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Wisdom of the crowd?
Trails.com is one of the very best hiking sites on the internet. I was once a member, but am no longer. I don’t like “walled garden” websites. (members only)
The results are in! After analyzing over 10 million “votes” from users over the past year, Trails.com is proud to announce its annual Top […]

Ron Strickland has a site dedicated to long distance trails and the National Trails System in the USA.
He’s authored a number of books including:
THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST TRAIL GUIDE
SHANK’S MARE: A COMPENDIUM OF REMARKABLE WALKS
I’ve been writing about hiking since around 1999. Ron’s done more. And for somewhat longer than that.

Ron Strickland began to create the […]

On The Adventure Blog, Kraig linked through to a terrific hiking site:

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Click through to the interactive map on Adventure Zone. You will be impressed with the amount and detail of information on hiking in Namibia, Swaziland and South Africa available.
My #1 destination in South Africa is the Drakensberg. But clearly there are many, many […]

When I first saw an excellent post by Enrico Forte I thought, “Besthike should have written that.”
He titled it: World’s best hiking trails and trekking tours for individuals
Congratulations Enrico. And Happy New Year.
It’s basically a list of lists of best hikes from around the world.
Here are a few of the best of those included. […]

WildeBeat audio journal did a great piece this Fall on the problems of off road vehicles in the Utah desert.

This wild places program examines the problems of trying to designate new wilderness areas in the central Utah desert. If it gets overrun by off road vehicles, can it still become new wilderness?
This story was […]

Another gear site to check out. Sadly I have far too much gear in my basement already.
… hand-picked and tediously browsed for by real people who enjoy being active and outdoors. …

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Outdoor Gear, Equipment, & Apparel Deals | TheCheapOutdoors.com
Good luck, Larry!

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With 50,754 Photos and almost 800 hikes, HikeArizona.com is an incredible resource. It’s run by Joe Bartels.
Contributor Al_hikesAZ posted in 2005 a list of The 20 Most Popular hikes in Arizona:
Flatiron
West Fork of Oak Creek
Peralta Trail
Humphreys Summit Trail
Brown’s Peak
Havasu Canyon
Fossil Springs Trail
Camelback Summit via Echo
Horton […]

American Hiking Society posted a list of under appreciated hikes. Under appreciated because they are not in “Parks”, but are regulated by the Bureau of Land Management.

Many BLM lands are unique and wild, offering exceptional views, few people, and a rare opportunity to experience the “wild west” in the same way the pioneers did […]

Carsten Clasohm has a beautiful website documenting his hiking holidays.
In 2004 he spent 3 week hiking out of Gosau, Austria:

The

There are a number of good Hawaii hiking sites. But I like best the map interface used by Na Ala Hele - Hawaii Trail System & Access. (It’s far better than the one we use on besthike.)

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If you click Kauai:

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Click on one of the numbers and you get quite a good information page on […]