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• - A southern New York-northern New Jersey regional hiking club offering weekly hikes, mostly on Sundays. Most outings are within this region, but we occasionally visit the Delaware Water Gap and the Catskills.
  
• - Activities include hiking, technical rock climbing, backpacking, camping, snowshoeing, skiing, and cycling on all skill levels. Includes general meeting schedule, activity and membership details, and contact information. Located in Albuquerque.
  
• - A Sydney bushwalking club with 150 members. Each year we put on a program of about 40 walks, plus other activities such as canoe trips, caving expeditions, cycling trips and cross-country skiing weekends.
  
• - Provides information about the area's walking program and activities of the area's seven local groups.
  
• - Includes a schedule of upcoming hikes and contact information. (Tempe, Arizona)
  
• - Develop and maintain the Mary Draper Ingles Trail and other trails in that part of West Virginia. Mary Ingles Trail Blazers Chapter of the West Virginia Scenic Trails Association.
  
• - Committed to linking the state's longest trail, the 100 mile Pinhoti, with the 2,250 mile-long Appalachian Trail. Includes membership details, application and contact information. Located in Birmingham.
  
• - Dedicated to using, promoting, preserving, and protecting multi-use trails throughout Pinetop-Lakeside and the White Mountains. Arizona.
  
• - A committee of the Manitoba Naturalists Society devoted to the preservation of the trail located in Whiteshell Provincial Park, Manitoba, Canada.
  
• - Contains a lot of information about hiking trails in Southern Africa. Information on more than 700 trails (hiking and 4x4).
  
• - Find contacts, trip log, and information on clothing and gear required to participate in the group. Located in Bloomington, Indiana.
  
• - Club helps to maintain the Long Trail. Includes information about the Long Trail, suggested hikes, how to hike in the winter, organizational information, a schedule, and an online store. (Vermont)
  
• - Includes schedule, history of the group, photos, contacts and a directory of links. Located in South Carolina.
  
• - Nonprofit organization in Redding, California, works to enhance and protect America's network of interconnected trails. Includes action alerts, newsletters, and a calendar of events.
  
• - A Louisiana hiking resource page including trail descriptions, trip information and books relevant to southern hiking.
  
• - The club is an active and friendly club based at the Sun Inn, Lemsford, Hertfordshire, UK.
  
• - WV based hiking club. We also hike in the surrounding states of VA, OH, PA, MD and KY. We believe in friendship, teamwork, fitness, nature and the power of positive thinking. Our goal is that through these influences each person will gain a stronger sense
  
• - An all-volunteer group dedicated to constructing and maintaining trails in the Angeles National Forest in California. Find information on projects, photos, links, and contacts.
  
• - The official website, including details of the walks they offer and other benefits of membership.
  
• - Group sponsors hikes within a two-hour radius of Manhattan by bus, train or car. Includes history, FAQs, contacts and links.
  
• - The Trampers are a group of friends who enjoy exploring Hong Kong's countryside on Sundays. Site includes information on local hikes.
  
• - Caboolture, Queensland, Australia group offers objectives, membership fees, a schedule of activities, and contact details.
  
• - Friends of Forest Park is a non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing and protecting Portland's Forest Park, the largest forested city park in the US.
  
• - BOAA is based in East London, South Africa. Contains hiking information, photos and trail reports.
  
• - Casuarina, Australia based hiking club
  
• - Bi-lingual (English and Bahasa Indonesia) Hiking Club in Indonesia
  
• - The club is one of the member-maintaining clubs of the Appalachian Trail Conference. The club has the responsibility of the Appalachian Trail in Western North Carolina from the Georgia state line at Bly Gap approximately 60 miles northward to the Nantahal
  
• - Provides adventure based programs to promote self-discovery, enhance self-esteem and improve communication skills. Programs are designed for youths struggling in their homes, schools or communities.
  
• - Project descriptions and wealth of information available to communities interested in creating and enhancing community greenways, recreational trails, and waterways. Through the RTCA program the National Park Service helps communities create local outdoor
  
• - Dedicated to the promotion, preservation and enjoyment of hiking trails in Arkansas.
  
