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Pacific Northwest · WAOlympic Peninsula Loop
Rain forest, glaciers, ocean beaches, and mountain views in one epic 3-day loop from Seattle.
Mountain West · WYYellowstone + Grand Teton
Old Faithful, Grand Prismatic Spring, and the Teton Range in five unforgettable days.
Southwest · UTUtah Five Parks Loop
Zion, Bryce, Capitol Reef, Arches, and Canyonlands: the ultimate American road trip.
Southwest · AZGrand Canyon South Rim
Bright Angel Trail, Mather Point, and Desert View — the most iconic hike in America.
Pacific Northwest · WA💎 Hidden gemChain Lakes Loop Trail
Alpine wildflower meadows, turquoise lakes, and jaw-dropping volcano views near Mount Baker.
Canada · ABBanff National Park
Moraine Lake, the Icefields Parkway, and the Columbia Icefield — one of the world’s great road trips.
East Coast · ME★ FeaturedAcadia National Park
Granite cliffs, sunrise on Cadillac Mountain, and Jordan Pond popovers on the Maine coast.
East Coast · TN/NCGreat Smoky Mountains
Old-growth forests, waterfalls, and black bears — the most visited national park. No entry fee.
Mountain West · CORocky Mountain NP
Trail Ridge Road crosses 12,000-ft alpine tundra: Bear Lake, elk rut, and alpine hikes above the clouds.
East Coast · VA/NCBlue Ridge Parkway
America’s longest linear national park: 469 miles of Appalachian highway, no trucks, no billboards.
Midwest · MN💎 Hidden gemBoundary Waters Canoe Area
1 million acres of Minnesota wilderness: 1,200 lakes by portage, no motors, no roads, no cell.
East Coast · VAShenandoah National Park
Skyline Drive overlooks and Old Rag’s legendary rock scramble — the Blue Ridge 75 mi from DC.
Pacific Northwest · WA💎 Hidden gemEnchantments Hiking Guide
Larches in fall, alpine lakes, granite spires — the most photographed alpine basin in Washington.
Pacific Northwest · WA💎 Hidden gemEnchanted Valley, Olympic
13 miles into a glacially carved valley with a historic chalet and dozens of waterfalls.
Southwest · UTBryce Canyon: 2-Day
Navajo Loop, Queens Garden, and Fairyland — the most surreal hoodoo landscape on earth.
East Coast · NYAdirondack High Peaks
3-day MacIntyre Range backpacking — bag Wright, Algonquin, and Iroquois (3 of the 46ers) from Lake Placid.
Midwest · MaineBackpacking Maine: 100-Mile Wilderness 7-Day AT Itinerary
Backpacking Maine's 100-Mile Wilderness, the most remote stretch of the Appalachian Trail. 100 miles of Maine boreal forest, granite summits, and bog crossings with no resupply and almost no roads. The hardest and most rewarding week you can spend on the AT.
Midwest · WisconsinApostle Islands Sea Kayaking: 3-Day Lake Superior Adventure
The Apostle Islands are 21 Lake Superior islands with sea caves, sandstone cliffs, and lighthouse-topped headlands, and the best sea kayaking in the Midwest. This 3-day trip paddles the mainland sea caves and camps on Stockton Island, the most dramatic destination in the archipelago.
West Coast · ArizonaArizona Canyon Country: 10-Day Canyoneering and Hiking Circuit
Arizona holds the greatest concentration of slot canyons, sandstone corridors, and rim-edge trails on earth. This 10-day circuit connects Antelope Canyon, Paria Canyon, the Grand Canyon rim, and Vermilion Cliffs into the definitive Arizona canyon road trip.
Mountain West · ArkansasArkansas 10-Day Complete Outdoor Circuit
Arkansas packs an impossible amount of outdoor variety into one state: Ozark bluffs, Ouachita ridgelines, a historic spa town, Class IV whitewater, and a giant lake. This 10-day circuit hits every region and every activity type.
West Coast · MarylandAssateague Island: 3-Day Wild Pony Beach Backpacking
Wild ponies roam a barrier island beach where you can backpack to primitive oceanside campsites and sleep to the sound of breaking surf. Assateague Island National Seashore is one of the most unusual overnight experiences on the East Coast.
