Backpacker Magazine's 100 Best Day Hikes Usa

Backpacker Magazine's America's Best Dayhikes The Two Weeks On, Two Weeks Off Record of Accomplishment

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Hike Name Crystal Peak Tumalo Mountain Granite Peak Half Dome Waihee Ridge Sandstone Peak Otter Falls Hobbit Trail Palm Canyon McKinley Bar Trail Eagle Creek Trail Glen Alpine Trail Trail of Ten Falls Tall Trees Grove Lost Coast Trail Olympic Coast Mt. St. Helens Hoh River Trail Indian River Trail

State Washington Oregon California California Hawaii California Washington Oregon California Alaska Oregon California Oregon California California Washington Washington Washington Alaska

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Hike Name Bross Loop Bears Ears Trail Mt. Sherman Conundrum Hot Springs Goldbug Hot Springs Specimen Mountain Sacajawea Peak Shower Bath Hot Springs Mt. Goliath Rustier Gulch Slyeh Pass Fox Creek Pass Lamar Valley Swiftcurrent Pass Castle Peak

State Colorado Wyoming Colorado Colorado Idaho Colorado Montana Idaho Colorado Colorado Montana Wyoming Wyoming Montana Idaho

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Hike Name Mt Cammerer West Rim Trail Rhododendron Trail

State North Carolina Georgia Virginia

WEST Park Mt. Rainier NP Deschutes NF Trinity Alps W Yosemite NP Not Specified Santa Monica Mountains Not Specified Not Specified Anza-Borrego Denali NP Columbia River Gorge Lake Tahoe Silver Falls State Park Redwood NP Not Specified Olympic NP Mt. St. Helens Olympic NP Not Specified ROCKIES Park Not Specified Wind River Range Not Specified Maroon Bells-Snowmass W Not Specified Rocky Mountain NP Bridger Range Frank Church River of No Return W Not Specified Crested Butte Preston Park Grand Teton NP Yellowstone NP Glacier NP White Cloud Range SOUTH Park Great Smoky Mountains NP Cloudland Canyon SP Not Specified

Distance 7.8 miles 3.6 miles 8.4 miles 15.7 miles Not Specified Not Specified 3.5 miles Not Specified 3 miles 10 miles 12 miles 12 miles 8.7 miles 3.9 miles 9 miles 14 miles 7.8 miles 18 miles 11 miles

Season July-October June-October July-October June-October Not Specified Not Specified Not Specified Not Specified Not Specified July-September Year-round May-October Year-round Year-round Year-round Year-round May-November April-October Year-round

Difficulty Rating Do We Dare? Moderate Of Course Easy Of Course Difficult Of Course Difficult Of Course Not Specified Of Course Not Specified Of Course Not Specified Of Course Not Specified Of Course Not Specified Of Course Difficult Of Course Moderate Of Course Difficult Of Course Moderate Of Course Easy Of Course Moderate Of Course Difficult Of Course Moderate Of Course Difficult Of Course Moderate Of Course

Distance 7 miles 9 miles 4 miles 18 miles 4 miles 2 miles 2.5 miles 3.3 miles 8 miles 10.3 miles 18.4 miles 7 miles 15 miles 12 miles

Season July-September July-September July-September July-October Year-round Not Specified Not Specified Not Specified Not Specified June-September July-September July-September Year-round July-September July-October

Difficulty Rating Do We Dare? Difficult Of Course Moderate Of Course Easy Of Course Difficult Of Course Moderate Of Course Not Specified Of Course Not Specified Of Course Not Specified Of Course Not Specified Of Course Moderate Of Course Moderate Of Course Difficult Of Course Easy Of Course Difficult Of Course Difficult Of Course

Distance 12 miles 4.8 miles 7.2 miles

Season March-November Year-round March -November

Difficulty Rating Do We Dare? Difficult Of Course Easy Of Course Moderate Of Course

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North Fork Mountain Trail Red River Gorge Cascades National Recreation Trail Chinnabee Silent Trail Chattooga Trail Tallulah Gorge Seven Hollows Trail Turkey Creek Trail Long Pine Key Nature Trail

West Virginia Kentucky Virginia Alabama South Carolina South Carolina Arkansas Texas Florida

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Hike Name Navajo/Queens Garden Trail Ice Box Canyon Calf Creek Falls Bowl of Fire Agua Fria River Jones Hole Trail Pole Canyon West Fork Trail Jordan Hot Springs The Jug Zion Narrows North Kaibab Trail Tent Rocks Syncline Loop Robbers Roost Eye of the Whale Loop Three Rivers The Subway

State Utah Nevada Utah Nevada Arizona Utah Nevada Arizona New Mexico Arizona Utah Arizona New Mexico Utah Utah Utah New Mexico Utah

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Hike Name Cascade Mountain Mt. Mansfield Saddleback Mountain Bald Mountain Moose Mountain Franconia Ridge Baldface Traverse Mt. Abraham Apple Pie Hill Peekamoose/Table Mts. Devil's Gulch The Brothers Percival-Morgan Loop Bear Meadows Cadillac Mountain Gleasman's Falls Hunger Mountain Katahdin

