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GORP - Guadalupe Mountains National Park - Hiking
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Deep in the Heart of Austin
The Texas capital is undeniably the most creative of the state's cities—and easily one of the best places to mountain bike, hike, swim, climb, fish, and channel your inner Lance Armstrong. Here we break down the top ten adventures awaiting you.
A National Park for All Seasons
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FOR A STATE SO DANGED BIG, Texas manages to hide its wildlands in some off-the-beaten-path locales. But if you know where to look in Lone Star land, you'll find ample wide-open spaces.
GORP - Big Bend National Park - Hiking
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Backyard Playgrounds
Dallas/Ft. Worth
2. Big Bend, Texas
GORP's Top 10 Favorite Parks
Best Solitutude: Matagorda Island WMA (Texas)
America's Best Beaches

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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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Texas - Big Bend National Park Hiker
Timberline Adventures
from $1995, 6 days
Nestled in the southwest corner of Texas, not close enough to any major city to provide any meaningful clue as to its location, Big Bend requires a...
Big Bend - Rio Grande Hiker
The World Outdoors
from $2698, 7 days
Big Bend National Park, named for the great turn the Rio Grande River makes in southwest Texas, is America's least visited national park due to its...

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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.

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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
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Attractions

Museum of Nature and Science

3535 Grand Ave.
Dallas, Texas 75210

Description: They may not know it yet, but future archaeologists, researchers, and scientists will find their... Read More

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African American Museum

3536 Grand Ave
Dallas, Texas 75315

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America's Ice Garden

700 N. Pearl St.
Dallas, Texas 75201

Description: An ice rink open year-round in Dallas? Who'd have thunk it? Come spring and summer, America's Ice... Read More

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