Southeast Hiking and Backpacking Travel Guide

Southeast Hiking and Backpacking Travel Guide

• Southeast Overview
• Southeast Hotels
• Southeast Attractions
• Southeast Feature Articles

Other Guides for Southeast

• Southeast Travel
• Active and Adventure Guide
  • Aerial Sports
  • Biking
  • Caving and Canyoneering
  • Climbing
  • Hiking and Backpacking
  • Paddling
• Beach Guide
  • Kiteboarding
  • Sailing
  • Scuba Diving
  • Snorkeling
  • Surfing
• Family Guide
• Gay and Lesbian Guide
• Parks and Outdoors Guide
  • Camping
  • Fishing
  • Horses and Riding
  • Nature
  • Road and Rail Journeys

Top Hiking and Backpacking Destinations In Southeast

• Great Smoky Mountains National Park, TN
  (41 mi.)
• Florida Trail, FL
  (58 mi.)
• Appalachian Trail, ME
  (2.3 mi.)
• Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests, GA
  (11 mi.)
• Everglades National Park, FL
  (35 mi.)
• Grayson Highlands State Park, VA
  (176 mi.)
• Mount Mitchell State Park, NC
  (106 mi.)
• Ozark-St. Francis National Forests, AR
  (102 mi.)
• Pisgah National Forest, NC
  (66 mi.)
• Shenandoah National Park, VA
  (90 mi.)

Travel Guides In Southeast

• Great Smoky Mountains National Park, TN (41 mi.)
  • Parks and Outdoors Guide
  • Active and Adventure Guide
  • Family Guide
• Orlando, FL (124 mi.)
  • Gay and Lesbian Guide
  • Family Guide
  • Parks and Outdoors Guide
• Myrtle Beach, SC (16 mi.)
  • Beach Guide
  • Family Guide
• Hilton Head Island, SC (142 mi.)
  • Beach Guide
  • Family Guide
• Miami, FL (46 mi.)
  • Gay and Lesbian Guide
  • Family Guide
• Tampa, St. Petersburg and Clearwater, FL (18 mi.)
  • Family Guide
• Gulf Shores, AL (142 mi.)
  • Active and Adventure Guide
• Atlanta, GA (7.3 mi.)
  • Parks and Outdoors Guide
  • Gay and Lesbian Guide
  • Family Guide
• Fort Lauderdale, FL (70 mi.)
  • Gay and Lesbian Guide
  • Parks and Outdoors Guide
  • Family Guide
• Fort Myers, Sanibel and Captiva, FL (111 mi.)
  • 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

Southeast Hiking and Backpacking Destinations

• Arkansas
• Florida
• Georgia
• North Carolina
• Tennessee
• Virginia

Top Hiking and Backpacking Destinations	Related Travel Guides	Find Hotels
Great Smoky Mountains National Park		Hotels
Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests		Hotels
Ozark-St. Francis National Forests		Hotels
Shenandoah National Park		Hotels
Florida Trail		Hotels
Appalachian Trail		Hotels
Everglades National Park		Hotels
Grayson Highlands State Park		Hotels
Mount Mitchell State Park		Hotels
Pisgah National Forest		Hotels

Feature Articles

• Tennessee
  outside
  Great Smoky Mountains National Park
• Great Smoky Mountains
  outside
  The Southeast's Backwoods at its Best
• GORP - Top Picks - Big South Fork NRRA, Tennessee
  gorp
• GORP - Hiking Big South Fork NRRA, Tennessee
  gorp
• Dives and Drives
  Southeastern Swimholes: Head south for some great backcountry dips

Trip Ideas

• Five Great Family Escapes
  100-Mile Wilderness Trail, Maine
• At Home in the Wild
  Civility and wilderness meet at Little Lyford Pond Sport Camps
• Biscayne National Park
  Top 10 Offbeat Summer Parks

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
  gorp
• Backpacking: A Packing List
  gorp
• GORP - Getting on Course - Learning Compass and Map Basics
  gorp
• A Trekking Primer
  

GORPtravel Adventure Trips & Guided Tours

• 
  Florida Sunshine Southbound
  Intrepid Travel Inc.
  from $596, 7 days
  Chase the sun west-bound on this seven-day Overland Adventure. Kick off in the crazy theme parks of Orlando and then regain the equilibrium on a...
  

Gear

• 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.
• Women’s Running Gear Essentials
  outside
  
• The Goods: Hiking
  outside
  

Fitness

• Adventure Never Felt So Good
  outside
  Rancho La Puerta
• The Fit List -- cont.
  outside
  

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Attractions

Skyline Drive

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Description: The Skyline Drive runs 105 miles north and south along the crest of the Blue Ridge Mountains in... Read More

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Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge

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12295 State Highway 180
Gulf Shores, Alabama 36542

Description: The Bon Secour NWR contains 7,000 acres of wildlife habitat for migratory birds, nesting sea... Read More

Expert Rated & Recommended

Pedestal Rocks Scenic Area

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Pedestal Rocks Scenic Area, part of Ozark National Forest, lives up to is name and then some. ... Read More

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Hotels

Gulf State Park Cabins

20115 State Highway 135
Gulf Shores, AL 36542 Map

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Hilton Garden Inn Orange Beach Beachfront

23092 Perdido Beach Boulevard
Orange Beach, AL 36561 Map

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4.3 out of 5
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Youngs by the Sea

401 East Beach Blvd.
Gulf Shores, AL 36542 Map

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