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National Trails Day is Saturday: How you can make the best of it

June 3, 2010 By Andrea Imler

Family enjoying hiking in the North Cascades. Photo by Holly Werran, REI.

This Saturday, June 5, is the 17th annual National Trails Day – a day set aside to commemorate our country’s 200,000 plus miles of trails. What better way to celebrate our wild places than by heading out for a hike or volunteering to clean up a local trail? Those very trails bring us solitude, enjoyment, inspiration and adventure. Read more

Saturday is National Trails Day

June 4, 2009 By Ben Beach

American Discovery Trail. Photo by Jesse Speer, Courtesy USFS.

Saturday, June 6, is American Hiking Society’s National Trails Day®. It shines a light on the wonderful trail opportunities we have in this country — and encourages Americans to help maintain them. The National Trails System contains tens of thousands of miles, with segments in every state and the nation’s capital. Click here for a list of the trails in the system or here to see a PDF map of the system. Read more