State New York Vermont Maine Vermont New Hampshire New Hampshire New Hampshire Maine New Jersey New York Vermont New York New Hampshire Pennsylvania Maine New York Vermont Maine

Monogahela NF Red River Gorge Near Blacksburg Lake Chinnabee SC 28 Bridal Veil Falls Petit Jean SP Big Thicket Npr Everglades SOUTHWEST Park Bryce Canyon NP Red Rock National Conservation Area Grand Staircase Escalante NM Lake Mead NRA Agua Fria NM Jones Hole Canon Great Basin National Park Oak Creek Canyon Gila Wilderness Salome Wilderness Zion NP Kaibab NF Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks NM Canyonlands NP Hanksville Arches NP Three Rivers Petroglyph BLM Zion NP NORTHEAST Park Adirondack Not Specified Not Specified Not Specified Not Specified Pemigewasett W Caribou-Speckled Mountain W Not Specified Pine Barrrens Catskills Babcock Nature Preserve Adirondack Not Specified Not Specified Acadia NP Adirondacks Not Specified Baxter State Park

12 miles 10.6 miles 4 miles 11.8 miles 13.3 miles 4 miles 4.5 miles 15 miles 13.3 miles

March -November Year-round Summer March -November Year-round April-October Not Specified Not Specified Winter and spring

Moderate Moderate Easy Moderate Difficult Moderate Not Specified Not Specified Moderate

Of Course Of Course Of Course Of Course Of Course Of Course Of Course Of Course Of Course

Distance 3 miles 3 miles 5.5 miles 7 miles 4-12 miles 8 miles Not Specified 6 miles 6 miles 5 miles 16 miles 9.4 miles 3.6 miles 8.3 miles 8 miles 4.5 miles 2 miles 10 miles

Season Year-round October-June April-October October-May October-May March-October Not Specified Not Specified Not Specified Not Specified April-October April-October Year-round Year-round April-October Year-round Year-round Not Specified

Difficulty Rating Do We Dare? Easy DONE Moderate Of Course Easy DONE Difficult Of Course Moderate Of Course Moderate Of Course Not Specified Of Course Not Specified Of Course Not Specified Of Course Not Specified Of Course Difficult Of Course Difficult Of Course Moderate Of Course Difficult Of Course EXTREME NO Moderate Of Course Easy Of Course Technical Difficult NO

Distance 4.2 miles 6.8 miles 13.4 miles 4.2 miles 8 miles 9 miles 9 miles 8 miles 8 miles 8.6 miles 4.6 miles 10.3 miles 5.5 miles 3.5 miles 4 miles 5.6 miles 4.4 miles 11 miles

Season June-October June-October June-October May-November Year-round June-October June-October June-October Year-round May-October May-October May-October May-November April-November Not Specified Not Specified Not Specified Not Specified

Difficulty Rating Do We Dare? Easy Of Course Moderate Of Course Difficult Of Course Moderate Of Course Moderate Of Course Difficult Of Course Difficult Of Course Moderate Of Course Moderate Of Course Moderate Of Course Moderate Of Course Difficult Of Course Moderate Of Course Easy Of Course Not Specified Of Course Not Specified Of Course Not Specified Of Course Not Specified Of Course

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Hike Name Deer Park Trail Clark Lake Point Beach State Forest Penokee Range Trail 10 Cathedral Canyon Custer State park Hawk Ridge Konza Prairie Conkles Hollow Glacial Park Loop Dunes Trail North Country Trail South Loop Petrified Forest Loop Whitetail Trail Slvvan Runkel State Preserve North Country Trail

State Minnesota Michigan Wisconsin Wisconsin Indiana Missouri South Dakota Minnesota Kansas Ohio Illinois Michigan Michigan Ohio North Dakota Nebraska Iowa North Dakota

MIDWEST Park Itasca State Park Sylvania W Point Beach SF Not Specified Indiana Dunes State Park St. Francois Mountains Custer State Park Hawk Ridge Nature Preserve Flint Hills Not Specified Not Specified Sleeping Bear Dunes Craig Lake State Park Zaleski SF Theodore Roosevelt NP Ponca State Park Loess Hills Wildlife Management Area Sheyenne National Grasslands

Distance 9 miles 13 miles 9 miles 11 miles 7 miles 5 miles 12 miles 8 miles Not Specified 3.5 miles 6 miles 3.5 miles 8 miles 10 miles 14.5 miles 8 miles 12 miles 9 miles

Season April-October July-October June-October June-October Summer March-November March-October April-October Not Specified Not Specified Not Specified Not Specified May-October Year-round May-October Spring May-October May-October

Difficulty Rating Do We Dare? Moderate Of Course Moderate Of Course Moderate Of Course Moderate Of Course Moderate Of Course Moderate Of Course Difficult Of Course Moderate Of Course Not Specified Of Course Not Specified Of Course Not Specified Of Course Not Specified Of Course Moderate Of Course Difficult Of Course Moderate Of Course Moderate Of Course Moderate Of Course Moderate Of Course