Midwest Hiking and Backpacking Travel Guide

Midwest Hiking and Backpacking Travel Guide

• Midwest Overview
• Midwest Hotels
• Midwest Attractions
• Midwest Feature Articles

Other Guides for Midwest

• Midwest Travel
• Active and Adventure Guide
  • Mountain Biking
  • Road Biking
  • Caving
  • Rock Climbing
  • Day Hiking
  • Trekking and Backpacking
  • Canoeing
  • Sea Kayaking
  • Cross-Country Skiing
  • Dog Sledding
  • Snowshoeing
• Family Guide
• Gay and Lesbian Guide
• Parks and Outdoors Guide
  • Camping
  • Fly-fishing
  • Freshwater Fishing
  • Horses and Riding
  • Birdwatching
  • Scenic Drives

Top Hiking and Backpacking Destinations In Midwest

• Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, WI
  
• Ice Age National Scenic Trail, WI
  
• Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, IN
  
• Isle Royale National Park, MI
  
• North Country National Scenic Trail, NY
  
• Porcupine Mountains State Park, MI
  
• Superior National Forest, MN
  
• Theodore Roosevelt National Park, ND
  

Travel Guides In Midwest

• Chicago, IL
  • Gay and Lesbian Guide
  • Family Guide
• Duluth, MN
  • Family Guide
• Traverse City, MI
  • Family Guide
• Mackinac Island, MI
  • Family Guide
• Minneapolis, MN
  • Family Guide
• Cincinnati, OH
  • Family Guide
• Columbus, OH
  • Family Guide
• Indianapolis, IN
  • Family Guide
• Madison, WI
  • Family Guide
• St. Louis, MO
  • Family 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

On This Page:

• Top Destinations
• Feature Articles
• Trip Ideas
• Practical Advice
• Adventure Trips
• Gear
• Fitness
• Attractions
• Hotels

Midwest Hiking and Backpacking Destinations

• Indiana
• Michigan
• Minnesota
• North Dakota
• Ohio
• Wisconsin

Top Hiking and Backpacking Destinations	Related Travel Guides	Find Hotels
Apostle Islands National Lakeshore		Hotels
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore		Hotels
Superior National Forest		Hotels
Ice Age National Scenic Trail		Hotels
Isle Royale National Park		Hotels
North Country National Scenic Trail		Hotels
Porcupine Mountains State Park		Hotels
Theodore Roosevelt National Park		Hotels

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Feature Articles

• GORP - Buffalo Gap National Grasslands - Hiking
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• GORP - Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Ohio - The Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail
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• Dives and Drives
  Northeastern Swimholes: Gas up and go to any of these northern gems
• Wilderness Therapy
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  Lose (and find) yourself in the great wide open
• GORP - Grand Portage NM, Minnesota - Monumental Moments
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Trip Ideas

• Backyard Playgrounds
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• Best Sand Playground: Sleeping Bear Dunes National Seashore (Michigan)
  America's Best Beaches
• Wisconsin's Wild Side: Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest, Wisconsin
  GORP's Top 10 Autumn Escapes: Fall's Best Forests

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 - Recovering from a Dislocated Joint - Dislocated Joints in the Backcountry
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• GORP - Dislocated Knee - Dislocated Joints in the Backcountry
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GORPtravel Adventure Trips & Guided Tours

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  Black Hills Multi-sport
  The World Outdoors
  from $2398, 6 days
  Criss-cross the path of General George Armstrong Custer's 1874 Black Hills Expedition on foot, bicycle and horseback on this Black Hills multi-sport...
  
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  Minnesota's Great Northwoods: The Superior Trail Hiker
  Timberline Adventures
  from $1895, 6 days
  Conceived in the mid-1980's as a through hiking trail extending from Duluth to the Canadian border, often along the ridgeline overlooking Superior's...
  
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  Utah - Canyonlands and Arches Hiker
  Timberline Adventures
  from $1895, 6 days
  Moab, Utah - mountain biking mecca of global proportions! That's the image most commonly associated with Moab. Timberline, in fact, has been staging...
  
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  Woodside Ranch
  Woodside Ranch
  from $260, 8 days
  Welcome to Woodside Ranch, a fun and relaxing retreat for the whole family! Offering an all-inclusive stay with fresh air, horseback riding,...
  

Gear

• Osprey Exos 46 Backpack
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• Women's Hiking
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• Therm-a-Rest ProLite 3 and Trekker Chair
  The best sleeping pad and chair-maker
• The Gear You Need: Mountain Trekking in Peru
  Save for dense snow cover and crampon-required icefields, if you’re looking to outfit yourself for trekking in places like the Peruvian Andes, we’ve got the goods.
• 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.

Fitness

• America's Best Cities: Charlotte, North Carolina
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  No. 10
• Adventure Never Felt So Good
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  Rancho La Puerta
• The Fit List -- cont.
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Attractions

Oprah Winfrey Show (The)

Harpo Studios: 1058 West Washington St. at the corner of Carpenter and Washington
110 North Carpenter St.
Chicago, Illinois 60607

Description: The Oprah Winfrey Show first aired in 1984 as AM Chicago, and eventually became the... Read More

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American Academy of Art

332 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60604-4302

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Art Institute of Chicago

At Adams St
111 S. Michigan Ave
Chicago, Illinois

Description:

You can't—and shouldn't—miss the Art Institute. (You really have no excuse,... Read More

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Hotels

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Sofitel Chicago Water Tower

20 East Chestnut St. - Downtown
Chicago, IL 60611 Map

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Park Hyatt Chicago

800 North Michigan Avenue
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The Talbott Hotel

20 E. Delaware
Chicago, IL 60611 Map

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