Looking to Hike the 50 States? Here are the Highest-Rated Trails in Each State
June 2nd is National Trails Day. If you’ve been looking to hike across the country, this is the article for you.
June 2nd is National Trails Day. If you’ve been looking to hike across the country, this is the article for you.
“Weird walks” have recently been trending on TikTok—and they’re just as straightforward as they sound. Basically, the game is this: Go out for a walk, and don’t head home until you’ve found something weird. That could be a bench with a funny inscription, some interesting graffiti you’ve never noticed before, or a funny animal interaction, [...]
Weather in the United Kingdom is often portrayed as dreary, foggy, and wet but you can also expect sunshine, clear skies, and people outside enjoying themselves. If you’re planning a vacation in London this summer, and want to move beyond Buckingham Palace, London Bridge, and the usual tourist trail and get outdoors – what are your [...]
Wings open, her eyes scan the frozen foothills. She’s capable of spotting prey 11 miles in the distance and has located her target. Before the hearts of the watchers on the ground have a chance to beat, her stillness becomes a dive, hurtling downward. To the watchers, she is but a blurry speck glinting golden [...]
As well as being an accomplished adventurer and Chief Scout, Bear Grylls is a best-selling author. He has written over 90 books, and his new book, You Vs the World, is written for young people, aiming to help them develop the mindset they need to thrive in the world. Bear recognizes that kids today have [...]
In honor of National Park Week (April 24-28), the team here at Outdoors.com has curated an inspiring list of 100 facts and things to love about America’s treasured National Parks. Consider this as your invitation to make summer 2023 the year you get outside and explore what Wallace Stegner called “the best idea we ever [...]
At the beginning of 2022, Carl “Professor” Stanfield called his shot and swung for the fences. An accomplished thru-hiker, he’d decided he wasn’t only going to complete hiking’s Triple Crown—the Appalachian Trail, Pacific Crest Trail and the Continental Divide Trail—within the calendar year. In and of itself, that combined distance of approximately 7,875 miles is [...]
As I clutched the side of the boat, drenched, shivering and desperately trying to keep my breakfast down, I couldn’t help but remember that Steve had tried to warn us. Steve was one of a handful of journalists who, like me, had been dispatched to Tahiti in late October to cover the Hawaiki Nui Va’a, [...]