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Chuck Bonner — of Hiking with Chuck — sent us recommendations for some “best hikes and hiking areas” out of New Hampshire:
Mine Falls Park in Nashua, New Hampshire
Suwannee Canal Recreation Area in Georgia’s Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge
Ripley Falls in New Hampshire’s Crawford Notch State Park
Saco Lake Trail in New Hampshire’s Crawford Notch State Park
Elephant Head […]

We include relatively few day hikes on our list of the best hikes in the World.
For more, check out the excellent OneDayHikes.com list. Here’s a sample of their overview page:

Aiguilles Traverse, Chamonix, France
Take the Grand Balcon Nord, beneath the serrated cliffs and pinnacles of the Aiguilles, to an awe-inspiring view of the Mer de Glace.
Aira […]

Since the relaunch of the National Parks Traveler blog, it’s become one of my favourite sites.
These bloggers are passionate about the Parks. Extremely knowledgeable. And the depth and breadth of coverage is amazing.
This recent post, for example, I found very interesting:

Top 10 Most Visited National Parks

Rank
Park Name
Visitation

1

Great Smoky Mountains NP

9,289,215

2

Grand Canyon NP

4,279,439

3

Yosemite NP

3,242,644

4

Yellowstone […]

Nassib Elkadri works on the Parks Canada website.
He tells me they’ve launched a new start section for anyone looking to walk our favourite hike The West Coast Trail on the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve of Canada home page.
This information will be kept up-to-date.
Parks Canada - Pacific Rim National Park Reserve of Canada […]

We’ve added a more conspicuous link to SAE on all our South America pages.
Anyone planning to hike there is strongly advised to join. Cost is about US$50 / yr.
Planning to study Spanish? Raft the Amazon? Hike the Inca Trail? Work on an archaeological dig? Find volunteer work? Explore the Galapagos? Scuba dive? Climb […]

Wicked Outdoorsy - right again:

More and more, I’m beginning to realize that Treehugger is the green-zine equivalent of a politician on the stump.
Regardless of the good intent, regardless of the question, the answer is about an hour too long and meanders down a winding yellow road through fields of poppies.
Oh Toto. My eyes […]

Whoopee. National Geographic posted 5 US National Parks “best hikes of 2007″.
Mount LeConte - Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee and North Carolina
Halemauu Trail - Haleakala National Park, Hawaii
Tomales Point Trail - Point Reyes National Eashore, California

Highland Creek Trail - Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota
Half Dome - Yosemite National Park, California
National Parks: Hiking - […]

Guide Aitelkadi Hassan contacted me regarding tours including treks in the Atlas Mountains. He collects you from the airport, makes all arrangements, and delivers you safely back for your return flight.
Get some testimonials from other travelers, of course, before you sign on with any guiding service.

Their website is AtlasWalkers.com (French).
Here’s the […]

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Thanks to Tom for pointing out this interesting new experiment:

It’s all brand-new now, so […]

I just tried using the new Recreation.gov website to book a campground in the USA.
A bit “clunky”. Fairly slow.
But at least it seems to work.
The history of government National Park websites is a sad one. But they are slowly, slowly getting better.

Recreation.gov is now the place for all your federal recreation […]