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
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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 |
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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 |
Benton County Conservation | Vinton | IA | https://www.bentoncountyia.gov/conservation/ | Alliance, BRONZE |
Benton MacKaye Trail Association | Cherry Log | GA | http://www.bmta.org/ | Alliance, BRONZE |
Blue Ridge Bartram Trail Conservancy | Franklin | NC | http://ncbartramtrail.org/ | Alliance, BRONZE |
Buckeye Trail Association | Shawnee | OH | http://www.buckeyetrail.org/ | Alliance, BRONZE |
Capital Stick Kickers | Delmar | NY | Http://Capitalstickkickers.org | Alliance, BRONZE |
Carolina Mountain Club | Asheville | NC | http://www.carolinamtnclub.org/ | Alliance, BRONZE |
Carteret County Wildlife Club | Havelock | NC | carteretwildlifeclub.org | Alliance, BRONZE |
Chinook Trail Association | Vancouver | WA | http://www.chinooktrails.org/ | Alliance, BRONZE |
City of New Castle Parks and Recreation | New Castle | PA | newcastlepa.org | Alliance, BRONZE |
Clean Trails / National CleanUp Day | Denver | CO | https://www.cleantrails.org | Alliance, BRONZE |
Columbia Land Conservancy | Chatham | NY | https://clctrust.org | Alliance, BRONZE |
Connecticut Forest and Park Association Incorporated | Rockfall | CT | https://ctwoodlands.org/ | Alliance, BRONZE |
Dolan Springs Trails System | Dolan Springs | AZ | http://www.dolanspringschamberofcommerce.com/ | 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, SILVER |
Friends of Congaree Swamp | Columbia | SC | http://www.friendsofcongaree.org | Alliance, BRONZE |
Friends of Government Canyon | San Antonio | TX | friendsofgc.org | Alliance, BRONZE |
Friends of Panthertown | Cashiers | NC | http://www.panthertown.org/ | Alliance, BRONZE |
Friends of the Columbia Gorge | Portland | OR | http://www.gorgefriends.org/ | Alliance, BRONZE |
Gallatin Valley Land Trust | Bozeman | MT | http://www.gvlt.org/ | Alliance, BRONZE |
Headwaters Trail System | Three Forks | MT | threeforksmontana.us | Alliance, SILVER |
Horse-Shoe Trail Conservancy | Southeastern | PA | http://hstrail.org/ | Alliance, BRONZE |
Idaho Trails Association | Council | ID | http://www.idahotrailsassociation.org/ | Alliance, BRONZE |
Iditarod Historic Trail Alliance | Anchorage | AK | http://www.iditarodnationalhistorictrail.org | Alliance, BRONZE |
Klickitat Trail Conservancy | Lyle | WA | http://klickitat-trail.org/ | Alliance, BRONZE |
Lone Star Hiking Trail Club | Tomball | TX | http://www.lshtclub.com | Alliance, BRONZE |
Louisiana Hiking Club | Baton Rouge | LA | http://hikelouisiana.org/ | Alliance, BRONZE |
Mountain High Hikers | Hayesville | NC | http://www.mountainhighhikers.org | Alliance, BRONZE |
Natural Bridge Appalachian Trail Club | Lynchburg | VA | http://nbatc.org | Alliance, BRONZE |
Nature Trust of the Santa Monica Mountains | Malibu | CA | http://www.naturetrust.net/ | Alliance, BRONZE |
NC High Peaks Trail Assoc. | Burnsville | NC | http://www.nchighpeaks.org/ | Alliance, BRONZE |
Norfolk Land Trust | Norfolk | CT | http://norfolklandtrust.org | Alliance, BRONZE |
North Country Trail Association | Lowell | MI | http://www.NorthCountryTrail.org | Alliance, BRONZE |
Northwest Youth Corps | Eugene | OR | http://www.northwestyouthcorps.org | Alliance, BRONZE |
Ozark Highlands Trail Association | Fayetteville | AR | ozarkhighlandstrail.com | Alliance, BRONZE |
Palmetto Conservation Foundation - Palmetto Trail | Columbia | SC | http://www.palmettoconservation.org/ | Alliance, BRONZE |
Pennsylvania Parks & Forests Foundation | Camp Hill | PA | http://www.paparksandforests.org/ | Alliance, BRONZE |
Potomac Heritage Trail Association | STERLING | VA | http://www.potomactrail.org/ | Alliance, BRONZE |
Red Lodge Hiking Club | Columbus | MT | Alliance, BRONZE | |
Smoky Mountains Hiking Club | Knoxville | TN | http://www.smhclub.org | Alliance, BRONZE |
The Niagara Hiking Company | Niagara Falls | NY | http://www.hikeniagara.com | Alliance, BRONZE |
TrailBliss | sammamish | WA | http://www.trailbliss.org | Alliance, BRONZE |
Trinidad Coastal Land Trust | Trinidad | CA | trinidadcoastallandtrust.org | Alliance, BRONZE |
Victor Hiking Trails, Inc. | VICTOR | NY | http://www.victorhikingtrails.org/ | Alliance, BRONZE |
Visit Mississippi | Jackson | MS | http://www.visitmississippi.org | Alliance, BRONZE |
Wild Basin Creative Research Center | Austin | TX | http://www.wildbasin.org | Alliance, BRONZE |