• - National nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting hiking and to establishing, protecting and maintaining foot trails in America. Listing of events and more than 130 member trail clubs.
  
• - Find information on events, membership details, links, and contacts. Located in Columbia, Maryland.
  
• - Berkshire, UK walking club aimed at the 25 to 45 year old age range. Photos, frequently asked questions, and schedule of walks.
  
• - The site documents and promotes the activities of the RAC Walking Club. It includes details of current members, a diary of activities, plus photographic images of recent walks.
  
• - Southeastern Pennsylvania hiking club established in 1970. Hikes scheduled several days per week year round. CCTC encourages camaraderie and environmental responsibility. Maintains several hiking trails in Chester County.
  
• - An Appalachian Trail maintaining organization in Pennsylvania dedicated to hiking.
  
• - Walking club in Darebsury, near Manchester, Chashire, England
  
• - Christchurch, New Zealand club. Includes schedule of hikes and meetings plus photos and a newsletter.
  
• - An Óige Hillwalkers Club site. Includes monthly program of hard hikes. Features photos, club news, and events.
  
• - English-speaking hiking club, meeting for hikes in the Alps every second week or so. Most hikes, and climbs are 8-10 hours.
  
• - Western Massachusetts based hiking club.
  
• - Organized in 1924. Offers 3-5 hikes weekly in the Milwaukee area. Includes current schedules, special events, photos, details of membership, directory of officers and members.
  
• - A long distance backpacking organization which promotes the sport of backpacking and no trace camping and maintains hiking trails. (Jacksonville, Alabama)
  
• - Walks in the Brecon Beacons and further afield to Snowdon, and Dartmoor.
  
• - Formed in 1997 by staff at the local high school in Dundee, Scotland. Find program information, photos, links and contacts.
  
• - The NCTA is an organization which helps build, promote, and protect this national scenic trail.
  
• - The Council is a non profit organization dedicated to maintaining, developing, and promoting all trails in Kansas including hiking, horseback riding, mountain biking, and canoeing.
  
• - A chapter of the Florida Trail Association. Informs visitors of activities for outdoor fun and recreation. Their volunteers develop and promote the Florida Trail and Florida National Scenic Trail.
  
• - Non-profit organization with the public invited to join weekly outings. Calendar of events and contact information provided. Maryland and Virginia hikes available leaving from NW Washington, DC.
  
• - Offers day trips throughout the Hudson Valley and Harriman Park. Find descriptions of events, contacts, schedule and information on joining. Based in Westchester, New York.
  
• - OSAT is a clean and sober outdoor and mountaineering club. Our mission is "to provide a clean and sober environment for members and friends of 12-step recovery groups in the spirit of conservation, preservation, and ecology." Lynnwood, Washi
  
• - Links to hiking clubs, and organizations that lead hikes in the San Francisco Bay Area.
  
• - ATC is a non-profit membership organization whose volunteers and club affiliates protect and maintain the Appalachian Trail, a 2160-mile footpath that extends from Maine to Georgia. Provides up-to-date information on trail conditions, volunteer opportuni
  
• - A volunteer-based club which maintains a network of trails on the northern slopes of the Presidential Range in White Mountain National Forest, and on the Crescent Range in Randolph, New Hampshire.
  
• - The Ramblers are a local area group of the Ramblers Association, from Newport in South Wales. We organise guided walks in Gwent and the surrounding area. Come and walk with us.
  
• - Provides organized recreational hiking events weekly in the Ottawa Valley and Gatineau. Winter program includes snowshoeing and cross-country skiing. Out-of-town trips, special events and social activities.
  
• - Trailpartners is a coalition of residents who support the development of recreational trails and linear parks in Brevard County.
  
• - The club built and maintains the Conservation Trail in Western New York. We offer a variety of hikes year-round.
  
• - Greensboro, North Carolina based hiking club
  
• - Dublin, Ireland based hiking club
  
• - Hiking, biking, backpacking, camping, climbing, caving, canyoneering, and other outdoor and social activities.
  
