Honoring our Hiking Vet on Veterans Day

Shawn "Ruk Runner" Whitcomb is in freezing Kansas (25 degrees this morning), heading east on the American Discovery Trail on a deeply personal mission to raise money for Teen Suicide Prevention and Counseling. Before strapping REI tents on his back, Shawn served our country for over 20 years in U.

Ohio

Bits and Pieces from Here and There

Keeping up with 6,800 miles is a lot! We're never at a loss for work — updates, waypoints, new hiker notes. October saw quite the 🍂 harvest!

California

'Clay Hikes' has DONE IT!

Clay Chapman has become the 1st American Discovery Trail thru-hiker in four years to successfully complete the ADT from Delaware to California.

Ohio

BT Updates as Bernie Makes Ohio

As ADT hiker Bernie Krausse arrives in Cincinnati, we've updated the Buckeye Trail sections of the American Discovery Trail.

California

"Clay Hikes" on the Home Stretch

Clay "Clay_Hikes" Chapman left the shore of Delaware exactly 8 months ago. He is set to arrive at the Golden Gate Bridge in the coming weeks!

Colorado

Colorado Front Range Bypass(es)

With Fall arriving and snow starting to fall above 10k ft, we've created a few 'Plan B' Alternate Routes for the American Discovery Trail just in case.

Indiana

Burn Ban In Effect: Southern Indiana

Burn bans are now in effect in southern and southeastern Indiana, including large sections of the American Discovery Trail.

Colorado

Bypassing an Early Colorado Winter

At the request of an on-trail ADT Hiker, we've added a new bypass to the Colorado Southern Route to avoid a collision with early winter at 10k feet.

Nevada

New Nevada Route Finalized

Our new Nevada Reroute to the American Discovery Trail is finalized, field-tested, and now published.

California

Mosquito Fire Shuts Down ADT in California

California's Mosquito Wildfire closes a large part of the American Discovery Trail in Tahoe National Forest through Dec. 31st at the least.

Kansas

Bernie & Rocky Meet in the Middle

Westbound and Eastbound ADT hikers cross paths as Bernie and Rocky meet near the exact middle of the American Discovery Trail.

Nevada

Nevada Reroute Increases Crossing Success

Since its inception, the Achilles Heel of the American Discovery Trail has been the crossing of Nevada and Utah. But a new updated route through the Silver State significantly increases an ADT hiker's success.

Nevada

2022: Increased Interest in Eastbound ADT Thru-Hikes

Drought, wildfires, and historically low river levels have hikers interested in attempting an American Discovery Trail thru-hike, rethinking their strategy.

Nebraska

Three Keys to Hiking America

Hikers of the American Discovery Trail have similarities despite their unique approaches to the almost unimaginably long trail.

West Virginia

Summer Update-apollooza!

The heat continues unabated across America, and so too the volume of updates to our American Discovery Trail maps and guides.

Getting Started

The ADT Guide is now "Hiking America!"

On this Independence Day Weekend, we are refreshing our name and brand to more accurately describe our mission - Hiking America!

Indiana

Hoosier National Forest Detour

Logging operations in the Hoosier National Forest force a detour on the popular Two Lakes Loop in southern Indiana.

How To

Hiking America On Gaia GPS

This week, I talked with a Facebook friend planning an American Discovery Trail adventure in a couple of months who had questions about how Hiking America works with Gaia GPS. I thought if he had questions, others may too.

Nevada

Dangerous Desert Alternative

One of the most challenging sections of the American Discovery Trail is the arid Lahontan Valley of Nevada. We've added an alternate.

How To

Two Miles-Per-Page Project: COMPLETE!

We FINALLY finished increasing the resolution of our collection of 3,317 pages of American Discovery Trail maps to 2-miles-per-page!

Indiana

Clay's Hiker Gold, & Salt Creek Bridge Part Deux

ADT Guide Hiker Notes are pure gold when you're staring down a 20-miler and wondering what's ahead!

Utah

Gaia GPS Sync Notice

Sync of The ADT Guide on Gaia GPS may take a bit longer to complete due to the new bulk upload of waypoints for Utah and Nevada.

Ohio

A Return to the Brown Bridge & Loss of an On-Trail Favorite.

Today we have pushed out a few updates to the West Union and Shawnee Buckeye Trail Sections, including a return to the trail previously detoured by a logging operation.

Ohio

Hueston Woods N.P. Reroute

Expansion of Ohio's Hueston State Nature Preserve Bird Banding work from 10 to 80 nets has been catching a few hikers by surprise. So we pushed out a reroute.

Ohio

Refining Our Buckeye Tracks with Traces

An update to our Ohio Segment 5, which includes the Sinking Spring section of the Buckeye Trail based on a new trace! Plus a craft beer recommendation along the KATY Trail! Yes, please!