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Backpacker Magazine – May 2010
Local Hikes: Midwest
See moose, bag a high-desert peak, and sample a quiet long trail. (Click linked trips for GPS waypoints, photos, and more.)
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- Camping |
- Backpacking |
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READER EXPERTS
Melissa Gaskill
Austin, TX
Melissa logged 300 trail miles last year while researching her guidebook, Best Hikes with Dogs: Texas Hill Country and Gulf Coast.
Favorite hike Twin Peaks Trail, Hill Country State Natural Area, TX
Steve Johnson
Dennison, MN
Favorite hike North Country Trail through Porcupine Lakes Wilderness Area, WI
Charlie Williams
Tulsa, OK
Favorite hike Ozark Highlands National Recreation Trail, AR
Melissa Gaskill
Austin, TX
Melissa logged 300 trail miles last year while researching her guidebook, Best Hikes with Dogs: Texas Hill Country and Gulf Coast.
Favorite hike Twin Peaks Trail, Hill Country State Natural Area, TX
Steve Johnson
Dennison, MN
Favorite hike North Country Trail through Porcupine Lakes Wilderness Area, WI
Charlie Williams
Tulsa, OK
Favorite hike Ozark Highlands National Recreation Trail, AR
Quick City Escapes
Amazon’s best-selling guidebook authors choose killer dayhikes near…
Chicago from Susan Post
Hiking Illinois, Human Kinetics, $20
> Tupelo Trail, Cache River State Natural Area
> Sentry Bluff Trail, Bell Smith Springs RA
> Little Grand Canyon, Shawnee NF
Columbus from Susan Finch
Best Easy Day Hikes Columbus, Falcon, $10
> Blackhand Trail, Blackhand Gorge State Nature Preserve
> Conkles Hollow Rim Trail, Hocking Hills SP
> Grandma Gatewood Trail, Hocking Hills SP
Minneapolis from Jake Kuliu
Take a Hike: Minneapolis and St. Paul, Moon Outdoors, $18
> Inspiration Point Trail, Whitewater SP
> Quarry Loop, Banning SP
> Crow River Loop, Crow-Hassan Park Reserve
Dallas from Kathryn Hopper
Best Easy Day Hikes Dallas/Fort Worth, Falcon, $10
> Wood Duck Trail, Heard Sanctuary
> Trinity River Audubon Center Trails
> Fort Worth Nature Center Trails
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READERS COMMENTS
Totally lame article. Zero information.
Hey, if you're not gonna print the map so we can actually see the state lines, at least put a city/state with the description so we know where in the heck you're talking about!
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