• - Association of hikers who have shared experiences on the Appalachian Trail. Club members get together every fall.
  
• - Schedule of upcoming events. Photos and trip reports. Contact information. (Williamsport, Pennsylvania)
  
• - Hiking club offers trips for inexperienced to expert hikers. Includes a newsletter, trip calendar, and trip reports.
  
• - Auckland, New Zealand based hiking club
  
• - Find photos, information on events, product reviews, links, and contacts for this New Hampshire based group.
  
• - Membership restricted to adults ages 25-40. Includes membership information and activity schedule. (Tempe, Arizona)
  
• - Cork, Ireland based hiking club.
  
• - All you want to know about hiking in Washington State. Events calendar, trail reviews, hiking guide, recipes from "Backcountry Kitchen,", guides to flora and fauna of the Pacific Northwest, and a monthly e-zine devoted to backcountry news.
  
• - A non-profit corporation dedicated to the development of a recreational trail from St. John's to Port aux Basques using the former Canadian National railway line. Its mandate is to promote multi-use trail development and to preserve abandoned railway line
  
• - Features information on the group, including schedule, contacts, membership details, links, and photos. Located in Prince George, British Columbia.
  
• - Founded in 1934, the Wanderbirds Hiking Club is a non-profit, all volunteer club that organizes day hikes every Sunday, year round, for energetic folks in the Washington, DC area.
  
• - Adult group offers hikes and campouts. Includes schedule, membership information, photos, and contact information. Located in Victoria, British Columbia.
  
• - Hiker club in the Netherlands. Find membership information, many photos, and general hiking tips for Europe.
  
• - Tasmania, Australia hiking club
  
• - Non-profit corporation established to assist with volunteer trail projects and to raise funds to support them. Based in Orange County, California.
  
• - Involved in backpacking, hiking, camping and trail work. Includes schedule, programs and pictures. Located in Kansas City, Kansas.
  
• - This site presents the Quebec Hiking Federation and the Sentier national Project for backpackers and hikings. Many other features concern the services offered by the Federation.
  
• - Friendly, sociable club for those interested in walking in Scotland's hills
  
• - The organisation organises, through its clubs, non-competitive events for people of all ages and abilities.
  
• - Group based in Vancouver, British Columbia is involved primarily with single day trips. Includes photos, schedule, and organizational information.
  
• - Weekends for adults and older kids, weekday rambles for preschoolers. Hikes and outdoor events in and near Ridgefield, CT
  
• - Extensive listing of planned hikes with descriptions, including elevation gains. Trail access description is not always complete.
  
• - Offers summer and winter mountaineering (guided tours) and mountaineering courses.
  
• - Organizes hiking, skiing, and snowshoeing trips through the backcountry of the Valdez area and Thompson Pass. Alaska.
  
• - Hiking group in Hawaii, includes hike photo gallery and links to Oahu hiking and outdoors groups.
  
• - The club hikes, backbacks, canoes, kayaks, bikes, snow shoes and X-country skis in the Lower Mainland / Fraser Valley Area of southwestern British Columbia, Canada.
  
• - Bradford, UK hiking club associated with the Countrywide Holidays Association
  
• - "Wilderness Companions are Chosen Company": Wilderness Trekkers is a non-profit corporation promoting responsible use of the outdoors through educational and recreational hiking, camping, backpacking, and canoeing activities and programs for its
  
• - New York City based hiking club. Member of the New York - New Jersey Trail Conference.
  
• - A non-profit hiking group building the Florida National Scenic Trail (FNST) across the state.
  
• - Hiking club based in Phoenix, Arizona. They charge no dues and meetings are on the trail. Find a schedule, and description of upcoming hikes.
  
• - Volunteer group that gets together once each month to walk the trails, trim brush, remove fallen trees, build bridges, create new trails. Located in Kentucky.
  
• - We provide organised fellwalks in the mountains of northern England, such as the Lake District, Howgills, North Yorkshire Moors, Yorkshire Dales, the Cheviot Hills and the Pennines.
  
