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The National Trails System includes 11 long-distance National Scenic Trails with distinctive trail markers for each. This is a list of notable long-distance trails in the United States, with a minimum length of 30 miles (48 km).
A long-distance trail (or long-distance footpath, track, way, greenway) is a longer recreational trail mainly through rural areas used for hiking, backpacking, cycling, horse riding or cross-country skiing. [1] They exist on all continents except Antarctica. Many trails are marked on maps.
3 Ranges Trail: 288.3 km (179.1 mi) a hiking trail that passes three mountain ranges, namely Thaba Putsoa Range, Central Range and ends at Drakensburg Range. It starts at Lesotho lowest point, at the confluence of Makhaleng and Senqu and ends at the country's highest point, Thabana Ntlenyane (3482m).
From Sweden’s Hyssna Trail to Greece’s Vikos Gorge, these multi-day hiking trails offer an exhilarating and peaceful way of exploring Europe’s most beautiful places.
This led to the creation of dedicated long-distance hiking trails, including the 439 km (273 mi) Long Trail in Vermont and the 340 km (211 mi) John Muir Trail in California. The first trail to be associated with thru-hiking was the 3,531 km (2,194 mi) Appalachian Trail (AT), which was first proposed in 1921 by Benton MacKaye and completed in ...
Three long-distance trails in the United States have new status as National Park System sites: the Ice Age, New England and North Country national scenic trails.