Backpacker Magazine's America's Best Dayhikes

The Two Weeks On, Two Weeks Off Record of Accomplishment

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WEST
Hike Name State Park Distance Season Difficulty Rating Do We Dare?
1 Crystal Peak Washington Mt. Rainier NP 7.8 miles July-October Moderate Of Course
2 Tumalo Mountain Oregon Deschutes NF 3.6 miles June-October Easy Of Course
3 Granite Peak California Trinity Alps W 8.4 miles July-October Difficult Of Course
4 Half Dome California Yosemite NP 15.7 miles June-October Difficult Of Course
5 Waihee Ridge Hawaii Not Specified Not Specified Not Specified Not Specified Of Course
6 Sandstone Peak California Santa Monica Mountains Not Specified Not Specified Not Specified Of Course
7 Otter Falls Washington Not Specified 3.5 miles Not Specified Not Specified Of Course
8 Hobbit Trail Oregon Not Specified Not Specified Not Specified Not Specified Of Course
9 Palm Canyon California Anza-Borrego 3 miles Not Specified Not Specified Of Course
10 McKinley Bar Trail Alaska Denali NP 10 miles July-September Difficult Of Course
11 Eagle Creek Trail Oregon Columbia River Gorge 12 miles Year-round Moderate Of Course
12 Glen Alpine Trail California Lake Tahoe 12 miles May-October Difficult Of Course
13 Trail of Ten Falls Oregon Silver Falls State Park 8.7 miles Year-round Moderate Of Course
14 Tall Trees Grove California Redwood NP 3.9 miles Year-round Easy Of Course
15 Lost Coast Trail California Not Specified 9 miles Year-round Moderate Of Course
16 Olympic Coast Washington Olympic NP 14 miles Year-round Difficult Of Course
17 Mt. St. Helens Washington Mt. St. Helens 7.8 miles May-November Moderate Of Course
18 Hoh River Trail Washington Olympic NP 18 miles April-October Difficult Of Course
19 Indian River Trail Alaska Not Specified 11 miles Year-round Moderate Of Course
ROCKIES
Hike Name State Park Distance Season Difficulty Rating Do We Dare?
20 Bross Loop Colorado Not Specified 7 miles July-September Difficult Of Course
21 Bears Ears Trail Wyoming Wind River Range 9 miles July-September Moderate Of Course
22 Mt. Sherman Colorado Not Specified 4 miles July-September Easy Of Course
23 Conundrum Hot Springs Colorado Maroon Bells-Snowmass W 18 miles July-October Difficult Of Course
24 Goldbug Hot Springs Idaho Not Specified 4 miles Year-round Moderate Of Course
25 Specimen Mountain Colorado Rocky Mountain NP 2 miles Not Specified Not Specified Of Course
26 Sacajawea Peak Montana Bridger Range 2.5 miles Not Specified Not Specified Of Course
27 Shower Bath Hot Springs Idaho Frank Church River of No Return W Not Specified Not Specified Of Course
28 Mt. Goliath Colorado Not Specified 3.3 miles Not Specified Not Specified Of Course
29 Rustier Gulch Colorado Crested Butte 8 miles June-September Moderate Of Course
30 Slyeh Pass Montana Preston Park 10.3 miles July-September Moderate Of Course
31 Fox Creek Pass Wyoming Grand Teton NP 18.4 miles July-September Difficult Of Course
32 Lamar Valley Wyoming Yellowstone NP 7 miles Year-round Easy Of Course
33 Swiftcurrent Pass Montana Glacier NP 15 miles July-September Difficult Of Course
34 Castle Peak Idaho White Cloud Range 12 miles July-October Difficult Of Course
SOUTH
Hike Name State Park Distance Season Difficulty Rating Do We Dare?
35 Mt Cammerer North Carolina Great Smoky Mountains NP 12 miles March-November Difficult Of Course
36 West Rim Trail Georgia Cloudland Canyon SP 4.8 miles Year-round Easy Of Course
37 Rhododendron Trail Virginia Not Specified 7.2 miles March -November Moderate Of Course
38 North Fork Mountain Trail West Virginia Monogahela NF 12 miles March -November Moderate Of Course
39 Red River Gorge Kentucky Red River Gorge 10.6 miles Year-round Moderate Of Course
40 Cascades National Recreation Trail Virginia Near Blacksburg 4 miles Summer Easy Of Course
41 Chinnabee Silent Trail Alabama Lake Chinnabee 11.8 miles March -November Moderate Of Course
42 Chattooga Trail South Carolina SC 28 13.3 miles Year-round Difficult Of Course
43 Tallulah Gorge South Carolina Bridal Veil Falls 4 miles April-October Moderate Of Course
44 Seven Hollows Trail Arkansas Petit Jean SP 4.5 miles Not Specified Not Specified Of Course
45 Turkey Creek Trail Texas Big Thicket Npr 15 miles Not Specified Not Specified Of Course
46 Long Pine Key Nature Trail Florida Everglades 13.3 miles Winter and spring Moderate Of Course
SOUTHWEST
Hike Name State Park Distance Season Difficulty Rating Do We Dare?
