Here is my ever growing, seemingly never ending bucket list, by country and state/province, in alphabetical order (yes, I am a bit OCD). If you see something that should be on the list that isn’t PLEASE let me know 🙂

United States

Alabama

• Desoto State Park
• Walls of Jericho, Skyline Wildlife Management Area

Alaska

• Denali National Park
• Flattop Mountain, Cugach National Forest
• Gates of the Arctic National Park
• Gavan Hill/Harbor Mountain Trail, Sitka
• Glacier Bay National Park
• Herring Cove Trail, Sitka
• Katmai National Park
• Kenai Fjords National Park
• Kobuk Valley National Park
• Lake Clark National Park
• Mosquito Cove Trail, Sitka
• Totem Trail, Sitka
• Wrangell-St. Elias National Park

Arizona

• Antelope Canyon, Page
  • Canyon X
• Canyon de Chelly National Monument
• Cibecue Falls, Globe
• Horseshoe Bend, Page
• Humphrey’s Peak
• Petrified Forest National Park
• Saguaro Wilderness Area
• Sedona
  • Soldiers Pass Trail
• Supai, Coconino County
  • Havasu Falls
  • Mooney Falls
  • Havasupai Falls
• Superstition Wilderness
• Tucson Mountain District, Saguaro National Park
• Vermilion Cliffs National Monument
  • Wave
  • White Pocket
• Walnut Canyon National Monument

Arkansas

• Alum Cove Natural Bridge Recreation Area
• Buffalo National River
  • Goat Trail
  • Lost Valley Trail
  • Indiana Rockhouse Trail
  • Hemmed in Hollow
• Glory Hole, Ozark National Forest
• Hot Springs National Park
• Lost Valley Trail, Buffalo National River
• Richland Creek Wilderness

California

• Alabama Hills, Sierra Nevada
• Ansel Adams Wilderness
• Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
• Channel Islands National Park
• Eaton Canyon Falls Trail, Eaton Canyon Park
• Garibaldi Provincial Park
• John Muir Trail
• John Muir Wilderness
• Joshua Tree National Park
• Henry Cowell State Park
• Highway 1, drive
• Inspiration Point, Pacific Crest Trail, Wrightwood
• Kings Canyon National Park
• Lassen Volcanic National Park
• Lizard Trail, Crystal Cove State Park
• Mosaic Canyon, Death Valley National Park
• Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park
• Pinnacles National Park
• Point Reyes National Seashore
• Redwood National Park
  • Tall Trees Trail
• Sequoia National Park
  • Precipice Lake
• The Pots, Silver Lake
• Yosemite National Park
  • Glacier Point Ski Hut, winter
  • Half Dome
  • Mist Trail
  • Taft Point

Colorado

• Barr Lake State Park
• Black Bear Pass, Telluride
• Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
  • Cedar point Nature Trail
  • Chasm View Nature Trail
  • Oak Flat Loop Trail
  • Rim Rock Nature Trail
  • Upland Trail
  • Warner Point Nature Trail
• Black Ridge Canyon Wilderness
• Boreas Pass, Breckenridge
• Colorado National Monument
  • Liberty Cap-Ute Canyon Loop
  • Monument Canyon Trail
  • Ottos Trail
  • Rim Rock Drive
  • Window Rock
• Conundrum Hot Spring, Aspen
• Crystal Mill, Marble
• Dinosaur National Monument
• Great Sand Dunes National Park
• Hanging Lake, Glenwood Springs
• Herman Gulch, Dillon
• Hoosier Pass, Breckenridge
• Island Lake, San Juan National Forest
• Lake Isabelle, Indian Peaks Wilderness, Roosevelt National Forest
• Manitou Incline Trail, Colorado Springs
• Maroon Bells, Aspen
• Maxwell Falls, Arapaho National Forest
• Mesa Verde National Park
  • Balcony House Tour
  • Cliff Palace Tour
  • Long House Tour
• Mt. Sneffels Wilderness
• North Tenmile Creek Trail, Frisco
• Pyramid Peak, White River National Forest
• Rocky Mountain National Park
  • Bear Lake Trail
  • Dream Lake
  • Emerald Lake
  • Fern Lake
  • Gem Lake
  • Glacier Gorge
  • Thunder Lake
• Royal Arch Trail, Boulder
• ST Mary’s Glacier, Idaho Springs
• Wheeler Geological Area

