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Your region's go-now guide: Explore New York City, hike four states in 24 hours, and perfect days in NC, GA, and NH.

Trail Mix: East

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Your region's go-now guide

Readers' Choice 2012: Your Neck of the Woods - Northeast Hikes

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Snag Big Apple skyline views, tackle four peaks in a day, rack up waterfalls, hike through history on the AT, and climb Vermont's highest peak.

Local Hikes: Northeast

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Head out on one of these trails in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, Pennsylvania, and Maryland.

Rip & Go: Pine Tree Loop

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Paddle to shoreline solitude, then perch on dunes above the Atlantic Ocean in Maryland's Assateague Island National Seashore.

Trip Finder: Northeast

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Your favorite Northeast hikes—from dayhikes to weekenders to multiday trips.

Local Hikes: New Hikes Near You

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Our army of reader-reader scouts mapped 59 local hikes from South Carolina to Northern California. See their favorites, then learn how to download tracklogs and waypoints.

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Best Backpacking In Maryland

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Our comprehensive guide to the best backpacking you can find in Maryland.

Maryland's Savage River State Forest

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hen it comes to sheer ability to alter a landscape and shock the human senses, you can't beat the May blooms of a mountain laurel thicket.

Maryland's Big Savage Mountain

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Heavy forests and the roar of whitewater wait in this section of the Appalachian Mountains.

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