United States

Best backpacking trips in the United States

Mileage
Ascent
Duration
Popularity

264 trips

Half Dome Day Hike

Popular
Yosemite National Park
14.2 mi/d5,300 ft/d1 day

Mt. Whitney Day Hike

Popular
Inyo National Forest
21.2 mi/d7,400 ft/d1 day

Rim to Rim: South Kaibab to North Kaibab Trails

Popular
Grand Canyon National Park
13.7 mi/d6,500 ft/d2 days

Lost Coast Trail: Mattole to Black Sands Beach

Popular
King Range Wilderness
8.6 mi/d200 ft/d3 days

Mt. Whitney Backpacking

Popular
Inyo National Forest
15.1 mi/d3,700 ft/d2 days

Rae Lakes Loop

Popular
Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks
12.1 mi/d3,800 ft/d4 days

The Enchantments Trail

Popular
Alpine Lakes Wilderness
10.8 mi/d4,600 ft/d2 days

Half Dome via Little Yosemite Valley

Popular
Yosemite National Park
10.7 mi/d3,000 ft/d2 days

Minaret Lake

Popular
Inyo National Forest
7 mi/d2,300 ft/d2 days

Cottonwood Lakes

Popular
Inyo National Forest
6.2 mi/d1,300 ft/d2 days

Thousand Island Lake via River Trail

Popular
Inyo National Forest
8 mi/d1,900 ft/d2 days

High Sierra Trail: Crescent Meadow to Whitney Portal

Popular
Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks
16.4 mi/d4,900 ft/d6 days

Cottonwood Lakes Loop

Popular
Inyo National Forest
11.6 mi/d2,400 ft/d2 days

San Bernardino Peak

Popular
San Gorgonio Wilderness
10 mi/d3,400 ft/d2 days

Thousand Island Lake via PCT

Popular
Inyo National Forest
8.5 mi/d2,100 ft/d2 days

Big Pine Lakes

Popular
Inyo National Forest
4.8 mi/d2,400 ft/d2 days

Hoh River Trail to Blue Glacier

Popular
Olympic National Park
14.4 mi/d4,700 ft/d3 days

Titcomb Basin

Popular
Bridger Wilderness
11.5 mi/d2,100 ft/d3 days

Coast Trail / Bear Valley Trail Loop

Popular
Point Reyes National Seashore
8.1 mi/d1,300 ft/d3 days

The Subway (bottom-up)

Popular
Zion National Park
7.1 mi/d1,300 ft/d1 day

The Narrows Day-hike (top-down)

Popular
Zion National Park
16 mi/d3,400 ft/d1 day

Ediza Lake

Popular
Inyo National Forest
6.7 mi/d1,200 ft/d2 days

Big Pine Lakes and Palisade Glacier

Popular
Inyo National Forest
11.2 mi/d2,600 ft/d2 days

Angels Landing Trail

Popular
Zion National Park
4.3 mi/d2,600 ft/d1 day

Little Lakes Valley to Gem Lakes

Popular
Inyo National Forest
3.6 mi/d800 ft/d2 days

Cathedral Lake

Popular
Yosemite National Park
3.7 mi/d1,000 ft/d2 days

Pear Lake

Popular
Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks
6.1 mi/d2,500 ft/d2 days

Rim to Rim to Rim Trail in 4 days

Popular
Grand Canyon National Park
14 mi/d5,200 ft/d4 days

Sabrina Basin to Moonlight Lake

Popular
Inyo National Forest
6.2 mi/d2,000 ft/d2 days

Four Pass Loop

Popular
Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness
11.4 mi/d3,700 ft/d3 days

Onion Valley to Mt. Whitney

Popular
Inyo National Forest
15.6 mi/d4,000 ft/d4 days

Havasu Falls

Popular
Havasupai Reservation
9.5 mi/d2,500 ft/d2 days

Thousand Island Lake from Rush Creek

Popular
Inyo National Forest
7.5 mi/d3,200 ft/d2 days

John Muir Trail

Popular
Yosemite National Park
14.3 mi/d6,600 ft/d20 days

Blayney Hot Springs

Popular
Sierra National Forest
8.3 mi/d900 ft/d2 days

Tuolumne Meadows to Yosemite Valley via JMT

Popular
Yosemite National Park
13.6 mi/d1,500 ft/d3 days

Little Five Lakes and Big Five Lakes Loop

Popular
Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks
13.2 mi/d6,300 ft/d3 days

