Patreon October/November Featured Hikes – Zone 5 (Great Plains) & Zone 6 (Great Lakes States)

Zone 5

Great Plains (Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma)

North Dakota

PC Jo Outdoors, All Rights Reserved

North Country Trail Western Terminus Loop

2.3 mile lollipop loop; 161ft. elevation gain; Moderate

Prairie; lake; views; Garrison

North Country Trail Western Terminus Loop Trail Guide

South Dakota

Far East/Founders Valley Loop

2.9 mile loop; 327ft. elevation gain; Moderately Strenuous

Rocks; valleys; prairie; Rapid City

Far East/Founders Valley Loop Trail Guide

Iowa

PC Bryce Durbin, All Rights Reserved

Backbone Lake Loop

6.4 mile loop; 496ft. elevation gain; Moderate

Lake; forest; bluffs; Backbone State Park

Backbone Lake Loop Trail Guide

Nebraska

Swainson Trail

2.9 mile loop; 252ft. elevation gain; Moderately Strenuous

Views; prairie; lake; Ogallala

Swainson Trail Guide; loop back via the Boat Shed Trail

Kansas

PC Jordan McAlister, All Rights Reserved

Republican River Trail

9.6 mile lollipop loop; 134ft. elevation gain; Easy

River; forest; swamp; wildlife; Junction City

Republican River Trail Guide

Oklahoma

PC alnbbates, All Rights Reserved

Lakeview Lodge Loop

3.7 mile loop; 384ft. elevation gain; Moderately Strenuous

Forest; views; lakes; Hochatown State Park

Lakeview Lodge Loop Trail Guide

Zone 6

Great Lakes States (New York, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Indiana, Illinois)

Minnesota

PC Amir, CC BY 2.0

Lebanon Hills Loop

5.3 mile loop; 252ft. elevation gain; Moderately Strenuous

Lake; forest; Lebanon Hills Regional Park

Lebanon Hills Loop Trail Guide

Wisconsin

PC Amanda, CC BY 2.0

Black Trail (Moraine Ridge Trail)

6.9 mile loop; 934ft. elevation gain; Moderately Strenuous

Views; fields; forest; views; Wales

Black Trail Guide

Illinois

PC half fast hiker, All Rights Reserved

East Trigg to Millstone Lake

5.2 mile lollipop with spur; 499ft. elevation gain; Strenuous

Lake; forest; swamp; creek; bluffs; Reynoldsburg

East Trigg to Millstone Lake Trail Guide

Indiana

PC Bill Lazzell, All Rights Reserved

Knobstone Trail: Surgeon Hollow to Delaney Park

10.9 mile loop; 1,381ft. elevation gain; Moderately Strenuous

Forest; lake; Jackson Washington State Forest

Knobstone Trail Guide

Michigan

PC bahafeli, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Highbanks Trail

12.7 miles out & back; 646ft. elevation gain; Moderately Strenuous

Pond; river; forest; views; Huron National Forest

Highbanks Trail Guide

Ohio

PC Todd Fowler, CC BY-SA 2.0

Jacobs Ladder and Christmas Rocks Trail

4.5 mile lollipop loop; 672ft. elevation gain; Moderately Strenuous

Views; forest; rocks; Christmas Rocks Nature Preserve

Jacobs Ladder and Christmas Rocks Trail Guide

New York

PC Eden, Janine and Jim, CC BY 2.0

Cornish/Brook/Notch/Washburn/Undercliff Loop

7.5 mile lollipop loop; 1,496ft. elevation gain; Moderately Strenuous

Views; forest; ruin; rocks; Hudson Highlands State Park

Cornish/Brook/Notch/Washburn/Undercliff Loop Trail Guide

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