Trails

This gorgeous waterfall is the perfect reward after a beautiful day hike.

Raised catwalk walk through the trees alongside a river starting from an abandoned and colorful pumping station.

A collection of modern petroglyphs by artist Kevin Sudeith. Hate them or love them, but important to experience.

A forest outside Darmstadt becomes an open-air art gallery, where international artists turn trees, branches, stones, and clearings into strange, playful, and thought-provoking works.

A busy trail network outside Ketchum, Idaho, hides a small piece of early Forest Service history.

A breathtaking mountain peak offering panoramic Himalayan views after a scenic forest hike through pine-covered trails and flower-filled meadows.

An abandoned WWII-era U.S. Army megaproject, turned hiking trail in the remote Canadian subarctic.

Steel rings embedded in rock enable hikers to ascend a picturesque slot canyon in the Mojave Preserve.

The most easily accessible intact vertical mine shaft structure remaining in the Red Mountain Mining District.

A sandstone corridor so narrow that it feels like the wilderness closing in on itself.

An improbable creek near Death Valley, not far from the oldest surviving Euro-American structure in the Mojave Desert.

Jog (or stroll) down an esplanade of fluctuating and whimsical sculpture works.

Spend a hour meandering, breathing, and learning along this lovely untouted path that connects historic gardens.

This rail trail culminates in a three-mile land bridge only accessible to cyclists and pedestrians.

This 16th-century watchtower once defended Spain's Atlantic coast from pirates.

A historic railway bridge now offers hikers breathtaking views.

A quiet trail near York's city center features a series of very small fairy houses.

Built into the side of Jack's Mountain, these steps were once the daily commute of local quarry-workers.