West Rim and Telephone Canyon Loop

Popular
Zion National Park
7.7 mi/d3,900 ft/d2 days

Rae Lakes Loop (counter-clockwise)

Popular
Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks
11.9 mi/d3,800 ft/d4 days

The Subway (top-down)

Popular
Zion National Park
8 mi/d1,000 ft/d1 day

Pohono Trail: Wawona Tunnel to Glacier Point

Popular
Yosemite National Park
8 mi/d3,300 ft/d2 days

San Gorgonio Peak from Fish Creek Day Hike

Popular
San Gorgonio Wilderness
19.7 mi/d3,600 ft/d1 day

West Rim Trail (top-down)

Popular
Zion National Park
8.4 mi/d900 ft/d2 days

Young Lakes via Dog Lake

Popular
Yosemite National Park
8.3 mi/d2,100 ft/d2 days

South Sister

Popular
Central Cascades Wilderness
11.6 mi/d4,900 ft/d1 day

The Narrows (top-down)

Popular
Zion National Park
9 mi/d1,700 ft/d2 days

Rae Lakes Loop via Kearsarge Pass

Popular
Inyo National Forest
13.6 mi/d4,000 ft/d4 days

Nā Pali Coast (Kalalau) Trail

Popular
Nā Pali Coast State Wilderness Park
10 mi/d6,000 ft/d2 days

Pawnee-Buchanan Loop

Popular
Indian Peaks Wilderness
9 mi/d3,000 ft/d4 days

Duck Lake

Popular
Inyo National Forest
4.8 mi/d1,700 ft/d2 days

John Muir Trail: Devil’s Postpile to Yosemite Valley

Popular
Inyo National Forest
12.6 mi/d3,500 ft/d6 days

San Gorgonio Peak from Vivian Creek Day Hike

Popular
San Gorgonio Wilderness
17.6 mi/d5,500 ft/d1 day

Monarch Lakes

Popular
Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks
4.9 mi/d2,800 ft/d2 days

High Divide Loop in 3 days

Popular
Olympic National Park
7.5 mi/d3,000 ft/d3 days

Rancheria Falls

Popular
Yosemite National Park
7.3 mi/d1,600 ft/d2 days

Conundrum Hot Springs

Popular
Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness
8.3 mi/d2,500 ft/d2 days

Pohono Trail: Wawona Tunnel to Old Inspiration Point

Popular
Yosemite National Park
2.8 mi/d2,200 ft/d2 days

Vogelsang and Lyell Canyon Loop

Popular
Yosemite National Park
12.2 mi/d1,500 ft/d2 days

High Divide Loop in 4 days (counter-clockwise)

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Olympic National Park
6.7 mi/d2,000 ft/d4 days

San Bernardino and San Gorgonio Peaks

Popular
San Gorgonio Wilderness
14.7 mi/d4,600 ft/d2 days

Little Five Lakes and Big Five Lakes Loop Counter-Clockwise

Popular
Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks
13.1 mi/d3,800 ft/d3 days

Sol Duc to Hoh River in 4 days

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Olympic National Park
8.9 mi/d2,100 ft/d4 days

Emerald Lake

Popular
Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks
5.2 mi/d2,200 ft/d2 days

Lake Aloha Trail

Popular
Desolation Wilderness
6.1 mi/d1,000 ft/d2 days

Emerald Lakes

Popular
Inyo National Forest
3.9 mi/d1,400 ft/d2 days

South Kaibab to Bright Angel Trail

Popular
Grand Canyon National Park
9.1 mi/d5,000 ft/d2 days

Rim to Rim to Rim Trail in 5 days

Popular
Grand Canyon National Park
12.8 mi/d5,200 ft/d5 days

Upper Yosemite Falls

Popular
Yosemite National Park
4.2 mi/d4,200 ft/d2 days

Lost Coast Trail: Black Sands Beach to Mattole

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King Range Wilderness
8.6 mi/d200 ft/d3 days

