Hiking Resources
Get the information you need to feel confident on your next hike.
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.
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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.
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Hiking Resources for Your Next Hike
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All About Trails
Coalition Letter from Public Land Partners on the Termination of Facilities including NPS, BLM, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Letter on concerns regarding
the nationwide termination of federal lease arrangements by the Department of the Interior. Several
lease terminations published will eliminate visitor centers and other facilities valued by the American public. Additionally, some terminations will cripple many nonprofit public lands partners
American Hiking Joins 85 Organizations in Support of FY25 Funding for the Environment
American Hiking Joins 85 Organizations in Support of FY25 Funding to preserve environmental funding in annual appropriations
bills for Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) and to ensure that all funding enacted by Congress is faithfully executed, including the salaries of all
career civil servants charged with protecting our environment and our health.
Restore & Explore: Volunteer in Nebraska’s National Forest
Join the volunteer effort to help restore the Scott Lookout Trail in the Bessey Ranger District of Nebraska’s Sandhills.
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American Hiking joins nearly 500 organizations in support of federal land management staffing
On February 28, American Hiking Society joined a letter signed on behalf of 495 organizations calling on Congress to immediately reverse the terminations of 5,700 federal land management employees and halt any further workforce reductions to our public land management agencies.
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Hike the HillⓇ 2025
Hike the HillⓇ 2025 brought trail advocates together to push for funding and staffing to keep our public lands accessible and well-maintained. Learn how we’re taking action to protect the trails we all love.
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Board of Directors Feature: Nicole Prim
Nicole Prim fell in love with hiking after working in Montana on the border of Glacier National Park, and that love was cemented when she subsequently moved to Washington State.…
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Board of Directors Feature: Chuck Frank
Meet Chuck Frank, one of the newest members of the American Hiking Society Board of Directors!
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Board of Directors Feature: Rochelle Altman
Meet Rochelle Altman, one of the newest members of the American Hiking Society Board of Directors!
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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.
Learn about organizational membership benefits and join the Alliance today.
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-Sixers | Plattsburgh | NY | http://www.adk46er.org | Alliance, BRONZE |
| American Endurance Ride Conference | Auburn | CA | http://www.aerc.org | Alliance, BRONZE |
| Arizona Trail Association | Tucson | AZ | http://www.aztrail.org | Alliance, BRONZE |
| Bay Area Ridge Trail Council | Berkeley | CA | http://www.ridgetrail.org | Alliance, BRONZE |
| Between the Hills Conservancy | Purcellville | VA | http://www.blueridgecenter.org | Alliance, BRONZE |
| Blue Ridge Bartram Trail Conservancy | Franklin | NC | http://ncbartramtrail.org | Alliance, BRONZE |
| Camp Tuscazoar | Zoarville | OH | http://www.tuscazoar.org | Alliance, BRONZE |
| Carolina Mountain Club | Asheville | NC | http://www.carolinamtnclub.org | Alliance, BRONZE |
| Cayuga Trails Club, Inc. | Ithaca | NY | http://www.cayugatrailsclub.org | Alliance, BRONZE |
| Champlain Area Trails | Westport | NY | http://www.champlainareatrails.com | Alliance, BRONZE |
| Chinook Trail Association | Vancouver | WA | http://www.chinooktrails.org | Alliance, BRONZE |
| Columbia Land Conservancy | Chatham | NY | https://clctrust.org | Alliance, BRONZE |
| Connecticut Forest & Park Association | Rockfall | CT | http://www.ctwoodlands.org | Alliance, BRONZE |
| Finger Lakes Trail Conference, Inc. | Mt Morris | NY | http://www.fingerlakestrail.org | Alliance, BRONZE |
| Florida Trail Association | Gainesville | FL | http://www.floridatrail.org | Alliance, BRONZE |
| Friends of Congaree Swamp | Columbia | SC | http://www.friendsofcongaree.org | Alliance, BRONZE |
| Friends of Panthertown | Cashiers | NC | http://www.panthertown.org | Alliance, BRONZE |
| Gallatin Valley Land Trust | Bozeman | MT | http://www.gvlt.org | Alliance, BRONZE |
| Headwaters Trail System | Three Forks | MT | https://threeforksmontana.us/headwaters-trail | Alliance, BRONZE |
| Horse-Shoe Trail Conservancy | Harrisburg | PA | http://hstrail.org | Alliance, BRONZE |
| Klickitat Trail Conservancy | Lyle | WA | http://klickitat-trail.org | Alliance, BRONZE |
| Louisiana Hiking Club | Baton Rouge | LA | http://hikelouisiana.org | Alliance, BRONZE |
| National Coast Trail Association | Eugene | OR | http://www.coasttrails.org | Alliance, BRONZE |
| Natural Bridge Appalachian Trail Club | Lynchburg | VA | http://nbatc.org | Alliance, BRONZE |
| NC High Peaks Trail Association | Burnsville | NC | http://www.nchighpeaks.org | Alliance, BRONZE |
| Norfolk Land Trust | Norfolk | CT | http://norfolklandtrust.org | Alliance, BRONZE |
| Northwest Youth Corps | Eugene | OR | http://www.nwyouthcorps.org | Alliance, BRONZE |
| Ozark Highlands Trail Association | Fayetteville | AR | https://ozarkhighlandstrail.com | Alliance, BRONZE |
| Pacific Crest Trail Association | Sacramento | CA | http://www.pcta.org | Alliance, BRONZE |
| Palmetto Conservation Foundation - Palmetto Trail | Columbia | SC | http://www.palmettoconservation.org | Alliance, BRONZE |
| Potomac Heritage Trail Association | Sterling | VA | http://www.potomactrail.org | Alliance, BRONZE |
| Red Lodge Hiking Club | Columbus | MT | Alliance, BRONZE | |
| Southern Blue Ridge Hikers | Highlands | NC | Alliance, BRONZE | |
| Victor Hiking Trails, Inc. | Victor | NY | http://www.victorhikingtrails.org | Alliance, BRONZE |
| Visit Mississippi | Jackson | MS | http://www.visitmississippi.org | Alliance, BRONZE |
| Washington Trails Association | Seattle | WA | http://www.wta.org | Alliance, BRONZE |
