Trail leads to a stunning rocky headland in Deception Pass State Park that is renowned for its exceptional tidepools and its proximity to the Rosario Beach Marine Laboratory, a satelli...
5.0 · 600 gain
<p>Wapiti Trail — wapiti being the Shawnee word for elk — lives up to its name with exceptional wildlife viewing opportunities across a 5-mile loop through Mueller State Park's diverse montane terrain...
5.0 · 800 gain
<p>Sugar Camp Hollow Trail provides the most immersive backcountry experience in Jenny Wiley State Resort Park, looping through the rugged eastern Kentucky hardwood hollows and ridge systems that defi...
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