Sunrise High Sierra Camp

Popular
Yosemite National Park
5 mi/d1,700 ft/d2 days

Canyon Creek Lakes

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Trinity Alps Wilderness
7.5 mi/d2,800 ft/d2 days

Kearsarge Lakes

Popular
Inyo National Forest
6.1 mi/d2,600 ft/d2 days

Longs Peak

Popular
Rocky Mountain National Park
7.7 mi/d3,300 ft/d2 days

Ten Lakes from White Wolf Trailhead

Popular
Yosemite National Park
9.2 mi/d2,400 ft/d2 days

Dewey Point (winter)

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Yosemite National Park
3.7 mi/d500 ft/d2 days

Ten Lakes via Lukens Lake

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Yosemite National Park
9.2 mi/d2,400 ft/d2 days

Sykes Hot Springs

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Ventana Wilderness
10.1 mi/d3,300 ft/d2 days

Teton Crest Trail in 5 days

Popular
Grand Teton National Park
11.1 mi/d2,600 ft/d5 days

North Lake to South Lake Loop via Lamarck Col

Popular
Inyo National Forest
12.1 mi/d3,800 ft/d4 days

Dusy Basin via Bishop Pass

Popular
Inyo National Forest
6.9 mi/d2,200 ft/d2 days

Ten Lakes

Popular
Yosemite National Park
6 mi/d2,100 ft/d2 days

Young Lakes via Glen Aulin Trail

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Yosemite National Park
7.1 mi/d2,100 ft/d2 days

Glen Aulin High Sierra Camp

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Yosemite National Park
5.9 mi/d900 ft/d2 days

North Lake to South Lake Loop

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Inyo National Forest
12.3 mi/d2,700 ft/d6 days

Trans-Catalina Trail

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Catalina Island Conservancy
10.8 mi/d2,800 ft/d5 days

Mount St. Helens Summit

Popular
Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument
8.4 mi/d4,800 ft/d1 day

The Narrows Day-hike (bottom-up to Big Springs)

Popular
Zion National Park
8.9 mi/d2,400 ft/d1 day

San Gorgonio Peak from South Fork Trail Day Hike

Popular
San Gorgonio Wilderness
20.4 mi/d4,600 ft/d1 day

Hidden Lake Lookout

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North Cascades National Park
3.7 mi/d3,200 ft/d2 days

Colchuck Lake

Popular
Alpine Lakes Wilderness
3.9 mi/d2,200 ft/d2 days

Shi Shi Beach

Popular
Olympic National Park
4 mi/d600 ft/d2 days

Sahale Glacier Camp

Popular
North Cascades National Park
5.5 mi/d4,100 ft/d2 days

Cirque of the Towers

Popular
Bridger Wilderness
11.6 mi/d1,800 ft/d2 days

Under-the-Rim Trail

Popular
Bryce Canyon National Park
9.7 mi/d2,000 ft/d3 days

Paria Canyon: White House to Lee’s Ferry

Popular
Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness
10.1 mi/d3,700 ft/d4 days

