Trail guides, day hikes, backpacking routes, and national park adventures across the US.
4.8 · 900 gain
<p>Sunrise Mountain is the highest accessible summit in Stokes State Forest at 1,653 feet, reached via a 4.8-mile out-and-back that follows a section of the Appalachian Trail along the Kittatinny Ridg...
3.5 · 400 gain
<p>The Apache Fire Trail at Red Rock State Park combines creek crossings with outstanding views of Cathedral Rock, one of Sedona's most photographed and beloved red rock formations. This moderate loop...
5.0 · 300 gain
<p>The Ice Age National Scenic Trail traces the terminal moraine deposited by the last glacial advance across Wisconsin approximately 12,000 years ago, and its passage through Devil's Lake State Park ...
7.0 · 800 gain
<p>The Big Bluff Trail leads to what is widely recognized as the tallest river bluff between the Rocky Mountains and the Appalachians. Big Bluff rises 550 feet directly above the Buffalo River, its sh...
3.5 · 400 gain
<p>Stony Lake is the recreational heart of Stokes State Forest, a 56-acre glacial lake at 1,050 feet elevation ringed by mixed hardwood and hemlock forest in the Kittatinny Mountains of northwestern N...
3.0 · 500 gain
<p>The Eagles Nest Trail at Red Rock State Park climbs to the highest point within the park, rewarding hikers with spectacular 360-degree views of Sedona's world-famous red rock formations. From the s...
2.5 · 400 gain
<p>The West Bluff Trail provides the opposite perspective on Devil's Lake from its companion East Bluff route, scaling the quartzite escarpment on the lake's western shore and offering cross-lake view...
1.5 · 300 gain
<p>The Indian Rockhouse Trail climbs to one of the most impressive bluff shelters in the Ozarks, a naturally formed rock overhang measuring approximately 200 feet wide and 30 feet high that provided s...
2.0 · 300 gain
<p>Tillman Ravine preserves the finest old-growth hemlock grove in New Jersey, a cathedral forest of eastern hemlocks up to 300 years old and 90 feet tall lining the walls of a narrow gorge carved by ...
0.5 · 100 gain
<p>The Clifftop Nature Trail at Slide Rock State Park climbs above the canyon floor to a series of sandstone ledges that offer outstanding aerial views over Oak Creek Canyon and the famous slide rock ...
3.0 · 500 gain
<p>Devil's Lake State Park is Wisconsin's most visited state park, and the East Bluff Trail scaling its dramatic quartzite bluffs is the signature hike of the entire state system. The bluffs rise 500 ...
2.0 · 300 gain
<p>The Lost Valley Trail packs an extraordinary concentration of geological and natural wonders into just two miles, making it one of the most rewarding short hikes in the entire National Park System....
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