Trails I've Hiked

Easy Park Hikes: Badlands National Park

Sometimes a short, easy hike is just what you need for a nice change of pace during a park visit. Here's a pair of suggestions for a visit to Badlands National Park that offer fine views of the classic scenery that gives the park its name.

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By Jim Burnett - July 31st, 2010 2:15am

Trails I've Hiked: Hidden Lake Overlook in Glacier National Park

Just getting out of your rig in the parking lot atop Logan Pass in Glacier National Park offers spectacular views, but with a little effort and perhaps two hours of time you'll be searching for a word to amplify "spectacular."

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By Kurt Repanshek - July 29th, 2010 3:15am

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Easy Park Hikes – Lily Lake Trail at Rocky Mountain National Park

Sometimes a short, easy hike is just what you need for a nice change of pace during a park visit. Here's a suggestion for a visit to Rocky Mountain National Park—and an alternative to the justly-popular Bear Lake Trail.

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By Jim Burnett - July 25th, 2010 1:15am

Easy Park Hikes – Forest Loop Trail in Glacier Bay National Park

Sometimes a short, easy hike is just what you need for a nice change of pace during a park visit. Here's a suggestion for a trip to Glacier Bay National Park.

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By Jim Burnett - July 22nd, 2010 2:15am

Trails I've Hiked: Anthony Creek Trail to Spence Field in Great Smoky Mountains National Park

As with so many of the footpaths in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the Anthony Creek Trail doesn’t hesitate much before pulling you up into that landscape.

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By Kurt Repanshek - July 8th, 2010 3:15am

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Trails I've Hiked: Far Below And Long Ago—Basin Creek Trail to Caudill Cabin in Doughton Park on the Blue Ridge Parkway

Countless Blue Ridge Parkway motorists peek over Wildcat Rocks to see tiny Caudill Cabin 1,500 feet below in North Carolina’s Doughton Park. Take this hike to the cabin and explore a quintessential setting of Appalachian isolation.

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By Randy Johnson - August 16th, 2012 8:34pm

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Trails I've Hiked: Arches National Park's Primitive Trail, Via Landscape and Double O Arches

There might be no finer time to hike in Arches National Park than early mornings, when the soft light of the rising sun glints off the red-rock and the spindly Utah junipers and waves of fins cast long shadows.

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By Kurt Repanshek - August 16th, 2024 12:25pm

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Trails I've Hiked: Canyonlands National Park's Elephant Hill Trail

Without a doubt, there is no better time to hike in Utah's canyon country than spring. In Canyonlands National Park on the Elephant Hill Trail mid-May blends on one palette the reds, yellows, golds, and whites of wildflowers against a redrock backdrop daubed with cream and buff.

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By Kurt Repanshek - May 20th, 2010 3:15am

Trails I've Hiked: Douglas Spring to Bridal Wreath Falls, Saguaro National Park

For a quick, relatively easy, immersion into Saguaro National Park, the Douglas Spring Trail in the Cactus Forest of the park's Rincon Mountain District is hard to beat.

SAGU-Cactus Forest Hiking Trails.pdf

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By Kurt Repanshek - April 23rd, 2010 3:15am

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Hikes Abound in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Both Short and Long

If national parks have their specialties, Great Smoky Mountains National Park is a hiker’s park. The scenery is diverse: mountain views, old-growth trees, waterfalls, streams, and more shades of green than a paint chart. Trails are well-marked, wide, and easy to follow. Comfortable backcountry campsites and spacious front-country campgrounds make the park an excellent first-time, family camping destination.

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By [email protected] - February 18th, 2010 4:00am

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