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New York Hiking and Backpacking Travel Guide

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Top Hiking and Backpacking Destinations In New York

• Appalachian Trail, ME
  
• Bear Mountain State Park, NY
  

Travel Guides In New York

• New York City, NY
  • Gay and Lesbian Guide
  • Family Guide
• Niagara Falls, ON
  • Family Guide
• Lake Champlain, NY
  • Active and Adventure Guide
  • Family Guide
• Manhattan, NY
  • Active and Adventure Guide
• Lake Placid, NY
  • Active and Adventure Guide
• The Hamptons, NY
  • Beach Guide
• Appalachian Trail, ME
  • Active and Adventure Guide
• Palenville, NY
  • Parks and Outdoors Guide
• Pulaski, NY
  • Parks and Outdoors Guide
• Thousand Island Park, NY
  • Parks and Outdoors Guide

Northeast Hiking and Backpacking States/Provinces

• Connecticut
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• Massachusetts
• New Hampshire
• New York
• Vermont

Active and Adventure Travel Destinations

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Top New York Hiking and Backpacking Destinations

• Appalachian Trail
• Bear Mountain State Park

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Feature Articles

• New York City
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  NEW YORK CITY HAS more than 1,700 designated green spaces, but spread those among 8,008,278 Gothamites and you barely have room to move. Our solutions: the Shawangunks, the Hudson River Gorge, fishing off Montauk Point...
• GORP - Adirondacks State Park, New York - Hiking
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• GORP - Adirondacks State Park, New York - Hiking around Lake George
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• GORP - Adirondacks State Park, New York - Cranberry Lake Region
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• GORP - Adirondacks State Park, New York - Hiking the High Peaks Region
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Trip Ideas

• Backyard Playgrounds
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• Play Around Lake Placid
  Best of New York
• Five Great Family Escapes
  100-Mile Wilderness Trail, Maine
• At Home in the Wild
  Civility and wilderness meet at Little Lyford Pond Sport Camps

Practical Advice

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

GORPTravel Trips

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  New York: Classic Adirondacks
  Country Walkers
  from $2298, 6 days
  An adventure in the Adirondack Mountain region of northern New York is a journey into a rustic natural world of undisturbed tranquility. The call of...
  
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  New York's Historic Hudson Valley Walk
  Cross Country International
  from $1330, 6 days
  On these walks you will experience the sheer joy that each and every new day brings with it. Clear your mind and treat yourself to a rejuvenating...
  
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  Women's Adventures - Autumn in the Adirondacks
  Adventures in Good Company
  from $1775, 7 days
  Adirondack State Park in northern New York is unique: a combination of public and private lands, it is an area of rugged mountains and numerous...
  

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
• The Goods: Hiking
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• Mountain Sense
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  Some helpful backcountry tips from mountaineering guru Conrad Anker

Fitness

• Adventure Never Felt So Good
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  Rancho La Puerta
• The Fit List -- cont.
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Sky Top Motel Kingston
30 Forest Hill Drive
Kingston, NY 12401 Map

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58775 Rte. 48
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The Copper Penny Inn
2406 New Hackensack Road
Poughkeepsie, NY 12603 Map

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