Walking Trails and Destinations

What are the best walks in the USA? Here are the winners year by year of AVA year-round walks, from among over 1000 different 10K walking routes throughout the USA.

Use the walking route planner to plan a good walking route for your walking workout or for a walking event.

Reviews of favorite walks and walking trails by state. What is your favorite walk

What walking destinations or walking events are on your bucket list? What walks do you plan to do before you can't walk any more?

How to plan a good walking route for your walking workout or for a walking event. Fourteen points to consider for the best walking experience.

While many people take a staycation to save money, you can optimize it with exploring walking destinations within your community.

Walkers tell of their favorite fall foliage walks and where to walk to see the fall foliage.

The walking clubs of the AVA host over 1400 self-guided walks throughout the USA. Enjoy these walks at anytime by registering at the starting point, taking a map and directions.

What is your favorite kind of walking surface and walking path? Do you prefer sidewalks, natural trails, or just your treadmill? Tell us why.

A heavy pack is no fun to carry. An expert tells how to lighten your backpack while still taking along what you need.

Photos of walking through vineyards.

Enjoy these photos of fun art I've seen on my walks. Public art and private sculptures viewed during my walks.

Wonder where to walk just about anyplace in the world? RTP lists thousands of great routes in cities and towns as added by readers worldwide.

USATF has over 177,000 mapped running routes in a searchable database powered by Google Maps. You can also draw, map and measure your own route online.

Find US trails and destinations based on terrain preference, sights to see, distance, etc. From GetOutdoors.com

Altrec sponsors this flashy look at National Millennium or Legacy Trails.

Subscription index of 30,000 trails throughout the US with description of trail, topo map and area map. Accesses over 1000 trail guidebooks.

It was a great year of great walking moments. These included walking in France and Turkey and surviving several half marathons back home.