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Trail Mix: East
Your region's go-now guide
Local Hikes
Jump-start your hiking season on these spring-ready trips from around the country.
Rip & Go: New England National Scenic Trail - Mt. Grace State Forest, MA
Walk deliberately into woods filled with waterfalls and stone walls.
Local Hikes: Northeast
Head out on one of these trails in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, Pennsylvania, and Maryland.
Trip Finder: Northeast
Your favorite Northeast hikes—from dayhikes to weekenders to multiday trips.
Long Trail Hikes
Traverse the first long trail in Vermont.
Local Hikes: Boston, MA
The best hikes near Boston.
Local Hikes: Northeast
The best hikes, as recommended by the best hiking clubs in the Northeast.
Top 3: Ghost Town Hikes
Walk 100 or more years back into history--and deep into wilderness outposts now reclaimed by nature--with these routes to three abandoned frontier communities.
Top 3 Ghost Town Hikes: Dogtown, MA
walk 10 miles of demise carved in stone.
Local Hikes: New Hikes Near You
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.
Insider's Guide to Peaks
Think you know all there is to know about these famous peaks? Get an insider's guide right here.
Quick Escapes: 10 Trails Near Major Cities
The perfect metro-area trail: close, wild, uncrowded. Here are 10 major city options.
Top 3 Literary Hikes
Thoreau, Hemingway, and Kerouac all went into the backcountry to find the right words.
Adventure Weekends: Luxury Hiking and Camping
We've got a selection of cozy shelters and trail-side restaurants from Washington to Maine. Check out these hikes in the Rockies, the Northeast, and the Northwest.
Where is the Spookiest Place to Hike?
Boston: Hike, Bike, and Paddle
Beantowners are seeing the light at the end of the Big Dig tunnel, and it's a beautiful shade of green.
Massachusetts, High Ledges Wildlife Sanctuary
Beantowners love the sights the High Ledges area has to offer.
Best Backpacking In Massachussetts
Our comprehensive guide to the best backpacking you can find in Massachusetts.
Massachusetts' Monroe State Forest
Tucked away in a New England corner is an old-growth paradise.
South Taconic Mountains, Connecticut
Connecticut's South Taconic Mountains have bald peaks, deep, forested gorges, and trees as old as the Mayflower.
Massachusetts' Mt. Greylock
A mysterious ravine, old-growth forest, and big climbs -- only at Mt. Greylock Reservation.
New England's Metacomet-Monadnock Trail
Panoramic ridge-hiking through New England.
Riga Plateau, Appalachian Trail
Get spectacular Appalachian Trail mountain views without much effort on the Riga Plateau.
