Find your next trail.
A searchable directory of 1,099 hiking trails across 112 US state parks, national forests, and recreation areas. Difficulty ratings, distances, elevation, parking notes, wildlife guidance, and best-season tips on every page.
Updated · 2026
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Featured destinations
Acadia National Park
Maine · 10 trails
Arches National Park
Utah · 10 trails
Badlands National Park
South Dakota · 10 trails
Big Bend National Park
Texas · 10 trails
Biscayne National Park
Florida · 10 trails
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
Colorado · 10 trails
Bryce Canyon National Park
Utah · 10 trails
Canyonlands National Park
Utah · 10 trails
Capitol Reef National Park
Utah · 10 trails
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What is Trail Compass?
Trail Compass is an open hiking trail directory focused on US state parks, national forests, and regional recreation areas — the everyday public lands that don't always make the cover of an NPS visitor guide. Each page is a plain server-rendered HTML document built from publicly available park and recreation data. There is no JavaScript framework, no client-side hydration, and no tracking script wedged into the critical path. The result is an extremely fast, bookmarkable, search-engine-friendly catalog.