Few people associate Las Vegas with hiking, but hear me out. My first few visits to Las Vegas ended with road trips to nearby national parks—Death Valley, the Grand Canyon—and natural wonders like ...

Looking for a mountain town where you can spend your days hiking to summit views and your nights exploring local breweries and a vibrant, walkable downtown? The ancient, rounded mountains surrounding ...

National Trails Day has arrived. Indiana has some awesome hiking trails, but some of those were severely damaged by a tornado in 2023. McCormick's Creek State Park survived the March 31 storm, but not ...

This time of year, I start to feel a little trapped by the heat. Don’t get me wrong, I understand the No. 1 rule of hiking in high-heat conditions: Get up early. But any one of my friends would ...

First Day hikes on New Year’s Day have been a tradition in state and national parks for the last two decades. Designed to promote a healthy start in the new year, these hikes offer families an ...

From the rocky ledges of Hocking Hills State Park, cavernous cliffs of Clifton Gorge and wild ecosystems near Toledo to the rushing waterfalls of Cuyahoga Valley National Park and vast lakes of the ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... I recently found some old guidebooks in a pile of hiking equipment in my closet. One jumped out at me: “Waterfalls in Colorado: A Guide to the State’s Best ...

The Franklin Mountains State Park is a serene wonder found in our own backyard. For hours, hikers escape city life as they trek along our mountains, feeling the breeze of the desert wind, hearing only ...

Start the new year with ocean views and tide pools in Carpinteria or check out sandstone formations in the Simi Hills, two of dozens of California locations offering guided First Day Hikes on Jan. 1.

When people think of the best hikes near Denver, they think of the Rocky Mountains. Nestled in the shadow of the foothills, this city is a short drive from some of the best hiking anywhere, from ...