Google Maps' latest update will offer walking and biking directions, as well as a display of an entire trail route. Lightvision, LLC/Getty Images Google Maps is making it easier to hike America’s ...

I’m a relative novice to using hiking apps and GPS navigation on the trails, but after being introduced to AllTrails last year, I’ve become a bit of a convert, using it to find new hiking and trail ...

Ah, the great outdoors. The flora, the fauna, the welcome mystery of the open trail stretched before you. You’ve left it all behind, until … Wait. Where’s the map? Did you mean to turn left back at ...

From the Julian Alps to North Carolina, these trails combine epic scenery, local culture, and once-in-a-lifetime adventure.

After hiking all of Glacier National Park’s 734 miles of trails in one summer and starting a blog about hiking in the park, Jake Bramante started getting peppered with the same question: “I’m going to ...

Just months after naming AllTrails the iPhone App of the Year in 2023, Apple has added new hiking features of its own to the Maps app on iOS 18. Apple Maps users in the U.S. can browse thousands of ...

Dusty gravel. Knee-deep mud. Thigh-deep snow. Piercing rain and wind that nearly knocks me sideways. Blazing sunshine so hot, I strip down to a tank top and roll the legs of my pants above my crusty ...

You have to be willing to go native to do this classically Alaskan hike—in and out by floatplane, and not a trail in sight. That said, the going is fairly easy (just head south) across a huge ...