Hiking Trails
America is rich with hiking trails, some of them long-distance, like the Appalachian Trail in the Eastern U. S., many of them with spectacular vantage points. I’ll never get to trek all of them, but I can try.
My son, Scott, grabs a photo opp with his phone on the Wilson Canyon Trail, Coconino National Forest, near Sedona, Arizona. Coconino is a great place to hike and explore the red rock mountains of the Sedona area. This trail is three miles roundtrip from a trailhead parking area, with great views of Wilson Mountain.
While hiking the Baskins Creek Falls Trail in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, near Gatlinburg, Tennessee, I came upon this small but charming waterfall, part of Falls Branch Brook.
Phelps Lake, viewed from the Lake Creek Trail, Laurance S. Rockefeller Preserve, within Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming.
Mount Jefferson, as seen in morning fog from a section of the Pacific Crest Trail on Mount Hood, Oregon.
Steve on Cat Rock, Appalachian Trail, New York, 1995. Photo by Michael Kodas.
Mount Major is a very popular hike in New Hampshire's Lakes Region, with terrific views of Lake Winnepesaukee from its open summit, elevation 1,785 feet. Steep in places, it is a 1.5 mile trek to the summit, 3 miles roundtrip.