47 Navajo/Queens Garden Trail Utah Bryce Canyon NP 3 miles Year-round Easy DONE
48 Ice Box Canyon Nevada Red Rock National Conservation Area 3 miles October-June Moderate Of Course
49 Calf Creek Falls Utah Grand Staircase Escalante NM 5.5 miles April-October Easy DONE
50 Bowl of Fire Nevada Lake Mead NRA 7 miles October-May Difficult Of Course
51 Agua Fria River Arizona Agua Fria NM 4-12 miles October-May Moderate Of Course
52 Jones Hole Trail Utah Jones Hole Canon 8 miles March-October Moderate Of Course
53 Pole Canyon Nevada Great Basin National Park Not Specified Not Specified Not Specified Of Course
54 West Fork Trail Arizona Oak Creek Canyon 6 miles Not Specified Not Specified Of Course
55 Jordan Hot Springs New Mexico Gila Wilderness 6 miles Not Specified Not Specified Of Course
56 The Jug Arizona Salome Wilderness 5 miles Not Specified Not Specified Of Course
57 Zion Narrows Utah Zion NP 16 miles April-October Difficult Of Course
58 North Kaibab Trail Arizona Kaibab NF 9.4 miles April-October Difficult Of Course
59 Tent Rocks New Mexico Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks NM 3.6 miles Year-round Moderate Of Course
60 Syncline Loop Utah Canyonlands NP 8.3 miles Year-round Difficult Of Course
61 Robbers Roost Utah Hanksville 8 miles April-October EXTREME NO
62 Eye of the Whale Loop Utah Arches NP 4.5 miles Year-round Moderate Of Course
63 Three Rivers New Mexico Three Rivers Petroglyph BLM 2 miles Year-round Easy Of Course
64 The Subway Utah Zion NP 10 miles Not Specified Technical Difficult NO
NORTHEAST
Hike Name State Park Distance Season Difficulty Rating Do We Dare?
65 Cascade Mountain New York Adirondack 4.2 miles June-October Easy Of Course
66 Mt. Mansfield Vermont Not Specified 6.8 miles June-October Moderate Of Course
67 Saddleback Mountain Maine Not Specified 13.4 miles June-October Difficult Of Course
68 Bald Mountain Vermont Not Specified 4.2 miles May-November Moderate Of Course
69 Moose Mountain New Hampshire Not Specified 8 miles Year-round Moderate Of Course
70 Franconia Ridge New Hampshire Pemigewasett W 9 miles June-October Difficult Of Course
71 Baldface Traverse New Hampshire Caribou-Speckled Mountain W 9 miles June-October Difficult Of Course
72 Mt. Abraham Maine Not Specified 8 miles June-October Moderate Of Course
73 Apple Pie Hill New Jersey Pine Barrrens 8 miles Year-round Moderate Of Course
74 Peekamoose/Table Mts. New York Catskills 8.6 miles May-October Moderate Of Course
75 Devil's Gulch Vermont Babcock Nature Preserve 4.6 miles May-October Moderate Of Course
76 The Brothers New York Adirondack 10.3 miles May-October Difficult Of Course
77 Percival-Morgan Loop New Hampshire Not Specified 5.5 miles May-November Moderate Of Course
78 Bear Meadows Pennsylvania Not Specified 3.5 miles April-November Easy Of Course
79 Cadillac Mountain Maine Acadia NP 4 miles Not Specified Not Specified Of Course
80 Gleasman's Falls New York Adirondacks 5.6 miles Not Specified Not Specified Of Course
81 Hunger Mountain Vermont Not Specified 4.4 miles Not Specified Not Specified Of Course
82 Katahdin Maine Baxter State Park 11 miles Not Specified Not Specified Of Course
 MIDWEST
Hike Name State Park Distance Season Difficulty Rating Do We Dare?
83 Deer Park Trail Minnesota Itasca State Park 9 miles April-October Moderate Of Course
84 Clark Lake Michigan Sylvania W 13 miles July-October Moderate Of Course
85 Point Beach State Forest Wisconsin Point Beach SF 9 miles June-October Moderate Of Course
86 Penokee Range Wisconsin Not Specified 11 miles June-October Moderate Of Course
87 Trail 10 Indiana Indiana Dunes State Park 7 miles Summer Moderate Of Course
88 Cathedral Canyon Missouri St. Francois Mountains 5 miles March-November Moderate Of Course
89 Custer State park South Dakota Custer State Park 12 miles March-October Difficult Of Course
90 Hawk Ridge Minnesota Hawk Ridge Nature Preserve 8 miles April-October Moderate Of Course
91 Konza Prairie Kansas Flint Hills Not Specified Not Specified Not Specified Of Course
92 Conkles Hollow Ohio Not Specified 3.5 miles Not Specified Not Specified Of Course
93 Glacial Park Loop Illinois Not Specified 6 miles Not Specified Not Specified Of Course
94 Dunes Trail Michigan Sleeping Bear Dunes 3.5 miles Not Specified Not Specified Of Course
95 North Country Trail Michigan Craig Lake State Park 8 miles May-October Moderate Of Course
96 South Loop Ohio Zaleski SF 10 miles Year-round Difficult Of Course
97 Petrified Forest Loop North Dakota Theodore Roosevelt NP 14.5 miles May-October Moderate Of Course
98 Whitetail Trail Nebraska Ponca State Park 8 miles Spring Moderate Of Course
99 Slvvan Runkel State Preserve Iowa Loess Hills Wildlife Management Area 12 miles May-October Moderate Of Course
100 North Country Trail North Dakota Sheyenne National Grasslands 9 miles May-October Moderate Of Course