Description

Discover the adventures located right in your own backyard! From exhilarating mountain biking trails and forest rope courses to easy day hikes and lake excursions, this comprehensive collection offers more than 1,000 exciting escapades to experience across the United States.

In this information-packed guide, uncover the best walking, biking, and hiking trails in your home state, along with other outdoor activities including birdwatching, outdoor yoga, ziplining, kayaking, forest bathing, skiing, snowshoeing, tubing, and so much more. Consider experiencing:

• An Instagram-worthy stroll through the Elizabeth Park Rose Garden in Connecticut
• A beginner-friendly horseback ride from vineyard to vineyard in Virginia
• A waterfall-filled hike in Starved Rock State Park, Illinois, where you’ll wind through 18 breathtaking canyons
• A birdwatching trip just outside the Manhattan skyline in Brooklyn's nature preserves
• An accessible trail along the south rim of Arizona's Grand Canyon
• A 30-mile bike ride along Copper Harbor Trails in Michigan
• Canyoneering through Moab, Utah’s slot canyons and ancient ruins
• Ziplining across an Olympic course in Lake Tahoe, Nevada
• Taking on class IV rapids in the rushing waters of West Virginia

About the Author

The National Geographic Society (NGS), headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States, is one of the largest nonprofit scientific and educational organizations in the world.Founded in 1888, its interests include geography, archaeology, and natural science, the promotion of environmental and historical conservation, and the study of world culture and history. The National Geographic Society's logo is a yellow portrait frame—rectangular in shape—which appears on the margins surrounding the front covers of its magazines and as its television channel logo. Through National Geographic Partners (a joint venture with The Walt Disney Company), the Society operates the magazine, TV channels, a website, worldwide events, and other media operations.