National Trails

NATIONAL TRAILS

- Scenic & Historic Trails -



 

Multiple StatesAppalachian National Scenic Trail

Multiple States

 

The Appalachian Trail is a 2,185 mile long public footpath that traverses the scenic, wooded, pastoral, wild, and culturally resonant lands of the Appalachian Mountains.

 

Date Of First Visit: 2016 April👨👩

ArizonaArizona National Scenic Trail

Arizona

 

The Arizona Trail is intended to be a primitive, long distance trail that highlights the state's topographic, biologic, historic and cultural diversity.

 

Date Of First Visit: 2016 September👨👩

Multiple StatesContinental Divide National Scenic Trail

Multiple States

 

The Continental Divide Trail is a scenic trail running 3,100 miles between Mexico and Canada. It follows the Continental Divide of the Americas along the Rocky Mountains and traverses five states.

 

Date Of First Visit: 2016 August👨👩👧👦

FloridaFlorida National Scenic Trail

Florida

 

The Florida National Scenic Trail is a federally-designated, non-motorized, recreation trail that meanders approximately 1,300 miles across some of the most beautiful, unique landscapes in the entire country.

 

Date Of First Visit: 2016 April👨👩

WisconsinIce Age National Scenic Trail

Wisconsin

 

The nearly 1,200 mile trail, established in 1980, traces the edge of a huge glacier that covered much of North America 15,000 years ago during the Ice Age.

 

Date Of First Visit: 2019 September👨👩

Mississippi / Alabama / TennesseeNatchez Trace National Scenic Trail

Mississippi / Alabama / Tennessee

 

The 450-mile foot trail that became known as the Natchez Trace was the lifeline through the Old Southwest. You can experience portions of that journey the way earlier travelers did - on foot.

 

Date Of First Visit: 2016 April👨👩

Connecticut / MassachusettsNew England National Scenic Trail

Connecticut / Massachusetts

 

The 215-mile route extends through 41 communities from Connecticut over the Metacomet Ridge, through the highlands of the Pioneer Valley of Massachusetts, to the New Hampshire state border.

 

Date Of First Visit: 2022 October👨👩

Multiple StatesNorth Country National Scenic Trail

Multiple States

 

When completed, the trail will be the longest continuous hiking trail in the country; linking scenic, natural, historic, and cultural areas across seven northern states.

 

Date Of First Visit: 2019 September👨👩

Washington / Oregon / CaliforniaPacific Crest National Scenic Trail

Washington / Oregon / California

 

The trail runs a length of 2,663 miles. It ranges in elevation from sea level to 13,153 feet. The trail also passes through 7 national parks.

 

Date Of First Visit: 2017 September👨👩

Washington / Idaho / MontanaPacific Northwest National Scenic Trail

Washington / Idaho / Montana

 

The Pacific Northwest Trail is a unique pathway that travels through some of the most spectacular and scenic terrain in the United States and connects people and communities of the Pacific Northwest.

 

Date Of First Visit: 2017 September👨👩

Multiple StatesPotomac Heritage National Scenic Trail

Multiple States

 

Linking the Potomac and upper Ohio river basins, the trail follows the paths explored by George Washington. You can follow the same routes today.

 

Date Of First Visit: 2018 May👨👩👧


HawaiiAla Kahakai National Historic Trail

Hawaii

 

A 175-mile trail network of cultural and historical significance that traverses through hundreds of ancient Hawaiian settlement sites.

 

Date Of First Visit: 2017 April👨👩

Butterfield Overland National Historic TrailButterfield Overland National Historic Trail

Multiple States

 

Retrace the 1850s overland mail route where twice per week stagecoaches would carry passengers, freight, and mail across the southern rim of the country between the east and west.

 

Date Of First Visit: Not Yet Visited

Multiple StatesCalifornia National Historic Trail

Multiple States

 

Follow in the footsteps of over 250,000 emigrants who traveled to the gold fields and rich farmlands of California during the 1840s and 1850s.

 

Date Of First Visit: 2016 January👨👩👧

Multiple StatesCaptain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail

Multiple States

 

Between 1607 and 1609 Smith and his crew mapped 3,000 miles of the Chesapeake Bay and documented 17th-century American Indian communities.

 

Date Of First Visit: 2023 June👨👩👧

Texas / LouisianaEl Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail

Texas / Louisiana

 

This trail will carry you through 300 years of Louisiana and Texas frontier settlement and development on a Spanish colonial road that originally extended to Mexico City.