Connecticut

• Ragged Mountain Memorial Preserve

Florida

• Biscayne National Park
• Dry Tortugas National Park
• Everglades National Park

Georgia

• Hurricane Falls, Tallulah Gorge State Park
• Island Loop, Cumberland Island National Seashore

Hawaii

• Diamond Head, Diamond Head State Monument, Oahu
• Haiku Stairs, Oahu
• Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii Island
• Kalaupapa Trail, Kalaupapa Historical Park, Molokai
• Kalulau Trail, Kauai
• Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge, Kauai

Idaho

• Balanced Rock, Salmon Falls Creek Canyon
• City of Rocks National Reserve
• Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve
  • Wilderness Trail
• Hells Canyon, Snake River
• Mesa Falls, Caribou-Targhee National Forest
• Mount Borah, Challis National Forest
• Sawtooth Wilderness
  • Alice-Toxaway Loop
  • Pine Flats Hot Springs
• Tubbs Hill, Coeur d’ Alene

Illinois

• Amtraks Empire Builder Train from Chicago to Seattle
• Cache River State Natural Area
• Ferne Clyffe State Park
• Giant City State Park
• Kankakee River State Park
• Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie
• Shawnee National Forest
  • Garden of the Gods
  • Little Grand Canyon
  • Rim Rock Trail

Indiana

• Asherwood Nature Preserve (ACRES)
• Cataract Falls
• DePauw Nature Park
• Dilcher-Turner Canyon Forest Nature Preserve
• Fall Creek Gorge Nature Preserve
• Hemlock Cliffs, Hoosier National Forest
• Labyrinth Hedge, New Harmony
• Lincoln Boyhood National Monument
• Morgan-Monroe State Forest
• Peninsula Trail, Charles C. Deam Wilderness Area, Hoosier National Forest
• Pine Hills State Nature Preserve
• Potato Creek State Park
• Turkey Run State Park, Trails 4, 8, and 10

Iowa

• Effigy Mounds National Monument
• Ledges State Park

Kansas

• Prairie Fire-Palmer Creek Loop, Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve

Kentucky

• Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
  • Pinnacle Overlook
  • Tri State Peak
• Daniel Boone National Forest / Red River Gorge
  • Grays Arch
  • Hidden Arch
• Natural Bridge State Resort Park
  • Battleship Rock
  • Laurel Ridge

Louisiana

• Atchafalaya National Heritage Area
• Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve

Maine

• Baxter State Park
• North Bubble Loop, Acadia National Park
• Precipice Trail, Acadia National Park
• Tumbledown Mountain, Weld

Maryland

• Assateague National Seashore
• Billy Goat Trail

Massachusetts

• Cape Cod National Seashore
• Purgatory Chasm Trail

Michigan

• Isle Royale National Park
  • Scoville Point Trail
  • Rock Harbor Lighthouse
• Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
  • Chapel Basin Loop
  • Mosquito Falls
• Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park
• Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Minnesota

• Gooseberry Falls State Park
• Headwaters of the Mississippi River, Itasca State Park
• Palisade Head, Tettegouche State Park
• St. Croix State Park
• Voyageurs National Park

Mississippi

• Gulf Islands National Seashore

Missouri

• Elephant Rocks State Park
• Johnson’s Shut-Ins State Park
• Lone Wolf Trail, Castlewood State Park
• Ozark National Scenic Riverway
• Pickle Springs State Park

Montana

• Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness
• Avalanche Lake Trail, Glacier National Park
• Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area
• Grinnell Glacier Trail, Glacier National Park
• Hidden Lake Trail, Glacier National Park
• Highline Trail, Glacier National Park
• Granite Park Chalet, Glacier National Park
• Lack McDonald Trail, Glacier National Park
• Mount Brown Lookout, Glacier National Park
• Siyeh Pass Trail, Glacier National Park
• Swiftcurrent Pass Trail, Glacier National Park

Nebraska

• Indian Cave State Park
• Scott’s Bluff National Monument

Nevada

• Highland Ridge, Great Basin National Park
• Historic Railroad Trail
• Kraft Mountain Loop, Calico Basin
• Turtle Head Peak, Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area