Midwest · LouisianaAtchafalaya Basin Kayaking: 3-Day Swamp Paddle
The Atchafalaya is the largest river swamp in the United States, 1.4 million acres of cypress forest, Spanish moss, alligators, and a silence you can't find anywhere else in the country. Three days paddling the basin from Henderson, Louisiana.
Midwest · South DakotaBadlands and Black Hills: 3-Day South Dakota Weekend
Alien hoodoo formations at Badlands National Park, granite peaks in Custer State Park, and the carving still in progress at Crazy Horse Memorial, South Dakota's outdoor icons packed into a single long weekend. This 3-day itinerary hits every essential.
Pacific NW · MontanaBeartooth Highway: 10-Day Montana & Wyoming Loop
Charles Kuralt called it the most scenic highway in America. The Beartooth Highway crests 10,947 feet across a granite plateau above the treeline before dropping into Yellowstone's northeast corner. This 10-day loop connects it all.
Southwest · TexasBig Bend National Park: 3-Day Desert Hiking Weekend
Big Bend sits at the most remote bend of the Rio Grande, a park larger than Rhode Island with zero cell service, the darkest night skies in the lower 48, and a mountain range rising 7,800 feet from a desert where javelinas roam. Three days barely scratches it.
West Coast · MississippiBlack Creek Wilderness: 6-Day Float & Backpacking Trip
Black Creek is Mississippi's only designated wilderness river, 41 miles of white sand beaches, crystal-clear water, and old-growth bottomland forest that feels like Louisiana's bayous meet the Florida panhandle. A genuinely beautiful float that almost nobody outside the state knows about.
Midwest · South DakotaBlack Hills Backpacking: 6-Day Centennial Trail South Dakota
The Centennial Trail runs 111 miles through the Black Hills of South Dakota, from Wind Cave National Park to Bear Butte State Park. This 6-day itinerary covers the most spectacular 60-mile central section through Custer State Park and the Black Hills National Forest, ending on a summit sacred to the Lakota.
Pacific NW · MontanaBob Marshall Wilderness: 6-Day Backpacking Trip
The Chinese Wall, a 1,000-foot limestone escarpment stretching 22 miles across the Continental Divide, is one of the most dramatic landforms in North America. The Bob Marshall Wilderness puts it 25 miles from the nearest road with no permit required.
Pacific NW · MinnesotaBoundary Waters Canoe Area: 3-Day Intro Canoe Trip
The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness is one of the most visited wilderness areas in the US, and one of the least understood. This 3-day intro loop from Entry Point 30 covers Lake One, Lake Two, and Lake Three with portages under 100 rods, walleye fishing, and loon calls that will follow you home.
West Coast · ArkansasBuffalo National River: 3-Day Float & Hike Weekend
The Buffalo is America's first national river, a free-flowing Ozark waterway where elk wade at dawn and 500-foot bluffs turn gold in the afternoon light. Three days of canoeing and canyon hiking in the Arkansas Ozarks.
West Coast · CaliforniaChannel Islands National Park: 2-Day Sea Kayaking Weekend
Santa Cruz Island holds the world's largest sea cave, the 1,227-foot Painted Cave, and the Channel Islands have sea kayaking, snorkeling, and camping with no cell service just 90 minutes from Los Angeles. This 2-day weekend is the best escape from Southern California most people have never taken.
West Coast · CaliforniaEastern Sierra Nevada: 10-Day Loop from Mammoth Lakes
Mammoth Lakes as base camp for 10 days of Eastern Sierra Nevada exploration: John Muir Wilderness backpacking, Devils Postpile volcanic columns, Mono Lake tufa towers, June Lake Loop fishing, and the Convict Lake cirque. This is California's high-country playground at its most diverse.
West Coast · FloridaEverglades Kayaking Weekend: Mangrove Tunnels & Chickee Camping
The Everglades Wilderness Waterway is the longest paddling trail in the US at 99 miles, but even a weekend in the southern section delivers an experience unlike anything else in North America: chickee platforms over open water, roseate spoonbills at sunset, manatees beneath your kayak, and mangrove tunnels so tight the canopy closes overhead.