 

Date Of First Visit: 2013 December👨👩

New Mexico / TexasEl Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail

New Mexico / Texas

 

Take a journey on El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro to savor 300 years of heritage and culture in the Southwest. This Spanish colonial road in New Mexico and Texas originally extended to Mexico City.

 

Date Of First Visit: 2016 November👨👩

AlaskaIditarod National Historic Trail

Alaska

 

The trail commemorates a 2,300-mile system of winter trails that first connected Native villages, opened up Alaska for the last great American gold rush, and now plays a vital role for travel and recreation.

 

Date Of First Visit: 2018 May👨👩

Arizona / CaliforniaJuan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail

Arizona / California

 

In 1775, Anza led 240 followers on a journey to establish the first non-Native settlement at San Francisco Bay. The 1,200-mile trail connects Nogales, Arizona, to San Francisco, California.

 

Date Of First Visit: 2017 August👨👩

Multiple StatesLewis & Clark National Historic Trail

Multiple States

 

Between May of 1804 and September of 1806 the Corps of Discovery traveled to the shores of the Pacific Ocean in search of a water route from the plains.

 

Date Of First Visit: 2013 September👨👩

Multiple StatesMormon Pioneer National Historic Trail

Multiple States

 

Explore across five states to see the route 70,000 Mormons traveled from 1846 to 1869 to escape religious persecution covering about 1,300 miles.

 

Date Of First Visit: 2013 December👨👩

Multiple StatesNez Perce (Nee-Me-Poo) National Historic Trail

Multiple States

 

The Nez Perce Trail stretches from Wallowa Lake, Oregon, to the Bear Paw Battlefield near Chinook, Montana. It was added as a National Historic Trail in 1986.

 

Date Of First Visit: 2015 June👨👩👧👦

Multiple StatesOld Spanish National Historic Trail

Multiple States

 

Follow the routes of mule pack trains across what are now six states in the Southwest on the Old Spanish Trail between Santa Fe and Los Angeles.

 

Date Of First Visit: 2015 September👨👩👧

Multiple StatesOregon National Historic Trail

Multiple States

 

More than 2,000 miles of trail ruts and traces can still be seen along the Oregon Trail in six states; reminders of the sacrifices, struggles, and triumphs of early American settlers.

 

Date Of First Visit: 2014 August👨👩👧

Multiple StatesOvermountain Victory National Historic Trail

Multiple States

 

Stretching 330 miles through four states the trail traces the route used by patriot militia during the pivotal Kings Mountain campaign of 1780. Follow the campaign by utilizing 87 miles of walkable pathways.

 

Date Of First Visit: 2016 April👨👩

Multiple StatesPony Express National Historic Trail

Multiple States

 

It is hard to believe that before the telegraph, young men once rode horses to carry mail from Missouri to California in the unprecedented time of only 10 days.

 

Date Of First Visit: 2016 January👨👩👧

Multiple StatesSanta Fe National Historic Trail

Multiple States

 

Follow the Santa Fe National Historic Trail through five states and you'll find adventure and evidence of past travelers who made this remarkable trip before you!

 

Date Of First Visit: 2012 June👨👩

Selma To Montgomery National Historic TrailSelma To Montgomery National Historic Trail

Alabama

 

Today, the Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail stands as a testament to the sacrifices made in the triumph to preserve the right to vote as the bedrock of American democracy.

 

Date Of First Visit: Not Yet Visited

Virginia / Maryland / District of ColumbiaStar-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail

Virginia / Maryland / District of Columbia

 

The Trail tells the stories of the War of 1812 and the Chesapeake Bay region and the events, people, and places that led to the birth of our National Anthem.

 

Date Of First Visit: 2023 June👨👩👧

Multiple StatesTrail Of Tears National Historic Trail

Multiple States

 

Remember and commemorate the survival of the Cherokee people, forcefully removed from their homelands to live in Indian Territory. They traveled by foot, horse, wagon, or steamboat from 1838-1839.

 

Date Of First Visit: 2016 April👨👩

Multiple StatesWashington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail

Multiple States

 

In 1781, General Rochambeau's French Army joined forces with General Washington's Continental Army and marched hundreds of miles to a victory at Yorktown.

 

Date Of First Visit: 2017 March👨👩👧



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