Long-distance trails worth a year of planning
The most-walked thru-hikes in the United States — the Triple Crown plus the iconic loops, regional long trails, and section-hike classics. Verified termini and agency links so you can plan from a real source, not a forum post.
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Not filterable: 14 of 27 adventures have no verified permit requirement on record (we hold one for 13). Each show page links the issuing agency.
Long Path
The Long Path runs 358 miles from the George Washington Bridge in New York City to upstate New York, by the count of the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference. It starts at the 175th Street subway...
358 mi · 24–27 days · NY, NJ
Route mapped · 79 verified points
John Muir Trail
The John Muir Trail runs 211 miles from Yosemite Valley to the summit of Mount Whitney, the highest point in the contiguous United States, according to the National Park Service. For most of its...
211 mi · 18–25 days · CA
Route mapped · 64 verified points
Pinhoti Trail
The Pinhoti Trail starts on Flagg Mountain in Alabama, and runs north through the Talladega National Forest and into Georgia. It ends where it meets the Benton MacKaye Trail on the South Fork of Jacks...
335 mi · AL, GA
Route mapped · 54 verified points
Long Trail
The Long Trail runs 272 miles along the spine of Vermont's Green Mountains, from the Massachusetts border to the Canadian border. The Green Mountain Club (GMC) looks after it. Volunteers built it...
272 mi · 14–30 days · VT
Route mapped · 45 verified points
Tahoe Rim Trail
The Tahoe Rim Trail is a loop around the ridge lines of the Lake Tahoe Basin. The Forest Service puts it at about 166.6 miles, and the trail association says the mileage changes year to year as...
166.6 mi · 7–14 days · CA, NV
Route mapped · 46 verified points
Ozark Highlands Trail
The Ozark Highlands Trail crosses northern Arkansas. It starts at Lake Fort Smith State Park on Arkansas 71 and runs east through the Ozark National Forest, along the Buffalo National River, and on...
207 mi · AR
Route mapped · 21 verified points
Colorado Trail
The Colorado Trail runs between Denver and Durango through eight mountain ranges and six wilderness areas, and shares more than 300 miles with the Continental Divide Trail. The Colorado Trail...
485 mi · 28–42 days · CO
Route mapped · 4 verified points
Sheltowee Trace
The Sheltowee Trace is a National Recreation Trail that runs south through Kentucky into Tennessee. The Sheltowee Trace Association gives its length as 343 miles, from the northern boundary of the...
343 mi · 21–30 days · KY, TN
Route mapped · 2 verified points
Allegheny Trail
The Allegheny Trail runs south from the Mason-Dixon Line near Bruceton Mills, West Virginia, to the Appalachian Trail on Peters Mountain at the Virginia line. The West Virginia Scenic Trails...
316 mi · 25–35 days · WV
Route mapped · 3 verified points
Benton MacKaye Trail
The Benton MacKaye Trail runs 287.6 miles through the southern Appalachians, from Springer Mountain in Georgia to Big Creek in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. That is the Benton MacKaye Trail...
287.6 mi · GA, TN, NC
Route mapped · 179 verified points
Superior Hiking Trail
The Superior Hiking Trail runs through northeastern Minnesota along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It starts south of Duluth and ends at the 270-degree Overlook near the Canadian border. The...
300 mi · 12–14 days · MN
Route mapped
New England Trail (NET)
207.3 mi
Route mapped
Ouachita Trail
The Ouachita National Recreation Trail runs 223 miles through the Ouachita Mountains of Oklahoma and Arkansas, by the count of the Friends of the Ouachita Trail. It starts at Talimena State Park in...
223 mi · OK, AR
We have no route line for this trail yet
Cohos Trail
The Cohos Trail runs north through Coos County, New Hampshire. It starts in southern Crawford Notch in the White Mountain National Forest, crosses the Great North Woods, and ends at the Canadian...
170 mi · 9–14 days · NH
We have no route line for this trail yet