• - The Queensland Bushwalkers Club promotes bushwalking in a friendly atmosphere while fostering appreciation and conservation of the Australian wilderness.
  
• - Adult-oriented group based in Vancouver, BC involved in hiking, backpacking, back country skiing and kayaking. Includes details of activities, membership, trip reports, photos, newsletter, issues, notices, links and contact information.
  
• - Provides information about the PCT, and the John Muir Trail, for the hiker, and equestrian.
  
• - Organised walks and fellwalks in the mountains of the Lake District, Howgills, North Yorkshire Moors, Yorkshire Dales, Cheviot hills and Pennines.
  
• - Auckland, New Zealand based hiking club
  
• - American Volkssport Association walking clubs and non-competitive 10K walking events. Complete calendar and club listings.
  
• - Hiking in northern Virginia.
  
• - Supports the sport of hiking and protect, promote and enjoy the Sipsey Wilderness Area of the Bankhead National Forest in Alabama.
  
• - About a group of cyberhikers that met during the 1995 AOL/ATC/Backpacker AT Tag Team Relay Hike, their adventures since that time and future events.
  
• - The CV hiking club is organized to promote hiking in the Palm Springs, Coachella Valley, San Jacinto Mountain, Josuha Tree National Park, and the San Bernardino Mtns. We lead hikes three or four days a week in these areas.
  
• - Seattle University hiking club
  
• - Traverse City, Michigan hiking club, a chapter of the North Country Trail Association
  
• - Hiking and trail maintenance in the San Francisco Bay Area.
  
• - English language site for information on the Sentier International des Appalaches/International Appalachian Trail, a trail that runs from Mt. Katahdin in Maine to Cap Gaspe in Quebec. Also, information on the Eastern Continental Trail and the Appalachian
  
• - An outdoor enthusiasts club of the Charlotte, North Carolina area. The club organizes trips for biking, hiking, paddling, camping, backpacking, birdwatching, rafting, fishing, and photography.
  
• - The NMVFO is a non-profit, non-political, all volunteer group that organizes groups of volunteers to build and maintain trails and other recreational sites around New Mexico. Thirty or more work projects are scheduled each year.
  
• - Sponsors hikes in the Catskills, Berkshires, Taconics, and Hudson Valley of New York. In the Winter, schedule cross country skiing and snowshoeing outings.
  
• - A volunteer trails organization which helps to maintain and improve trails, shelters, and cabins in Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Washington DC. Activity sections include ski tours and mountaineering.
  
• - Members of the Great Smoky Mountains 900 Miler Club have hiked all of the maintained trails in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Hiking tips from veteran hikers.
  
• - Official website of the club in Queensland, Australia. Includes photos, meeting times, calendar, and activities.
  
• - The sponsoring organization for the Trans Canada Trail in British Columbia, Canada. Source of information on non-motorized recreational trails.
  
• - Christchurch, New Zealand hiking club
  
• - The Foundation's mission is to honor the remarkable historic legacy of Lewis and Clark through research, education, preservation, promotion, and coordination. Explore the 3,700 mile Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail from Wood River, Illinois, to For
  
• - Hiking club affiliated with the Mountaineering Council of Ireland.
  
• - Discover information on the organization, hike log, contacts, maps, and photos. Located on Trinidad.
  
• - Tokyo, Japan based hiking club
  
• - OTMC is based in Dunedin, New Zealand
  
• - Includes information about their past and future trips, photos, and driving directions to selected trailheads. (Palo Alto, California)
  
• - The mission of the TBTC is to maintain the Toronto Section of The Bruce Trail, support the BTA in meeting its mission, and provide hiking and social activity programs for its members.
  
• - The volunteers are a nonprofit organization created to promote service trips in cooperation with public land agencies including the National Park Service, the National Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management and the US Fish and Wildlife Service.
  
• - Features details on the history of this Connecticut-based group, photos, contacts, links and information on activities.
  
• - Online hiking community and club for the Pacific Northwest including British Columbia, Alberta, and Washington State. Trail database, discussion forums, event planning, trip reports, and photos.
  
