Mid-Atlantic Hiking and Backpacking Vacations

Mid-Atlantic Hiking and Backpacking Travel Guide

• Mid-Atlantic Overview
• Mid-Atlantic Hotels
• Mid-Atlantic Attractions
• Mid-Atlantic Feature Articles
• Mid-Atlantic Vacation Rentals

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Active and Adventure Guide
• Biking
• Climbing
• Hiking and Backpacking
• Paddling
• Beach Guide
  • Sailing
• Family Guide
• Parks and Outdoors Guide
  • Camping
  • Fishing
  • Horses and Riding
  • Nature
  • Road and Rail Journeys

Top Hiking and Backpacking Destinations In Mid-Atlantic

• Appalachian Trail, ME
  
• Catoctin Mountain Park, MD
  
• Monongahela National Forest, WV
  

Travel Guides In Mid-Atlantic

• Philadelphia, PA
  • Family Guide
• Washington DC, US
  • Family Guide
• Cape May, NJ
  • Beach Guide
• Assateague Island National Seashore, MD
  • Parks and Outdoors Guide
• Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, MD
  • Active and Adventure Guide
• Catoctin Mountain Park, MD
  • Active and Adventure Guide
• Gauley River National Recreation Area, WV
  • Active and Adventure Guide
  • Parks and Outdoors Guide
• Lehigh Valley, PA
  • Active and Adventure Guide
• New River Gorge National River, WV
  • Active and Adventure Guide
• Wharton State Forest, NJ
  • Active and Adventure Guide

United States Hiking and Backpacking Subregions

• Mid-Atlantic
• Midwest
• Mountain West
• Northeast
• Pacific Coast
• Southeast
• Southwest

Active and Adventure Travel Destinations

• Mid-Atlantic
  • Maryland
  • New Jersey
  • Pennsylvania
  • West Virginia
• Midwest
  • Indiana
  • Michigan
  • Minnesota
  • South Dakota
  • Wisconsin
• Mountain West
  • Colorado
  • Idaho
  • Montana
  • Utah
  • Wyoming
• Northeast
  • Maine
  • Massachusetts
  • New Hampshire
  • New York
  • Vermont
• Pacific Coast
  • Alaska
  • California
  • Hawaii
  • Oregon
  • Washington
• Southeast
  • Alabama
  • Arkansas
  • Florida
  • Georgia
  • Kentucky
  • Louisiana
  • Mississippi
  • North Carolina
  • Tennessee
  • Virginia
• Southwest
  • Arizona
  • Nevada
  • New Mexico
  • Texas

Mid-Atlantic Hiking and Backpacking Destinations

• Maryland
• New Jersey
• Pennsylvania
• West Virginia

Feature Articles

• New River Gorge National River
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  West Virginia
• Washington, D.C.
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  TIRED OF SWEATING OUT the armpits of every shirt you own? Life around the capital can get sticky. Here's your new national policy initiative: Get out of town for a blast of freewheeling enterprise.
• GORP - New River Gorge National Scenic River - West Virigina - Hiking
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• GORP - New River Gorge National Scenic River - West Virginia - Kaymoor Miners Trail
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• GORP - New River Gorge National Scenic River - West Virginia - Long Point Trail
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Trip Ideas

• Allegheny Getaway: Allegheny National Forest, Pennsylvania
  GORP's Top 10 Autumn Escapes: Fall's Best Forests
• Backyard Playgrounds
  Washington, D.C.
• Five Great Family Escapes
  100-Mile Wilderness Trail, Maine
• Four-Season Adventures at Snowshoe Mountain Resort
  Melting snow means the adventure—hiking, mountain biking, horseback riding—is just getting started at this Mid-Atlantic hotspot.
• Camp Convenient: Sawmill Lake, High Point SP, New Jersey
  Top Ten Camps in North America

Practical Advice

• Adventure Travel 101
  GORPTravel’s Kate Tucker and Linda Long answer our burning questions about the tao of adventure travel
• Day Hiking: A Packing List
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• Backpacking: A Packing List
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• GORP - Getting on Course - Learning Compass and Map Basics
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• A Trekking Primer
  

GORPTravel Trips

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  The Resort at Glade Springs
  The Resort at Glade Springs
  from $199, 1-7 days
  Get yourself to The Resort at Glade Springs and prepare for some great fun in the mountains of West Virginia. ...
  

Gear

• Complete Gear Archives: Day-Hiking, Backpacking, and Trekking
  From in-depth gear review articles and Gear Guy Q&A highlights to the latest—and past—entries in Outside magazine’s award-giving Summer and Winter Buyer’s Guides, a detailed overview of all things hiking.
• Women’s Running Gear Essentials
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• Waterproofing Innovations
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  A new way to waterproof
• Mountain Sense
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  Some helpful backcountry tips from mountaineering guru Conrad Anker
• The Goods: Hiking
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Fitness

• Adventure Never Felt So Good
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  Rancho La Puerta
• The Fit List -- cont.
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Country Inn & Suites By Carlson, Summersville, WV
106 MERCHANT WALK SHOPPING CTR
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Hampton Inn Summersville WV
5400 Webster Road
Summersville, WV 26651 Map

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Chesapeake Beach Resort and Spa
4165 Mears Avenue
Chesapeake Beach, MD 20732 Map

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