Visit USA 2024 Travel Planner Intro

WALKING AND HIKING

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SILVER LAKE TRAIL, PARK CITY Enjoy panoramic views of Utah’s Park City and surrounding mountainous countryside on Deer Valley Resort’s Silver Lake Trail. Classed as a moderate hiking trail, the 4.7 mile route is for foot traffic only, helping to preserve its tranquil atmosphere. It starts at the bottom of the Deer Valley Silver Lake chairlift, and heads up through aspen groves and ending at the top of Bald Mountain. You can hike back down or take the chairlift.

CADILLAC NORTH RIDGE TRAIL, MAINE

advance as trails can be snow-covered until June or July and some involve fording swift running rivers. Enjoy day hikes in areas around Mammoth Hot Springs, Old Faithful Geyser and the canyons and mountains in the centre of the park, amongst others.

Hike this trail to the top of Acadia National Park’s highest peak and the highest point on the U.S. east coast, 1,530-ft Cadillac Mountain, for sweeping vistas of Bar Harbor, Frenchman Bay and the Schoodic Peninsula. From September to mid-March it is the first place in America to see the sunrise. The trail is 2.2 miles long to the top. YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK One of America’s prime wilderness areas, covering 2.2 million acres that are mostly in Wyoming, Yellowstone National Park has more than 900 miles of hiking trails to explore. Day hikes do not require a permit, although hikes should be planned in

WONDERLAND TRAIL, MOUNT RAINIER

Encircling Mount Rainier in Washington State, the 93-mile Wonderland Trail is a strenuous hike featuring a lot of elevation changes as it goes through lowland forests and valleys and up into high alpine and sub alpine areas. A wilderness permit is required for overnight camping in the park. There are 18 trailside wilderness camps and three non-wilderness camps.

Pictured Main image: Hiking on a mountain ridge in the beautiful Columbia River Gorge, Oregon; Above: Slot Canyon in Grand Staircase Escalante National Park, Utah; Unusual colourful sandstone formations in the deserts of Utah are popular among hikers.; Bottom: Poverty Point Reservoir State Park, Louisiana; Salt crust in Badwater Basin, the lowest point in North America; A mother and baby setting out on a walk in Yellowstone National Park.

In Minnesota, the Superior Hiking Trail, an easy to moderate trail with bite-size sections, hugs the ridgeline of Lake Superior

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