Timberline Trail

Popular
Mount Hood National Forest
11.2 mi/d3,000 ft/d4 days

Three Sisters Loop from Lava Camp Lake

Popular
Central Cascades Wilderness
12.4 mi/d2,000 ft/d5 days

North Circle Loop in 5 days

Popular
Glacier National Park
13.8 mi/d2,600 ft/d5 days

Three Sisters Loop

Popular
Central Cascades Wilderness
9.3 mi/d1,800 ft/d6 days

Wonderland Trail

Popular
Mount Rainier National Park
14.6 mi/d4,400 ft/d8 days

Jordan Hot Springs

Inyo National Forest
5.2 mi/d2,400 ft/d2 days

Oneida Lake

Inyo National Forest
3.3 mi/d1,900 ft/d2 days

Steelhead Lake from Saddlebag Lake

Inyo National Forest
3.1 mi/d300 ft/d2 days

Helen Lake

Inyo National Forest
2.9 mi/d2,000 ft/d2 days

Palisades Lakes

Mount Rainier National Park
3.5 mi/d900 ft/d2 days

Meysan Lake

Inyo National Forest
4.6 mi/d3,800 ft/d2 days

Woodchuck Lake

Sierra National Forest
11.4 mi/d3,500 ft/d2 days

Fleming Lake

Sierra National Forest
11.3 mi/d2,400 ft/d2 days

Paradise Valley

Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks
9 mi/d1,900 ft/d2 days

Kolob Arch

Zion National Park
7.5 mi/d1,200 ft/d2 days

North Rim Route: Porcupine Creek to Tamarack Creek

Yosemite National Park
11.8 mi/d2,100 ft/d2 days

Upper Jackass Lake

Sierra National Forest
3.3 mi/d2,100 ft/d2 days

Pine Creek Lake

Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness
4.7 mi/d3,500 ft/d2 days

Island And Twin Lakes

Desolation Wilderness
3.2 mi/d1,200 ft/d2 days

Black Crater

Central Cascades Wilderness
6.7 mi/d2,300 ft/d1 day

Golden Trout Lakes via Piute Pass

Inyo National Forest
7.7 mi/d2,200 ft/d2 days

Fontanillis Lake and Dick’s Peak

Desolation Wilderness
7.9 mi/d2,100 ft/d2 days

Franklin Lakes

Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks
5.5 mi/d2,500 ft/d2 days

Devils Bathtub

Sierra National Forest
4.3 mi/d1,400 ft/d2 days

Chiquito Lake

Sierra National Forest
2.5 mi/d700 ft/d2 days

Upper Chain Lake

Sierra National Forest
7.3 mi/d2,200 ft/d2 days

Alta Peak and Alta Meadow

Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks
11.6 mi/d2,600 ft/d2 days

Chush Falls

Central Cascades Wilderness
4.7 mi/d500 ft/d1 day

Chief Lake Loop

Sierra National Forest
13.2 mi/d3,500 ft/d2 days

Hilton Creek Lakes

Inyo National Forest
5.2 mi/d1,000 ft/d2 days

Lake Vernon and Rancheria Falls

Yosemite National Park
10.1 mi/d3,400 ft/d3 days

Mather Ranger Station to Smith Meadow

Yosemite National Park
6.4 mi/d1,700 ft/d2 days

Graveyard Lakes

Sierra National Forest
8.1 mi/d2,500 ft/d2 days

Mono Pass from Tioga Road

Yosemite National Park
4.7 mi/d1,000 ft/d2 days

Mildred Lake

Inyo National Forest
4.8 mi/d2,200 ft/d2 days

Lake Aloha to Mt. Price

Desolation Wilderness
12.6 mi/d2,100 ft/d2 days

Lamarck Lakes

Inyo National Forest
2.9 mi/d1,600 ft/d2 days

Eagle Lake

Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks
3.3 mi/d2,200 ft/d2 days

Sky Rim Trail

Yellowstone National Park
9.8 mi/d4,000 ft/d3 days

Aspen Grove

San Gorgonio Wilderness
2.6 mi/d300 ft/d1 day

Middle Fork Trail to Mehrten Creek

Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks
5.8 mi/d1,800 ft/d2 days

Bluebird Lake

Rocky Mountain National Park
6.1 mi/d2,500 ft/d2 days

North Dome from Tioga Road

Yosemite National Park
6.2 mi/d1,200 ft/d2 days

Ostrander Lake

Yosemite National Park
4.5 mi/d1,800 ft/d2 days

Twin Lakes

Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks
6.7 mi/d2,900 ft/d2 days

Mono Meadow to Lower Ottoway Lake

Yosemite National Park
14.7 mi/d3,500 ft/d2 days

Crescent Lake via Chilnualna Falls

Yosemite National Park
9.7 mi/d4,400 ft/d2 days

Mirror Lake

Rocky Mountain National Park
6.5 mi/d1,400 ft/d2 days

George Lake

Sierra National Forest
4.6 mi/d1,600 ft/d2 days

Finger Lake

Inyo National Forest
5.3 mi/d3,300 ft/d2 days

Smith Peak

Yosemite National Park
7.5 mi/d2,200 ft/d2 days

Hockett Meadow via Atwell Hockett Trail

Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks
10.6 mi/d2,900 ft/d2 days