Midwest · FloridaFlorida Trail Big Cypress: 7-Day Backpacking Through America's Wildest Swamp
Most people don't think of Florida as a backpacking destination, but the Florida National Scenic Trail's Big Cypress section is unlike any trail in the country: 49 miles through cypress domes and wet prairies where hikers wade knee-deep (sometimes waist-deep) through tannin-stained water alongside alligators. This is real, untamed wilderness.
Pacific NW · IdahoFrank Church Wilderness: 10-Day Salmon River Expedition
The Middle Fork of the Salmon is the premier wilderness river in North America. A 10-day expedition combines a Main Salmon whitewater float, Bighorn Crags backpacking, and a fly-in camp accessible only by bush plane, all inside the largest roadless area in the lower 48.
Mountain West · GeorgiaGeorgia Complete Outdoor Circuit: 10-Day Adventure from Mountains to Sea
Georgia has one of the most diverse outdoor landscapes in the eastern US: ancient swamps teeming with alligators, wild barrier islands accessible only by ferry, Class V whitewater rivers, and the southern terminus of the Appalachian Trail. This 10-day circuit connects the best of all of them.
East Coast · GeorgiaGeorgia Appalachian Trail: 7-Day Backpacking from Springer to Bly Gap
The first 78 miles of the Appalachian Trail begin in Georgia and contain some of the most storied terrain on the entire 2,190-mile footpath. Blood Mountain, Neels Gap, and the legendary start at Springer Mountain, this is where thru-hikers begin their journeys and where weekend backpackers find out what the AT is really about.
Pacific NW · MontanaGlacier National Park: 3-Day Hiking Weekend
Grinnell Glacier, the Highline Trail above the Garden Wall, and Hidden Lake Overlook in one three-day Montana weekend. Glacier's most iconic trails with a logistics plan that actually works.
West Coast · ArizonaGrand Canyon Rim to Rim: 3-Day Hiking Itinerary
Hike all the way through the Grand Canyon in three days, South Rim to North Rim via the Bright Angel and North Kaibab corridors. Twenty-one miles, a mile of vertical descent and re-climb, and one of the great physical accomplishments in American hiking.
Mountain West · WyomingGrand Teton National Park: 3-Day Hiking Weekend
Cascade Canyon, the most dramatic slot in the Teton Range. Jenny Lake reflected peaks at sunrise. Taggart and Bradley Lakes through burnt forest and wildflower meadows. The best Grand Teton weekend for hikers who want to earn the views.
Southwest · TexasGuadalupe Mountains National Park: 5-Day Backpacking Trip
Guadalupe Mountains holds the highest point in Texas, the world's most extensive Permian fossil reef, and a high-elevation pine forest oasis rising from the Chihuahuan Desert. No entrance fee, no permit fees, and almost no crowds, the most underrated backpacking park in the Southwest.
West Coast · MississippiGulf Islands National Seashore: 3-Day Island Camping Trip
Gulf Islands National Seashore stretches across Mississippi and Florida with pristine barrier islands accessible only by boat. Three days of beach camping, snorkeling, and exploring Civil War forts on some of the most undisturbed Gulf Coast shoreline in America.
Pacific NW · ArizonaHavasupai Falls: 5-Day Arizona Canyon Camping Trip
Turquoise waterfalls deep inside a Grand Canyon side canyon, accessible only on foot, by horse, or by helicopter. Havasupai is the most visually spectacular camping destination in Arizona, and one of the hardest permits to get in the country.
Midwest · WisconsinIce Age Trail: 6-Day Kettle Moraine Backpacking Trip
The Ice Age National Scenic Trail traces the terminal moraine of the last glacier across Wisconsin, 1,200 miles of kettles, kames, and eskers shaped by a mile-thick ice sheet 12,000 years ago. The Kettle Moraine section is the most dramatic and hikeable stretch: 6 days through glacially sculpted landscape unlike anything else in the country.
