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• - Offers safety tips, general tips, and a database of hiking trails.
  
• - Hiking and camping resource featuring a database of hiking trails in the USA where backcountry camping is permitted.
  
• - Information of places to trek and visit in Peru, with emphasis on information on trekking in the Incatrail system, Cordillera Blanca, Huayhuash and other new routes in the Andes.
  
• - Offers interactive hiking trail maps and GPS waypoints to help backpackers find trailheads and landmarks.
  
• - Comprehensive guide to hiking. Provides trail finders, gear guides, and hiking tips.
  
• - Ultralight backpacking the Appalachian Trail with a "10 pound pack". Includes gear lists, and links.
  
• - Provides resources and information on hiking and backpacking.
  
• - Information on hiking central Pennsylvania's 1700 miles of trails.
  
• - Virtual trail maps and hike suggestions for Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington.
  
• - Lists ranked hiking websites.
  
• - Extensive resource for hikers in the Southern Appalachians including the Smokies, and the Blue Ridge Mountains. Detailed trail descriptions, weather reports, directions, bulletin boards for finding hiking partners, and gear exchanges.
  
• - Gives daily journals from various trails. Journals are written by both the site creators and users.
  
• - Site dedicated to "extreme" day hikes with interesting sights and terrain. Small collection of hikes with basic hiking tips, and a hiker's forum.
  
• - Free walking maps and GPS data for countryside hikes in the UK.
  
• - Hiking information on fire safety and planning along with tips and checklists.
  
• - Information on finding and hiking the US county high points.
  
• - Photos of hikes and trekking tours in the alps and world-wide.
  
• - Trail profiles, local weather, bulletin boards, and news about hiking in the Canyon.
  
• - Devoted to through hikers of the Appalachian Trail. Hikers' forum, online journals, directory of current thru-hikers, list archive, and shuttle database.
  
• - Offers detailed region and tour descriptions, maps, and photos for hikers.
  
• - Basic information for hiking and backpacking beginners.
  
• - For mothers who like to hike and don't mind packing the kids. Also, includes general children entertainment like games and fairy tales.
  
  

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