Trail guides, day hikes, backpacking routes, and national park adventures across the US.
7.0 · 400 gain
<p>The Brower Trail, named for Jacob Brower who surveyed the Mississippi headwaters and advocated for the park's establishment in the 1880s, is Itasca's longest backcountry hiking loop and the best ro...
5.0 · 400 gain
<p>The Lenape Trail explores the western and northern sections of French Creek State Park, traversing a diverse mosaic of ridge-top oak forest, seasonal wetlands, shrubby old fields, and mature stream...
1.5 ·
<p>The Mirror Lake Trail at Bottomless Lakes State Park leads to the most accessible and visitor-friendly of the park's remarkable sinkhole lakes, where calm water surface conditions frequently create...
3.4 · 300 gain
<p>Big Bend Loop traces the outer arc of one of the South Fork Shenandoah River's most pronounced oxbow meanders, a landscape-scale feature visible from satellite imagery where the river nearly double...
5.0 · 50 gain
<p>The Wilderness Drive and Bog Trail combines Itasca's most scenic forest road with a dedicated footpath through the park's interior bog, providing an extended tour of the old-growth pine forest and ...
3.4 · 300 gain
<p>The Mill Creek Trail follows the namesake creek through a forested ravine that shelters some of the most evocative iron-era ruins in the French Creek corridor. Stone walls, foundation remnants, and...
4.0 ·
<p>The Lakes Loop Trail at Bottomless Lakes State Park connects eight remarkable sinkholes filled with groundwater that display stunning shades of turquoise, green, and deep blue depending on depth an...
2.0 · 50 gain
<p>The South River Floodplain Trail provides direct and intimate access to the South Fork Shenandoah River's edge, traversing a lush bottomland corridor where the flat floodplain forest and open limes...
1.5 · 50 gain
<p>The Mississippi Headwaters Trail leads to the single most historically significant natural feature in Minnesota: the outlet of Lake Itasca where the Mississippi River begins its 2,340-mile journey ...
6.5 · 500 gain
<p>The Six Penny Trail loops through the heart of French Creek State Park, which protects the largest contiguous block of forest in southeastern Pennsylvania — a remarkable ecological island amid the ...
3.0 · 300 gain
<p>The Trail of Giants at City of Rocks State Park circuits through the outer perimeter of the volcanic formation field, visiting the largest and most dramatic rock pillars that give this extraordinar...
5.1 · 600 gain
<p>The Ridgetop Trail climbs above the Shenandoah River floodplain to a long forested ridge that delivers spectacular views of the South Fork of the Shenandoah River's sweeping meanders below and the ...
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