White Chief Bowl

Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks
3.7 mi/d2,200 ft/d2 days

Yellowstone River Trail

Yellowstone National Park
8 mi/d1,500 ft/d3 days

Farewell Gap and Franklin Pass Loop

Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks
11 mi/d4,500 ft/d3 days

Seville Lake

Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks
6.5 mi/d1,400 ft/d2 days

Charlotte Lake via Kearsarge Basin

Inyo National Forest
8.2 mi/d2,600 ft/d2 days

Matlock Lake and Kearsarge Pass

Inyo National Forest
7.3 mi/d1,500 ft/d2 days

Sawmill Lake

Inyo National Forest
7.3 mi/d5,600 ft/d2 days

Mirror Lake, Snow Creek, and Yosemite Falls Loop

Yosemite National Park
9.4 mi/d3,200 ft/d2 days

Yost Lake

Inyo National Forest
2.3 mi/d1,700 ft/d2 days

Harden Lake

Yosemite National Park
2.7 mi/d400 ft/d2 days

Loon Lake to Rubicon Reservoir

Desolation Wilderness
7.8 mi/d800 ft/d2 days

Lillian Lake Loop

Sierra National Forest
6.1 mi/d1,700 ft/d2 days

Gilmore Lake

Desolation Wilderness
4.1 mi/d1,800 ft/d2 days

May Lake and Mount Hoffman

Yosemite National Park
4.4 mi/d1,400 ft/d2 days

Lion Lakes and Snowbank Lake

Rocky Mountain National Park
10.6 mi/d2,100 ft/d2 days

Rosalie Lake via Devils Postpile

Inyo National Forest
6.7 mi/d2,100 ft/d2 days

Merced Lake from Glacier Point

Yosemite National Park
8.6 mi/d2,400 ft/d4 days

Longley Lake

Inyo National Forest
2.3 mi/d1,600 ft/d2 days

Lake of the Woods

Desolation Wilderness
5.4 mi/d1,100 ft/d2 days

Edith Lake from Laurel Lakes

Inyo National Forest
4.1 mi/d1,100 ft/d2 days

Lake George to Deer Lakes

Inyo National Forest
5.4 mi/d2,300 ft/d2 days

Thunder Lake

Rocky Mountain National Park
5.8 mi/d2,200 ft/d2 days

Mosquito Lake

Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks
3.2 mi/d1,500 ft/d2 days

Middle Velma Lake

Desolation Wilderness
4.6 mi/d1,800 ft/d2 days

Four Lakes Loop

Trinity Alps Wilderness
11.1 mi/d4,300 ft/d2 days

George Lake

Inyo National Forest
2.9 mi/d1,700 ft/d2 days

Tamarack Lakes

Inyo National Forest
4.7 mi/d2,000 ft/d2 days

Fern Lake from Devils Postpile

Inyo National Forest
4.8 mi/d1,700 ft/d2 days

Emerald Lake

Trinity Alps Wilderness
12.6 mi/d3,500 ft/d2 days

Ropi Lake via Horsetail Falls

Desolation Wilderness
2.4 mi/d1,500 ft/d2 days

Snow Creek from Tioga Road

Yosemite National Park
4.2 mi/d100 ft/d2 days

Comanche Meadow Loop

Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks
7.6 mi/d1,700 ft/d2 days

Jennie and Weaver Lakes Loop

Sequoia National Forest
11.9 mi/d1,900 ft/d2 days

Lake Genevieve and Crag Lake

Desolation Wilderness
4.8 mi/d1,200 ft/d2 days

Polly Dome Lakes

Yosemite National Park
2.7 mi/d600 ft/d2 days

Birch Lake

Inyo National Forest
5.4 mi/d4,400 ft/d2 days

Granite Lake

Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks
10.6 mi/d5,500 ft/d2 days

