Get the information you need to feel confident on your next hike.

Find a trail for your next adventure.

Annie Spratt

Tips for your next hike.

Lionello Delpiccolo

Read current hiking news.

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Find a local recreation or conservation group.

Jamison Sliger

Hikes Near You

Find the perfect hike for you!

Joel Cross

American Hiking Society has partnered with the Hiking Project to help you find trails and featured hikes you’ll love. The Hiking Project is a crowd-sourced platform, which means that all trails are shared by hikers like you. If you don’t see trails near you now, keep checking back. And better yet, why not share your favorite local hikes?

Trail Ratings:

  Easy: walking with no obstacles and low grades

  Easy/Intermediate

  Intermediate: 10% grade, small rocks and roots, easy scrambling

  Intermediate/Difficult

  Difficult: 15% grade, large obstacles, possible scrambling or climbing

  Extremely Difficult: 20% grade, 15+" obstacles, many harder sections

 

Featured Hikes:

Sometimes it's hard to pick the perfect hike right off the map. Browse through Hiking Project's highest rated hikes to see which trails other hikers are ranting and raving about.

Download the Trail Info:

take the info with you on your next hike. Download the maps and trail info to your mobile device for offline use. Remember to pin the trails before you leave cell service.

Give to American Hiking Society Today

Help build and maintain hiking trails, conserve America’s natural landscapes, build a more inclusive outdoors, and ensure that tomorrow’s hiking experience is even better than today’s. Your gift makes you part of a growing hiking community helping to protect the places you love to hike.

Hiking 101

Tips for your next hike.

Lionello Delpiccolo

Hiking Resources for Your Next Hike

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Before You Go

10 Essentials 
Planning Your Hike
Airline Travel
Organizing Your Gear
Staying Fit in Off-Season
How to Pack your Backpack

Tim Graf

Outdoor Skills

Leave No Trace
Hiking Etiquette
Hiking with Kids
Cold Weather Hiking
Selecting a Campsite
Using a Compass
Backcountry Hygiene
Handling Food Outdoors
Hiking with Dogs
Water Purification
Hiking Photography

Alexander Andrews

Gear

Hiking Boots
Backpacks
Binoculars
Sleeping Bags
Tents, Tarps, and Bivies
Trekking Poles
Backpacking Stoves
Clothing
Layering for a Hike
Gear Storage
Flashlights

Ted Wile

Safety & First Aid

Blisters
Crossing a Stream
Personal First Aid Kit
Hunting Season
Dehydration
Hot Weather Hiking
Fire Safety
Plant Safety
Snake Bite
Insects
Lightning Safety
Sun Safety
Ticks
Lost Outdoors

Callistus Ndemo

All About Trails

Racism in the Outdoors
Economic Benefits of Trails
How to Save Trails
Starting a Hiking Club
Health Benefits
Threats to Trails

American Hiking Society Blog

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On the windswept Northern California coast is one of the most rugged, remote and wild places in the state. Great expanses of forest meet wildflower-carpeted bluffs before plunging from rocky…

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By: Liz Thomas, American Hiking Society Ambassador When I was a freshmen in high school, I wrote an essay about my first time mowing a lawn. It seems like a…

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Alliance of Hiking Organizations

Find your local recreation or conservation group.

Jamison Sliger

American Hiking's Alliance of Hiking Organizations is a network of trail groups, hiking clubs, land trusts and other organizations working to promote and protect hiking trails, trail lands, and the hiking experience. American Hiking Society and its Alliance are the primary force in pressing for increased funding for trails and protecting places special to hikers.

You may sort our list of Alliance members below by any column, by clicking on the up/down arrows in  the header.

Organization Name City State Website Membership Type
Adirondack Forty-SixersPlattsburghNYhttp://www.adk46er.orgAlliance, BRONZE
American Endurance Ride ConferenceAuburnCAhttp://www.aerc.orgAlliance, BRONZE
Arizona Trail AssociationTucsonAZhttp://www.aztrail.org/Alliance, BRONZE
Bay Area Ridge Trail CouncilBerkeleyCAhttp://www.ridgetrail.org/Alliance, BRONZE
Between the Hills ConservancyPurcellvilleVAhttp://www.blueridgecenter.orgAlliance, BRONZE
Blue Ridge Bartram Trail ConservancyFranklinNChttp://ncbartramtrail.org/Alliance, BRONZE
Camp TuscazoarZoarvilleOHhttp://www.tuscazoar.org/Alliance, BRONZE
Carolina Mountain ClubAshevilleNChttp://www.carolinamtnclub.org/Alliance, BRONZE
Champlain Area TrailsWestportNYhttp://www.champlainareatrails.com/Alliance, BRONZE
Chinook Trail AssociationVancouverWAhttp://www.chinooktrails.org/Alliance, BRONZE
Columbia Land ConservancyChathamNYhttps://clctrust.orgAlliance, BRONZE
Connecticut Forest & Park AssociationRockfallCThttp://www.ctwoodlands.orgAlliance, BRONZE
Finger Lakes Trail Conference, Inc.Mt MorrisNYhttp://www.fingerlakestrail.org/Alliance, BRONZE
Florida Trail AssociationGainesvilleFLhttp://www.floridatrail.org/Alliance, BRONZE
Foothills Trail ClubCheektowagaNYhttp://www.foothillstrailclub.orgAlliance, BRONZE
Friends of Congaree SwampColumbiaSChttp://www.friendsofcongaree.orgAlliance, BRONZE
Friends of PanthertownCashiersNChttp://www.panthertown.org/Alliance, BRONZE
Gallatin Valley Land TrustBozemanMThttp://www.gvlt.org/Alliance, BRONZE
Headwaters Trail SystemThree ForksMTthreeforksmontana.usAlliance, BRONZE
Horse-Shoe Trail ConservancyHarrisburgPAhttp://hstrail.org/Alliance, BRONZE
Klickitat Trail ConservancyLyleWAhttp://klickitat-trail.org/Alliance, BRONZE
Louisiana Hiking ClubBaton RougeLAhttp://hikelouisiana.org/Alliance, BRONZE
National Coast Trail AssociationEUGENEORhttp://www.coasttrails.org/Alliance, BRONZE
Natural Bridge Appalachian Trail ClubLynchburgVAhttp://nbatc.orgAlliance, BRONZE
Norfolk Land TrustNorfolkCThttp://norfolklandtrust.orgAlliance, BRONZE
Northwest Youth CorpsEugeneORhttp://www.nwyouthcorps.org/Alliance, BRONZE
Ozark Highlands Trail AssociationFayettevilleARozarkhighlandstrail.comAlliance, BRONZE
Pacific Crest Trail AssociationSacramentoCAhttp://www.pcta.orgAlliance, BRONZE
Potomac Heritage Trail AssociationSterlingVAhttp://www.potomactrail.org/Alliance, BRONZE
Red Lodge Hiking ClubColumbusMTAlliance, BRONZE
Southern Blue Ridge HikersHighlandsNCAlliance, BRONZE
Victor Hiking Trails, Inc.VictorNYhttp://www.victorhikingtrails.org/Alliance, BRONZE
Visit MississippiJacksonMShttp://www.visitmississippi.orgAlliance, BRONZE
Washington Trails AssociationSeattleWAhttp://www.wta.org/Alliance, BRONZE