national parks hiking

The best hikes in Acadia National Park take you from salty sea to soaring summit with 158 miles of extraordinarily scenic trails

The best hikes in Canyonlands National Park deliver dramatic desert landscapes, stunning spires and perfectly preserved rock art

The 11 best National Parks for backpacking offer a multitude of wilderness escapes from crowded paths into remote interiors and across long, serpentine trails

The best hikes in Olympic National Park range take you through lush temperate rainforests, along rugged beaches and up to the peaks of glacier-capped mountains

The best hikes in Death Valley National Park span volcanic fields, multi-colored rock canyons, sand dunes the size of mountains and deep, salt-covered basins

Our guide to hiking Half Dome in Yosemite won’t get you to the top, but it will give you an overview of how to prepare and what to expect from this fearsome feat

The best hikes in Bryce Canyon take you from the rim trail to the amphitheater floor to survey endless glowing orange and cream striped rock spires

The best hikes in Glacier National Park cross a vast, pristine wilderness and deliver alpine lakes, rocky peaks and awesome wildlife viewing

The best hikes in Joshua Tree National Park provide some of the best sunrises and sunsets you’ll ever see across windswept vistas in an iconic desert landscape