Fern Lake

Inyo National Forest
1.6 mi/d1,600 ft/d2 days

Horton Lake

Inyo National Forest
3.8 mi/d2,000 ft/d2 days

Valentine Lake

Inyo National Forest
4.5 mi/d2,200 ft/d2 days

Hart Tree Loop

Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks
5 mi/d700 ft/d2 days

Berk Lakes

Inyo National Forest
7.4 mi/d2,700 ft/d2 days

Gibbs Lake

Inyo National Forest
2.5 mi/d1,500 ft/d2 days

Susie Lake

Desolation Wilderness
4.2 mi/d1,400 ft/d2 days

Iva Bell Hot Springs

Inyo National Forest
11.3 mi/d1,900 ft/d2 days

Dana Lake

Inyo National Forest
2.3 mi/d1,500 ft/d2 days

Iceberg Lake

Inyo National Forest
3.8 mi/d4,300 ft/d2 days

Upper Sardine Lake

Inyo National Forest
3.8 mi/d2,500 ft/d2 days

George Lake via Potter Cut-off

Sierra National Forest
4.7 mi/d1,200 ft/d2 days

Boulder Creek Lakes

Trinity Alps Wilderness
7.5 mi/d2,900 ft/d2 days

Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne River

Yosemite National Park
10.1 mi/d2,300 ft/d4 days

Cliff Lake

Sierra National Forest
5.2 mi/d1,300 ft/d2 days

Glen Alpine Loop

Desolation Wilderness
6.2 mi/d1,700 ft/d2 days

Granite Park

Inyo National Forest
8.1 mi/d4,300 ft/d2 days

Waterwheel Falls

Yosemite National Park
10.4 mi/d2,000 ft/d2 days

Lake Italy via Italy Pass

Inyo National Forest
10.9 mi/d5,100 ft/d2 days

Tyee Lakes

Inyo National Forest
3.1 mi/d2,000 ft/d2 days

Upper Pine Lake

Inyo National Forest
5.1 mi/d2,800 ft/d2 days

Elba Lake

Inyo National Forest
9.4 mi/d4,000 ft/d2 days

Hockett Meadow via Garfield Grove

Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks
11.4 mi/d5,200 ft/d2 days