New Hampshire

• Mount Major Trail, Mt. Major State Forest
• Mount Washington, White Mountain National Forest

New Jersey

• Deleware Gap national Recreation Area
• Peanut Leap Trail, Palisades Interstate Park

New Mexico

• Brantley Lake State Park, New Mexico
• Carlsbad Caverns National Park
  • Bat flight ranger program
  • Kings Palace Tour
  • Lower Cave Tour
  • Natural Entrance Trail
  • Self Guided Big Room Tour
  • Walnut canyon Dessert, drive
• Chaco Culture National Historical Park
• Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument
• Tent Rocks Slot Canyon Trail, Cochiti Pueblo
• White Sands National Monument

New York

• Adirondack State Park
• Breakneck Ridge Trail, Hudson Highlands
• Sam’s Point Ice Caves, Minnewaska State Park Preserve

North Carolina

• Blue Ridge Parkway – drive all of it
• DuPont State Forest
• Grandfather Mountain State Park
  • Calloway Peak
  • MacRae Peak
• Looking Glass Rock Trail, Pisagah Forest
• Shining Rock Wilderness

North Dakota

• Buck Hill, Theodore Roosevelt National Park
• Caprock Coulee Trail, Theodore Roosevelt National Park
• Painted Canyon Trail, Theodore Roosevelt National Park
• Petrified Forest Loop, Theodore Roosevelt National Park
• Sperati Point on the South Achenbach Trail, Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Ohio

• Blackhand Gorge State Nature Preserve
• Cascade Park
• Conckle’s Hollow State Nature Preserve
• Hocking Hills State Park
  • Ash Cave
  • Cedar Falls
  • Devils Bathtub
  • Grandma Gatewood Trail
  • Old Man Cave

Oklahoma

• Chickasaw National Recreation Area

Oregon

• Bend
• Bridge of Gods, Cascade Locks
• Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area
  • Bridal Veil Falls
  • Multnomah Falls
  • Punchbowl Falls
  • Wahclella Falls
• Crater Lake National Park
  • Wizard Island Summit Trail
• Ecola State Park
• Oregon Coast Highway – U.S. Route 101, drive
• Saddle Mountain, Saddle Mountain State Natural Area
• Shotgun Creek Recreation Area
• Smith Rock State Park
• Tom McCall Preserve

Pennsylvania

• Glen Onoko Falls Trail
• Ricketts Glen State Park

South Carolina

• Congaree National Park
• Table Rock State Park

South Dakota

• Black Elk Peak (formerly Harney Peak), Black Hills National Forest
• Cliff Shelf Trail, Badlands National Park
• Custer State Park
• Door Trail, Badlands National Park
• Jewel Cave National Monument
• Mountain Table Road, Badlands National Park, drive
• Notch Trail, Badlands National Park
• Sage Creek Rim Road, Badlands National Park, drive
• Wind Cave National Park
  • Rankin Ridge Nature Trail
• Window Trail, Badlands National Park

Tennessee

• Alum Cave Bluff Trail, Great Smoky Mountains National Park
• Roan Mountain State Park

Texas

• Big Bend National Park
  • Pinnacles Trail
  • Window Trail
• Friedrich Wilderness Park
• Guadalupe Mountains National Park
  • Guadalupe Peak
  • Devils Hall Trail
• Pedernales Falls State Park

Utah

• Angels Landing, Zion National Park
• Bears Ears National Monument
  • House on Fire
• Bowtie and Corona Arches, Moab
• Broken Arch Trail, Arches National Park
• Buckskin Gulch via Wire Pass Trailhead
• Capitol Gorge, Capital Reef National Park
• Cascade Springs, Unita National Forest
• Cathedral Valley Loop, Capitol Reef National Park, drive
• Cedar Breaks National Monument
• Confluence Overlook Trail, Canyon Lands National Park
• Dead Horse Point State Park
  • West Rim Trail
• Dinosaur Tracks Trail, Moab Giants Dinosaur Park
• Double O Arch Trail, Arches National Park
• Donut Falls Trail, Sandy
• Ensign Peak, Ensign Park Nature Park
• Fairland Loop Trail, Bryce Canyon National Park
• Fifth Water Hot Springs, Springville
• Flint Trail, Canyonlands National Park, drive
• Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
• Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
  • Coyote Gulch
• Grand Viewpoint at Sunset, Canyonlands National Park
• Hickman Bridge, Capital Reef National Park
• Hidden Canyon Trail, Zion National Park
• Homestead Crater, Midway
• Horseshoe Canyon Trail, Canyonlands National Park
• Kanarra Creek Canyon, Kanarraville
• Manti La Sal National Forest
• Mesa Arch at sunrise, Canyonlands National Park
• Natural Bridges National Monument
• Navajo Nobs, Capital Reef National Park
• Paria View Point at sunset, Bryce Canyon National Park
• Park Avenue Trail, Arches National Park
• Schafer Switchbacks to Potash Road, Canyonlands National Park (drive)
• Snow Canyon State Park
• Taylor Campground, Canyonlands National Park (camp)
• The Narrows, Zion National Park
• Tower Arch Trail, Arches National Park