Pacific NW · AlaskaKenai Fjords National Park: 2-Day Kayaking and Exit Glacier Adventure
Orcas, tidewater glaciers, puffins by the thousands, and sea kayaking through the calved ice of Resurrection Bay, Kenai Fjords is the most accessible Alaskan wilderness from the road system. This 2-day trip from Seward combines Exit Glacier's ice field access with a guided kayak in the fjords.
Southwest · LouisianaKisatchie National Forest: 6-Day Louisiana Backpacking Trip
Louisiana isn't on anyone's backpacking radar, which is exactly why Kisatchie National Forest deserves your attention. The Wild Azalea Trail runs 25 miles through longleaf pine savannas and cypress bayous, Louisiana's longest trail, no permit, and almost nobody on it.
West Coast · CaliforniaLost Coast Trail: 5-Day Backpacking Trip on California's Wildest Coastline
The Lost Coast exists because the terrain was too steep for Highway 1, the rugged King Range forced the road inland and left 25 miles of black sand beaches, 4,000-foot sea cliffs, and complete roadless wilderness. It's the most remote coastline in the contiguous US and one of California's best backpacking routes.
East Coast · LouisianaLouisiana 10-Day Outdoor & Wetlands Circuit
Louisiana's outdoor scene is defined by water, swamps, bayous, coastal marshes, and one of the most important bird migration corridors in North America. This 10-day circuit moves through every zone of the state's wild country.
Midwest · North DakotaMaah Daah Hey Trail: 6-Day North Dakota Badlands Backpacking
The Maah Daah Hey Trail crosses 144 miles of North Dakota Badlands through Theodore Roosevelt National Park and the Little Missouri National Grassland. This 6-day itinerary covers the best 60-mile central section, a world-class wilderness walk that almost nobody knows exists.
West Coast · MaineMaine 10-Day Outdoor Circuit: Katahdin, Allagash & Acadia
Ten days connecting the three pillars of Maine outdoor adventure: summit Katahdin via the Knife's Edge, paddle the Allagash Wilderness Waterway, and end on the granite coast at Acadia. This is the Maine trip.
Midwest · MichiganMichigan Peninsula Circuit: 10-Day UP + Lower Michigan Outdoor Trip
Michigan has two peninsulas, 3,200 miles of Great Lakes shoreline, and more lighthouses than any state in the country. This 10-day circuit connects the Upper and Lower Peninsulas through Mackinac Island, Tahquamenon Falls old-growth forest, Pictured Rocks sea caves, Sleeping Bear Dunes, and a Traverse City finale.
West Coast · MinnesotaMinnesota Grand Loop: 10-Day BWCAW Canoe + Superior Trail
Ten days connecting Minnesota's two great wilderness experiences: an 8-day canoe route through the Boundary Waters (Sawbill Lake to Polly Lake, 75+ miles, 18 portages) bookended by days on the Superior Hiking Trail above Lake Superior. The most complete Minnesota wilderness trip you can do.
Midwest · MississippiMississippi 10-Day Outdoor Discovery Trip
Mississippi surprises almost every outdoor visitor: a designated wilderness river with white sand beaches, ancient Natchez Trace backpacking, barrier island camping, via ferrata in the hill country, and one of the best flyway birding spots in North America.
Southwest · New MexicoNew Mexico Wilderness Circuit: 10-Day Outdoor Adventure
New Mexico contains the first designated wilderness in the United States, the state's highest peak, a living river of sandhill cranes, bat-filled caverns, and the largest white gypsum desert on earth. This 10-day circuit hits all of them.
West Coast · NebraskaNiobrara River Float: 3-Day Nebraska Canoe Weekend
The Niobrara National Scenic River runs through a canyon where five distinct ecosystems overlap, eastern forest, western prairie, Rocky Mountain plants, and Great Plains flora, all meeting at the water's edge. Three days of canoe floating from Valentine, Nebraska, to Smith Falls delivers one of the most scenically surprising river trips in the Great Plains.
West Coast · North DakotaLittle Missouri River Float: 10-Day North Dakota Canoe Expedition
Float 96 miles of the Little Missouri River through the heart of Theodore Roosevelt National Park, camping on gravel bars beside bison herds and waking to painted Badlands canyon walls. This 10-day canoe expedition through North Dakota is one of the most unique river trips in the Great Plains.
