Trails I've Hiked

Browse our collection of trail overviews to help decide which path to choose in the parks.

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: 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 - June 4th, 2010 3:15am

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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: Yellowstone National Park's Observation Point Trail

Often over-looked, perhaps because of its short distance or the many other opportunities to be found in the Upper Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park, the Observation Point Trail offers a quick, low-effort hike that rewards you with a grand view of the Old Faithful Geyser.

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By Kurt Repanshek - January 20th, 2010 4:00am

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Trails I've Hiked: Awesome Hiking Along The Blue Ridge Parkway

The Blue Ridge Parkway's half-a-thousand mile ridge-top route between Shenandoah National Park in Virginia and North Carolina’s Great Smoky Mountains offers countless great hikes. Randy Johnson, author of Hiking the Blue Ridge Parkway and Best Easy Day Hikes Blue Ridge Parkway, leads the way to one of the East’s premier national park hiking experiences.

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By Randy Johnson - June 18th, 2012 10:03am

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