• - The chapter maintains a camp in Harriman State Park, Nawakwa. Includes information about the camp, membership requirements, and archives.
  
• - A Seattle-based group for women hikers, campers and backpackers to organize outings and weekend overnight trips. Includes descriptions of levels of hikes and contact information.
  
• - Sponsors short, easy walks to more difficult high-peaks climbs in the Catskills and Adirondacks. Includes calendar of events and links to local parks and trails.
  
• - Sligo and north Leitrim, Ireland based hiking club
  
• - This assaociation is developing and maintaining a trail that will eventually connect the Turkey Point Lighthouse with the City of North East, Maryland.
  
• - SE London chapter of Backpackers Club
  
• - Adult hiking group that hosts year round events within driving distance of Denver, Colorado. Includes members' handout, calendar, photos, contacts and news.
  
• - The club maintains and hikes the hiking trails in central Pennsylvania. Will help by Email when can. Have maps and photos. An ATC maintaining club.
  
• - Bishoptown, Ireland (southwest) based hiking club
  
• - Offers hikes and excursions into the Adirondacks and Catskills plus some climbing. Also participates in trail maintenance. (New York City, New York)
  
• - The CDTA is a group of dedicated outdoor enthusiasts, committed to completion of the Trail and to the continued care of this great natural wonder for future generations.
  
• - The Trail Conference is a federation of 85+ hiking and environmental organizations and 10,000 individuals dedicated to building and maintaining marked hiking trails and protecting the related openspace in the bi-state region.
  
• - Northumbrian members of the Backpackers Club
  
• - GLS is an official activity section of the Sierra Club and fosters the purposes of the Sierra Club by making available a wide range of events for gays, lesbians and their friends and family.
  
• - All volunteer nonprofit corporation that organizes outdoor recreational activities for the gay and lesbian community of Northeastern Ohio, strives to foster an appreciation for the natural environment and its preservation, and serves to promote a positive
  
• - Shankill in south county Dublin, Ireland based hiking club
  
• - Gay/Lesbian Hiking Club of Salt Lake City. Outdoors activities for everyone! We meet on the 1st and 3rd Saturday of the month plus plan overnight car camping and backpacking trips.
  
• - Hiking club for the North Country National Scenic Trail in the western part of Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
  
• - Club located in Hiawatha, New Jersey offers information on membership, hikes, news, events, and contacts.
  
• - The Official site of the Ice Age National Scenic Trail located in Wisconsin.
  
• - AOTC is an Arizona non-profit club promoting outdoor activities like hiking, camping, canoeing, cycling, 4x4. Activities are open to members and general public.
  
• - Contains accounts of past trips, upcoming trip details, downloads, links and contact information. Located in the UK.
  
• - The association promotes hiking as a means of enjoying the natural beauty of Tennessee. TTA was organized in 1968 and has been very involved over the years in efforts to preserve wilderness areas across the state. TTA is made up of 11 local chapters acros
  
• - Sydney Australia based Bushwalking Club
  
• - Discovery Routes is a volunteer organization creating a four-season, multi-use recreational trails network across Ontario's Near North. Hike, Bike, Ski, Snowmobile, ATV, Rollerblade, birdwatch, walk, run.
  
• - KTC is dedicated to preserving and maintaining backpacking trails of the Superior National Forest and Boundary Waters Canoe Area.
  
• - Hike the highest points in all 50 states.
  
• - Day hikes in the greater Toronto area
  
• - Hiking and backpacking club in South Africa. Plenty of photos and useful African links
  
• - Hiking in the Canadian Rocky Mountains, in Alberta, Canada. We offer 5 6-day wilderness camps each summer at different locations out of a main base camp.
  
• - Organization dedicated to promoting trail use in the Dan River bioregion.
  
• - The Canberra Bushwalking Club organises walks in the Canberra and South East New South Wales region of Australia.
  
• - A not-for-profit project promoting the protection of fragile landscapes.
  
• - A large number but not all of our meets take place in the northwest of Scotland where the terrain is rugged and the ascents challenging.