Pacific NW · OregonOregon Coast Trail: 5-Day Hiking Cannon Beach to Pacific City
The Oregon Coast Trail runs 382 miles from the Columbia River to the California border, all of it free, most of it jaw-dropping. This 5-day section from Cannon Beach to Pacific City covers 70 miles of sea stacks, headland scrambles, and state park beach camps with no permit required.
Midwest · ArkansasOuachita Trail Arkansas: 7-Day Backpacking Trip
The Ouachita National Recreation Trail runs 223 miles through the Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas and Oklahoma, zero permit requirement, water every five miles, and ridge-walking solitude that rivals anything in the Appalachians. This 7-day section covers the best 70 miles.
Mountain West · PennsylvaniaPennsylvania Complete Outdoor: 10-Day Adventure Route
Pennsylvania hides a massive outdoor resume: Grand Canyon gorge hiking, Class IV whitewater on the Youghiogheny, the best raptor migration in North America, and 70 miles of ridgeline trail through the Laurel Highlands. Here's how to connect it all in 10 days.
West Coast · PennsylvaniaPennsylvania Grand Canyon: 7-Day Hiking & Backpacking
Pine Creek Gorge drops 800 feet through 47 miles of roadless Pennsylvania wilderness. Hike the rim, backpack the gorge floor, and kayak the creek, this is the Northeast's most underrated big-wilderness experience.
Midwest · NebraskaPine Ridge Backpacking: 6-Day Nebraska Wilderness Adventure
The Pine Ridge of northwestern Nebraska feels like Wyoming dropped into the Great Plains. Ponderosa pine forests, dramatic clay buttes, toadstool rock formations, and the Soldier Creek Wilderness deliver a 6-day backpacking circuit that almost no one outside Nebraska knows about.
Midwest · MichiganPorcupine Mountains Backpacking: 3-Day Michigan Wilderness
The Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park is the largest remaining old-growth hardwood-hemlock forest in the upper Midwest, 60,000 acres of ancient trees above Lake Superior with zero cell service. This 3-day loop hits the Lake of the Clouds rim, the Presque Isle waterfalls, and a remote backcountry cabin system unlike anything else in the Midwest.
Midwest · New HampshirePresidential Range Traverse: 3-Day Hike in New Hampshire
The Presidential Traverse is one of the great alpine hikes in North America, 20 miles of above-treeline ridge from Madison to Eisenhower with Mount Washington (6,288ft, worst weather in North America) as the centerpiece. Three days in the White Mountains.
Pacific NW · AlaskaResurrection Pass Trail: 5-Day Backpacking Trip on the Kenai Peninsula
The Resurrection Pass Trail runs 38 miles through the heart of the Kenai Peninsula, spruce forest, salmon streams, alpine tundra, and six bookable backcountry cabins on a trail system with no difficult technical sections. It's Alaska backpacking without the fly-in price tag.
Pacific NW · PennsylvaniaRicketts Glen State Park: 3-Day Waterfall Weekend
Twenty-one named waterfalls, including 94-foot Ganoga Falls, packed into a single 7.2-mile loop. Ricketts Glen is the most dramatic day hike in Pennsylvania, and the lake camping is genuinely good.
West Coast · NebraskaNebraska Sandhills to Pine Ridge: 10-Day Wilderness Circuit
The Nebraska Sandhills are the largest sand dune system in the Western Hemisphere, 20,000 square miles of grass-stabilized dunes holding one of the world's most significant freshwater aquifers. This 10-day circuit crosses the Sandhills by canoe, hikes the Pine Ridge wilderness, and follows the Oregon Trail to Chimney Rock.
Pacific NW · IdahoSawtooth Wilderness: 3-Day Alice-Toxaway Loop Backpacking
Five alpine lakes, jagged granite peaks above 10,000 feet, and a 20-mile loop with no permit required. The Sawtooth Wilderness outside Stanley, Idaho is one of the most accessible and spectacular backpacking destinations in the American West.
