all hikes

Adirondack Park: St. Regis Mountain

Avoid hiking crowds by paddling to a secret trailhead, where you'll also admire old Adirondack camps on this 8.6-mile paddle-hike combo in Adirondack Park.

Baltimore: Wye Island Paddle

On this 7-mile paddling route, you'll tour the inner reaches of Chesapeake Bay, passing riverbanks and wooded wetlands with picturesque trails.

Big Bend National Park: Santa Elena Canyon

Paddle the Rio Grande through massive gorges on this exciting overnight. This 22-mile trip is easily done in 2 days.

Boston: Ispwich Water Trail

Paddle this 11.5-mile loop through open bays and protected salt marshes to beaches with giant sand dunes and historic buildings from the late 1700s.

Boston: Peddocks Island Paddle

Paddle to sandy sanctuaries, explore an old fort, and camp on the Boston Harbor Islands on this scenic 9.7-mile out-and-back to Peddocks Island.

Boundary Waters: Mudro Lake to Horse Lake

Paddle past wooded islands while perfecting your loon call on this 13.6-mile weekend trip across four lakes to an isolated campsite.

George T Bagby State Park

If you like to both hike and paddle, you will enjoy this 5.14 mile combination trail. Situated along the shores of beautiful Lake Walter F George in southwest Georgia, you will experience the tranquility of a liesurely paddle, and a quiet walk through nature. Bordering the shores of Alabama & Georgia, the 48,000-acre Lake Walter F. George (lake Eufala as it is called by locals in Alabama) is a popular destination for hiking, bird watching, fishing and water sports. This resort park has a 60-room lodge, conference center, restaurant, cottages and a 18-hole golf course. The park's marina and boat ramp offer easy access for fishing and boating. The picnic shelters and picnic sites are great places for families to enjoy their catch. Visitors may also observe a wide variety ofwildlife along the lake's shores, as well as along the 3-mile nature trail, which winds through hardwoods and pines. The lake was named for a United States Senator from Georgia, and is formed by the Chattahoochee River along the border between Alabama and Georgia. The lake stretches north from the Walter F. George Lock and Dam in Fort Gaines, and provides 640 miles of shoreline. So come on down to George T Bagby State Park, and enjoy a day hke, a paddle along the shores, and maybe you also will come away with memories to last a lifetime. Directions: 3.5 miles north of Fort Gaines off GA Hwy. 39.

Glen Canyon National Recreation Area: Llewellyn Gulch Via Lake Powell

Explore the thin redrock hallways and rocky waterslides of a twisty gulch on this ambitious 11.2-mile paddle-hike.

Houston, TX: Spring Creek Paddle

Preview the Spring Creek Greenway--and pull up for a sandbar picnic--on this 12-mile paddle that cruises a lazy creek between newly protected shorelines of Montgomery and Harris county parks.

Knoxville: Holston & Tennessee River Canoe Trail

Float under a peregrine falcon nest and paddle past several islands to the Tennessee River on this 4.5-mile trip through the heart of downtown.

Montgomery, AL: George T Bagby State Park

Explore sunken islands and a quiet nature trail on this family-friendly, 4.8-mile paddle-hike along the shores of Chattahoochee River Reservoir.

Norwalk, CT: Norwalk Islands Paddle

Bring binoculars on this 7.3-mile paddling tour of Long Island Sound, and take time to check out the shorebirds and a historic island lighthouse.

Portland: Elk Rock Island

Paddle the Willamette River to great fishing holes and views of towering osprey nests, then hike a small, isolated island on this 7.8-mile adventure.