or pick your starting city — the number is how many trails we list.
One destination. One adventure to choose.
Pick your hiking destination, then explore the regions and the trails: 2,288 trails in 46 states.
By François Dumaine
Explore destinations in the United States
Don't miss: Holy Hill Conservation Area
Don't miss: Watchung white purple trails
21 trails
Don't miss: Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park Trails
Hiking in Pennsylvania Top 10 in Pennsylvania16 trails
Don't miss: Sauratown Mountain, North Carolina
Hiking in North Carolina Top 10 in North Carolina9 trails
Don't miss: Bradley Mountain Farm
Hiking in Connecticut The 9 best in Connecticut3 trails
Don't miss: Mount Rushmore, South Dakota
Hiking in South Dakota The 3 best in South DakotaNebraska, North Dakota, Kansas and Mississippi: no trails published yet.
Whatever your style of adventure, there is a way to hike that suits you.
Ideas for accessible hikes to make the most of a region.
For example: Winding River Park, New Jersey
Exceptional routes for a long-haul adventure.
For example: Whiteface Mountain, New York, New York
Several days on the trail? Plan your first multi-day hike
The ideal season depends on the region, the altitude and the conditions.
Check the destination before you set your dates.
Photo: Devil's Gulch, Central Vermont
For the widest choice: New York (744 trails described), Maine (297), Massachusetts (179) and New Hampshire (171). Every state has its own page and its selection of the best hikes.
Each trail page gives the level, the distance and an estimated duration. To start, begin with your state’s selection: a Top 10 for 26 of them, the 9 best in Connecticut, in Illinois and in Michigan, the 7 best in Wisconsin, the 6 best in Alaska, the 5 best in Maryland, the 4 best in Iowa and in Kentucky and the 3 best in Arkansas and in South Dakota.
No. It depends on the place: parks and several reserves may charge an access fee, sometimes with a booking, while other trails are free to enter (7 of our trails are listed as free). The trail page says so when the information is known: always check with the site manager.
On the site manager’s website: each trail page says who manages the trail when the information is known. For the weather, check the local forecast before you go.
Free guide: 25 hikes under 2 hours from Montreal
Drive time, distance and level for each one. The ones we go back to ourselves.
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