Vermont

• Hellbrook Trail
• Sunset Ridge Trail, Mansfield Mountain

Virginia

• Apple Orchard Mountain, Jefferson National Forest
• McAfee Knob, Appalachian Trail
• Mount Rogers National Recreation Area
• Three Ridges Wilderness
• Shenandoah National Park
  • Hawksbill Summit
  • Skyline Drive, drive
  • Mill Prong Trail
  • Old Rag Ridge Trail (no dogs allowed)
  • Rose River Loop

Washington

• Bridle Trails State Park
• Enchantments Area Wilderness
• Henry M. Jackson Wilderness, Snohomish County
• Hidden Lake, Skagit County
• Lake Stuart, Alpine Lakes Wilderness
• Mailbox Peak, North Bend
• Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest
• Mount Rainier National Park
  • Eagle Peak
  • Wonderland Trail
• Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument
  • Ape Cave
• North Cascades National Park
• Olympic National Park
  • Enchanted Valley
  • Hoh River Trail
  • Point of Arches
  • Shi Shi Beach
  • Queets River Trail
• Rattlesnake Ledge, North Bend
• Salmo-Priest Wilderness

West Virginia

• Maryland Heights, Harper’s Ferry
• New River Gorge National River

Wisconsin

• Apostle Island National Lake Shore
  • Mainland Ice Caves
• Devils Lake State Park
• Ice Age Trail
• Kettle Moraine State Forest
• Muir Park State Natural Area
• Point Beach State Forest

Wyoming

• Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness
• Bighorn National Forest
• Canyon Rim North Trail, Yellowstone National Park
• Canyon Rim South Trail, Yellowstone National Park
• Cascade Lake Trail, Yellowstone National Park
• Death Canyon Trail, Grand Teton National Park
• Elephant Back Mountain Trail, Yellowstone National Park
• Fairy Falls Trail, Yellowstone National Park
• Lake Solitude Trail, Grand Teton National Park
• Lone Star Geyser Trail, Yellowstone National Park
• Loop Road, Lander, drive
• Museum of the National Park Ranger, Yellowstone National Park
• Paintbrush Divide Trail, Grand Teton National Park
• Sevenmile Hole Trail, Yellowstone National Park
• Teton Crest Trail, Grand Teton National Park
• Union Falls Trail, Yellowstone National Park

U.S. Territories

• American Samoa National Park
• Virgin Islands

 

Overseas:

Canada

• Banff National Park, Alberta
  • Johnston Canyon
  • Moraine Lake
  • Tea House Challenge
• Capilano Suspension Bridge, British Columbia
• Waterton Lake National Park, Alberta
  • Crypt Lake Trail
  • Carthew-Alderson Trail
• Yoho National Park, British Columbia
  • Lake O’Hara

Czech Republic

• Bohemian Switzerland National Park

Greece

• Meteora

Iceland

• Fjadrargljufur Canyon
• Vatnajokull National Park
  • Svartifoss

Italy

• Alta Via 1, Dolomites
  • Lago di Braies
• Cinque Terre

New Zealand

• Fiordland National Park
• Mount Cook National Park
  • Mueller Hut

Norway

• Sommaroy, Tomso

Patagonia

• Torres del Paine National Park
  • Cascada del Rio Paine

Peru

• Machu Picchu
• Rainbow Mountain

Scotland

• Wet Highland Way

Switzerland

• Hardergrat Trail, Interlaken to Brienz