Backpacker Magazine, as part of their Readers’ Choice Awards 2009, named “the best hike in every state” in the USA.
No need to click through to the list, however.
Not unless you want to add your comment to these:
The “best trail in Nevada” points at a link titled Great Basin National Park? Nope, but instead takes you to a description of a little known side trail outside of Las Vegas at Cathedral Rock. Read a map sometime. What hooey.
Lord help us all if this is the kind of dis-information my favorite magazine prints!
Posted: Jan 30, 2009 Iowa Hike
Delaware’s best hike is in Virginia? That’s ridiculous! …
I don’t know where Backpacker comes up with this best of crap. The best hike in Florida is a three day paddle in the everglades? It wasn’t long ago they highlighted the bridge to bridge trail in White springs Florida, that’s a bicycle trail on the opposite side of the river from the FNST. As a volunteer trail coordinator for the Florida trail I’m offended by their lack of knowledge when it comes to hiking in Florida.
Posted: Jan 29, 2009 Alton Snellgrove
I especially like the fact that Big Creek is in NC not TN
Posted: Jan 29, 2009 Ricky
You guys need to chill out. Please. How are you going to diss Backpacker? I mean, how many other magazines are there that tend to the desires and needs of a hiker/climbing/packer? The writers are human, they will make mistakes.
Posted: Jan 30, 2009 AJ
I love Backpacker magazine too. But this is a good example of the mistake many websites make banking on “reader contributed content”.
The Wisdom of Crowds only works if you have a large enough crowd. Clearly Backpacker did not get enough feedback on the best hikes to put together a reasonably good list.
(via The Adventure Blog)
besthike.com 
They picked a beautiful piece of California, my state, so no quibbles there.
And they also made an excellent choice with the Na Pali coast trail on Kaua’i; I lived there for three years, and it’s a stunning hike.
I’m ok with the fact that they chose a bad hike as Rhode Island’s best. The better ones get enough foot traffic. It’s interesting, however, that they chose the single worse nature hike in the state.