Pacific NW · IdahoSelway-Bitterroot Wilderness: 7-Day Backpacking
The Selway-Bitterroot is one of the largest wildernesses in the lower 48 and one of the least visited. Seven days along the Selway River corridor takes you through old-growth cedar forest, past remote alpine lakes, and into country where many trails exist only on paper.
West Coast · MichiganSleeping Bear Dunes: 6-Day Lake Michigan Outdoor Trip
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore was named 'Most Beautiful Place in America' by Good Morning America viewers, perched 450 feet above Lake Michigan on a dome of glacial sand, it earns the title. This 6-day trip combines dune hiking, Manitou Island wilderness camping, shoreline kayaking, and the Leelanau Peninsula.
Pacific NW · OregonSmith Rock State Park: 2-Day Hiking & Climbing Weekend
Towering volcanic spires, the Crooked River canyon, and world-class sport climbing routes, Smith Rock is one of the most dramatic landscapes in the Pacific Northwest. This 2-day weekend covers the essential Misery Ridge Loop and gets you to the base of Monkey Face.
Midwest · South DakotaSouth Dakota Wilderness Circuit: 10-Day Outdoor Adventure
Ten days covering South Dakota's complete outdoor circuit: Badlands wilderness backpacking, Black Elk Peak, the world's third longest cave, Wind Cave bison herds, and Lewis and Clark kayaking on the Missouri River. South Dakota rewards those who stay long enough to see it all.
Midwest · MinnesotaSuperior Hiking Trail: 7-Day North Shore Thru-Hike
The Superior Hiking Trail runs 310 miles along Minnesota's North Shore above Lake Superior, one of the great long trails in the Midwest. This 7-day itinerary covers the Tettegouche to Grand Marais section: 75 miles of ridge walking with Lake Superior glinting below at every overlook.
Pacific NW · GeorgiaTallulah Gorge & Blue Ridge Weekend: 3-Day Georgia Hiking Guide
One of the deepest gorges east of the Rockies, the birthplace of the Appalachian Trail, and the highest cascading waterfall east of the Mississippi, all within an hour of each other in northern Georgia. This 3-day weekend hits every major highlight.
Midwest · North DakotaTheodore Roosevelt National Park: 3-Day Badlands Backpacking Weekend
Painted canyons, wild horses, and bison roaming free, Theodore Roosevelt National Park is the Badlands most people never find. Three days of backpacking through the South Unit's Petrified Forest Loop delivers solitude and scenery that rivals anything in the West.
Pacific NW · OregonThree Sisters Wilderness: 10-Day Backpacking Loop with South Sister Summit
Three volcanic peaks, the Green Lakes Basin wildflower meadows, the PCT through obsidian lava fields, and a non-technical summit of South Sister at 10,358 feet. This 10-day loop in central Oregon's Three Sisters Wilderness is the quintessential Oregon backpacking trip.
West Coast · New MexicoValles Caldera and Jemez Mountains: 5-Day New Mexico Hiking Trip
The Valles Caldera is a 13-mile-wide ancient volcano crater filled with elk herds and mountain meadows, one of New Mexico's most dramatic and least-visited landscapes. This 5-day trip pairs the caldera with Jemez hot springs, canyon waterfalls, and Santa Fe as a base.
West Coast · New MexicoWhite Sands Backcountry: 3-Day New Mexico Desert Weekend
White Sands National Park is the largest gypsum dune field on earth, 275 square miles of blinding white sand rising from the Chihuahuan Desert. This 3-day trip combines backcountry camping in the dunes with the rugged Organ Mountains for a desert experience unlike anywhere else in America.
Mountain West · WyomingWind River Range: 6-Day Cirque of the Towers Backpacking
The Cirque of the Towers is a ring of 12 granite spires surrounding Lonesome Lake, one of the most photographed alpine scenes in North America. The Wind River Range has 40 glaciers, no permit requirement, and three million acres of roadless wilderness.
West Coast · WisconsinWisconsin Northwoods: 10-Day Lakes, Paddles & Backpacking
Ten days through the best outdoor country in the upper Midwest: Apostle Islands sea kayaking, Northern Highland canoe routes through hundreds of connected lakes, Porcupine Mountains wilderness backpacking, and a final circuit through Marinette County's waterfall corridor.