Red Peak Pass Loop

Yosemite National Park
13.6 mi/d3,300 ft/d5 days

Schmidell Lake

Desolation Wilderness
8.2 mi/d1,800 ft/d2 days

Sapphire Lake

Trinity Alps Wilderness
13.5 mi/d3,900 ft/d2 days

Treasure Lakes

Inyo National Forest
2.9 mi/d1,100 ft/d2 days

Red Lake

Inyo National Forest
3.5 mi/d3,800 ft/d2 days

Gable Lakes

Inyo National Forest
3.9 mi/d3,300 ft/d2 days

Steelhead Lake

Inyo National Forest
5.7 mi/d2,500 ft/d2 days

Taboose Pass

Inyo National Forest
6.9 mi/d5,900 ft/d2 days

Lake Lois

Desolation Wilderness
7 mi/d1,800 ft/d2 days

Pioneer Basin Lakes via Mono Pass

Inyo National Forest
8.4 mi/d2,700 ft/d2 days

Mt. Lyell

Yosemite National Park
16.1 mi/d3,100 ft/d2 days

Parker Lake

Inyo National Forest
1.9 mi/d500 ft/d2 days

Mt. Whitney Mountaineer’s Route

Inyo National Forest
5.7 mi/d4,300 ft/d2 days

Shepherd Pass

Inyo National Forest
10.4 mi/d6,500 ft/d2 days

Scorpion Anchorage to Prisoner’s Harbor

Channel Islands National Park
11.9 mi/d2,600 ft/d2 days

Half Moon Lake

Desolation Wilderness
4.7 mi/d1,600 ft/d2 days

Baker Lake

Inyo National Forest
8.1 mi/d3,500 ft/d2 days

Clouds Rest via Little Yosemite Valley

Yosemite National Park
14.4 mi/d3,900 ft/d2 days

Ladybug Camp

Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks
2 mi/d900 ft/d2 days

The Wave

Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness
5.4 mi/d800 ft/d1 day

Coyote Buttes South from Paw Hole Trailhead

Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness
7.1 mi/d900 ft/d1 day

Ontario Peak Day Hike

Cucamonga Wilderness
11.6 mi/d3,800 ft/d1 day

San Bernardino East Peak from Forsee Creek Day Hike

San Gorgonio Wilderness
17.3 mi/d4,600 ft/d1 day

Eightmile Lake

Alpine Lakes Wilderness
3.6 mi/d1,400 ft/d2 days

Steelhead Lake via Lundy Canyon

Inyo National Forest
3.9 mi/d2,300 ft/d2 days

Camp Muir

Mount Rainier National Park
4.3 mi/d4,700 ft/d2 days

Stuart Lake

Alpine Lakes Wilderness
4.5 mi/d1,800 ft/d2 days

Thornton Lakes

North Cascades National Park
4.5 mi/d2,500 ft/d2 days

Ozette Triangle

Olympic National Park
4.8 mi/d400 ft/d2 days

Lake Caroline

Alpine Lakes Wilderness
4.9 mi/d3,000 ft/d2 days

Riggs Spring Loop

Bryce Canyon National Park
5.2 mi/d1,800 ft/d2 days

Dry Lake

San Gorgonio Wilderness
5.3 mi/d2,200 ft/d2 days

Dobbs Cabin

San Gorgonio Wilderness
5.5 mi/d2,300 ft/d2 days

Capitol Lake

Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness
6.2 mi/d2,600 ft/d2 days

Snow Lakes

Alpine Lakes Wilderness
6.7 mi/d4,200 ft/d2 days

Boy Scout Trail

Bryce Canyon National Park
7.1 mi/d1,200 ft/d2 days

El Capitan

Yosemite National Park
7.1 mi/d4,300 ft/d2 days

Mammoth Crest Loop

Inyo National Forest
7.3 mi/d2,100 ft/d2 days

Broken Top

Central Cascades Wilderness
7.5 mi/d2,400 ft/d2 days

Parson’s Landing from Two Harbors

Catalina Island Conservancy
7.8 mi/d400 ft/d2 days

Pohono Trail: Glacier Point to Dewey Point

Yosemite National Park
7.8 mi/d2,200 ft/d2 days

Purple Lake

Inyo National Forest
7.8 mi/d2,000 ft/d2 days

Alger Lakes

Inyo National Forest
8.5 mi/d3,800 ft/d2 days

Buckeye, Cruikshank, Salmon Creek Trail Loop

Silver Peak Wilderness
8.8 mi/d2,800 ft/d2 days

Chesler Park Loop

Canyonlands National Park
8.9 mi/d1,300 ft/d2 days

White Rock Lake

Tahoe National Forest
9.6 mi/d1,900 ft/d2 days

Jade Lake

Alpine Lakes Wilderness
9.7 mi/d3,100 ft/d2 days

Gunsight Pass Trail

Glacier National Park
11.2 mi/d2,700 ft/d2 days

Cinder Cone from Summit Lake

Lassen Volcanic National Park
12.1 mi/d1,800 ft/d2 days

Broken Top Loop

Central Cascades Wilderness
12.4 mi/d2,100 ft/d2 days

Enchanted Valley

Olympic National Park
12.7 mi/d2,000 ft/d2 days

Buck Lakes from Crabtree Trailhead

Emigrant Wilderness
13 mi/d2,500 ft/d2 days

Matlock and Kearsarge Lakes

Inyo National Forest
6.2 mi/d2,600 ft/d3 days

Thousand Island Lake and Iceberg Lake Loop

Inyo National Forest
8.9 mi/d1,900 ft/d3 days

Loowit Trail

Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument
10.8 mi/d2,500 ft/d3 days

Copper Ridge Loop

North Cascades National Park
11.8 mi/d4,600 ft/d3 days

Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne River loop

Yosemite National Park
11.6 mi/d3,100 ft/d5 days