Backpacker Magazine: Nevada: Backpacking and Camping Trips, Hikes, Adventures, Topo Maps, Aerial Photos.

Las Vegas: Liberty Bell Arch Trail

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This 4.4-mile hike leads to splendid red rock formations, a beautiful mesa overlooking the Colorado River, and a dose of gold-mining history.

Las Vegas: Grand Circle Loop

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Escape the glitter and gridlock of the Strip on this 11.7-mile loop, which cuts across open desert to explore contorted rock figures and massive red-rock cliffs.

Las Vegas: White Rock Hills Loop

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On this 7.5-miler, you'll roam the geologically rich Red Rock Canyon, where bighorn sheep wander through desert gardens and pi�on-juniper forests.

Salt Lake City, UT: Mount Moriah

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Summit a lonely wilderness peak in the stunning Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest.

Las Vegas, NV: Southern Highlands Radio Tower

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An eclectic mix of trailside finds--from blooming cactus to abandoned cars and hot tubs to wandering coyotes--pepper this 7.5-mile hike to a summit overlooking Las Vegas.

Las Vegas: Bootleg Wash Loop

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Cash in on big-money views above Lake Mead and the Vegas Valley on this rugged 4.6-mile loop in the River Mountains.

Calico Hike east of Las Vegas, NV.

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Mummy Spring trail

A moderate hike with many stunning views of the valleys below. Raintree, a 3,000 year old Bristlecone is a must see.

Las Vegas, NV: Red Rock Loop

Hum along the dried-up bed of an ancient ocean below thrust faults of iron red rock on this 15-mile, must-ride loop outside Las Vegas.

American Discovery Trail (Northern Segment)

This trip will start on May 9th, 2009 from Joliet, IL and will include the entire American Discovery Trail (plan on doing a yo-yo). Full trail details can be found at: www.discoverytrail.org. My trail journal is located at: www.trailjournals.com/entry.cfm?trailname=8920

Southern Highlands Radio Tower

This trail goes through the desert. You'll pass cactus flowers in March and April, abandoned cars & hot tubs and you might see a coyote or two. You can follow any road up to the radio tower - either at the base of the hills or near the railway. Bring water as it's very dry and there's no shade.

Mummy Spring trail

A moderate hike with many stunning views of the valleys below. Raintree, a 3,000 year old Bristlecone is a must see.

Vote on America's Best Trail

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For our 2010 Readers' Choice issue we want to know your favorite trail in America.

Where Solitude Rules - More Tips and Tricks

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Alternative routes, where to find solitude in the Lower 48, and avoiding the crowds in America's most crowded park

Hikes and Trips in US Cities

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Use our comprehensive city-specific pages to find hikes near your hometown or in a city you're planning to visit.

Can a Lime-Green Vegetable-Oil-Powered Beetle Save the Earth?

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One writer ditches his S.U.V. for a vegetable oil-powered Volkswagon Beetle and drives into the Sierras to hike the Pacific Crest Trail and test his environmentalist platitudes

Paddling's Greatest Getaways

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16 wild ways to find backcountry solitude and big-time scenery. All this, and you can bring the ice chest, too.

High Points: Boundary Peak, Nevada

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Expect unexpected challenges to reach the summit

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