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Trail Area or Park State Miles
John Muir Trail Yosemite, Kings Canyon, Sequoia NP CA 233 
Horseshoe Trail Chester, Berks, Lancaster, Lebanon, Dauphin Counties PA 140 
Walker's Haute Route Alps SWZ 113 
Susquehannock Trail System Loop Susquehannock SF PA 85 
Grand Sawtooth & Alice-Toxaway Loops Boise NF ID 80 
Foothills Trail Oconee, Table Rock, Gorges SP; Sumter NF SC/NC 77 
Quehanna Trail Moshannon SF PA 75 
Falls & Views Loop World's End SP, Loyalsock SF PA 75 
Appalachian Trail  Great Smoky Mt. NP TN 70 
Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail  Laurel Ridge State Park PA 70 
North Circle  Glacier NP MT 56 
Transverse Zion  Zion NP UT 56 
O Circuit (Modified) Torres del Paine NP CHILE   55 
Appalachian Trail US19E to Nolichucky River TN NC   50 
Black Forest Trail  Tiadaghton SF PA 42 
Allegheny Front Trail  Moshannon SF PA 42 
"Modified" Pemi Loop  Pemigewasset Wilderness NH 40 
Lizard Head Loop  Shoshone NF WY 40 
Berg Lake & Snowbird Pass Mt. Robson Provincial Park CAN 40 
Highline Trail  Glacier NP MT 40 
Triple Crown Loop AT VA 40 
Four Pass Loop  Maroon Bells Wilderness CO 33 
West Rim Trail Pine Creek Gorge PA 31 
Enchantments  Alpine Lakes Wilderness WA 30 
Skyline Trail  Jasper NP CAN 30 
Escarpment Trail  Catskills SP NY 26 
Appalachian Trail Presidential Range NH 25 
Devil's Path  Catskills SP NY 24 
North Fork Mountain  Monongahela NF WV 23 
Paintbrush/Cascade Canyons  Grand Teton NP WY 21 
High Divide|Seven Lakes Loop (in one day) Olympic NP WA 18.7 
Half Dome  Yosemite NP CA 17 
The Narrows  Zion NP UT 16 

 

Shorter....

Alpine Circuit  Yoho NP CAN
Cold Mt/Mt Pleasant George Washington NF VA
Sliding Sands/Halemauu Trails  Haleakala NP HI
Old Logger's Path Loyalsock SF PA
Big Schloss/Half Moon Loop  George Washington NF VA
Hidden Passage/Canyon Rim   Roaring Plains Wilderness WV
Iceline Trail  Jasper NP CAN
White Oak Canyon/Cedar Run  Shenandoah NP VA
Bright Angel Trail  Grand Canyon NP AZ
Appalachian Trail (multiple sections)   PA, VA, TN, NC, MD, NH
Kalalau Trail  Na Pali Coast SP HI
Grinnell Glacier  Glacier NP MT
Exit Glacier/Harding Icefield  Kenai Fjords NP AK
Trout Run Valley Circumnavigation George Washington NF VA, WV
Wittenberg-Cornell-Slide-Giant Ledge Loop  Catskills SP NY 
Zone 5 Denali National Park AK
McCarthy, Kennicott Areas Wrangell-St. Elias NP AK
Lake Agnes/Big Beehive Banff NP CAN
Plain of Six Glaciers Banff NP CAN

Climbs

Mt. Whitney 14,505   California
Mt. Rainier 14,411 Washingon  
Mt. Shasta 14,179 California  
Mauna Loa 13,678  Hawaii  
Mauna Kea 13,803 Hawaii  
Forsyth Peak 11,177 California  
Mt. Jackson 10,052  Montana  
Mt. Siyeh 10,019  Montana  
Cirque Peak 9,820 Canada  
Mt. Gould 9,557 Montana  
Mt. Oberlin 8,179  Montana  
Mt. Washington  6,288  New Hampshire  
Mt. Marcy 5,344 New York  
Old Rag 3,284  Virginia  

Image source: Kate Bolick, MRNP, Mt. Fremont Lookout, July 2022.