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From cycling the 8-mile perimeter road to exploring Fort Mackinac to watching the sun set from the Grand Hotel's porch, Mackinac Island offers a remarkable range of experiences in a tiny, car-free package.
Mackinac Island State Park covers 80% of the island and offers more than 70 miles of hiking trails, excellent cycling, horseback riding, and some of the most dramatic limestone geology in the Great Lakes region.
Acadia National Park is the crown jewel of the Maine coast — a spectacular combination of rocky shoreline, forested mountains, and pristine lakes on Mount Desert Island, with the charming town of Bar Harbor as its gateway.
Maine is one of the great outdoor adventure destinations in the eastern United States — with 17 million acres of wilderness, 6,000 lakes, 32,000 miles of rivers and streams, and a coastline of extraordinary beauty.
New Ulm sits at the confluence of the Minnesota and Cottonwood rivers, surrounded by the beautiful landscapes of the Minnesota River Valley — offering excellent hiking, fishing, cycling, and paddling just minutes from downtown.
Rocky Mountain National Park is one of America's most spectacular national parks — 415 square miles of alpine tundra, dramatic peaks, and pristine wilderness just 70 miles from Denver. Here's everything you need to know for an unforgettable visit.
Utah offers some of the most spectacular hiking in the world — from the slot canyons of Zion to the hoodoo forests of Bryce Canyon to the alpine lakes of the Uinta Mountains. Here's your guide to Utah's best trails.
Moab is the adventure capital of the American West — a small city in the red rock canyon country of southeastern Utah that serves as the gateway to Arches and Canyonlands national parks and offers world-class mountain biking, rock climbing, river rafting, and off-road driving.
Utah's five national parks — Zion, Bryce Canyon, Capitol Reef, Canyonlands, and Arches — form the most spectacular concentration of national parks in America. Here's your complete guide to the Mighty Five.
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