Anza-Borrego Desert State Park in southern California is a favorite of locals and visitors alike. It offers desert scenery (understandable, given the park’s name!) as well as some fun and interesting hiking experiences. While the area is popular, it’s not…
Searching for hikes to take near Ricketts Glen State Park last fall, I ran across a trail report for Coyote Rocks. But instead of just doing the out and back up to the views over the valleys and hills of…
Sandstone Falls is one of the premier attractions in New River Gorge National Park. However, it’s not near most of the rest of the main attractions in the park: I drove a good hour (it felt like more) from the…
Death Valley is a very kid-friendly national park. Maybe I think that because I have such fond memories of visiting the park in my tweens and teens, exploring slot canyons, old mining areas, and sand dunes with my little siblings. …
You might recall that a couple of weeks ago, I posted about hiking the Falls Trail through Ganoga Glen in Ricketts Glen State Park. Well, here’s the final installment of that post – the Falls Trail through Glen Leigh! The…
Explore Genoga Glen, the first half of the Falls Trail Loop in Ricketts Glen State Park, and its multiple waterfalls
If you’ve ever seen photos of Cuyahoga Valley National Park, you’ve probably seen one (or both!) of the two famous waterfalls in the park: Brandywine Falls and Blue Hen Falls. My first and foremost plan when visiting the park for…
How would you like to visit four large waterfalls in the wilds of Pennsylvania – and likely have them all to yourself? Sure, the side trails to the falls are typically not marked, and it’s on State Game Land (so…
On our way home from hiking Indian Pass and Santanoni Peak in Adirondack Park last fall, we saw a sign near Long Lake pointing toward Buttermilk Falls. Several of us remembered it from an earlier visit with friends about 20…
Growing up near the Finger Lakes in New York State – and taking frequent trips to some of its state parks – I didn’t realize until I was much older just what a beautiful part of the country I’d hiked…