Over 10 million votes for top hiking trails were cast online to rank the top trails in 2016, as follows:
1. Breakneck Ridge Trail (Beacon, NY): hiking – 9.6 miles
2. Glacier Gorge (Longs Peak, CO): hiking – 9.6 miles
3. Appalachian Trail: The Pinnacle (Hamburg, PA): hiking – 8.7 miles
4. Mount Whitney (Lone Pine, CA): hiking – 22 miles
5. Conundrum Hot Springs (Aspen, CO): hot springs – 18 miles
6. Bear Mountain Loop (Highland Falls, NY): hiking – 9.7 miles
7. Deep Creek (Hesperia, CA): hot springs – 12 miles
8. Appalachian Trail: Sunfish Pond & Mount Mohican (Columbia, NJ): hiking – 8.8 miles
9. Appalachian Trail: Springer Mountain to Hightower Gap (Suches, GA): hiking – 9 miles
10. Chain Lakes (Scenic, WA): hiking – 22 miles
11. Appalachian Trail: Crampton Gap to Harpers Ferry, WV (Burkittsville, MD): hiking – 10.2 miles
12. Half Dome (Vernal Fall, CA): hiking – 16 miles
13. Dolly Sods Wilderness (Laneville, WV): hiking – 2.4 miles
14. Hut to Hut Presidential Traverse (Gorham, NH): hiking – 25.5 miles
15. American River Confluence to Lake Clementine (Auburn, CA): hiking – 6 miles
16. Canyon Creek Lakes and L Lake (Weaverville, CA): hiking – 16.5 miles
17. Mount Marcy – New York Highpoint (Lake Placid, NY): hiking – 14.8 miles
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18. Alder Glen Recreation Site (Beaver, OR): campgrounds
19. Bear Mountain (Mount Frissell, CT): hiking – 6 miles
20. Appalachian National Scenic Trail – Pennsylvania Section (Rouzerville, PA): hiking – 232 miles
21. Carson Mineral Hot Springs Resort (Carson, WA): hot springs
22. Mount Mitchell (Asheville, NC): hiking – 12 miles
23. Appalachian National Scenic Trail: Connecticut and Massachusetts (North Adams, MA): hiking – 138 miles
24. Appalachian Trail – Chester Gap to Harpers Ferry (Front Royal, VA): hiking – 54.4 miles
25. Appalachian Trail: Bear Mountain – Harriman State Parks – West (Arden, NY): hiking – 5.7 miles
26. North Country Trail (NCT) – Michigan Section (Morenci, MI): hiking – 875 miles
27. Boynton Canyon (Sedona, AZ): hiking – 6 miles
28. Verde Hot Spring (Strawberry, AZ): hot springs – 2 miles
29. Blue Lake (Ward, CO): hiking – 5 miles
30. Deer Creek Canyon Park (Morrison, CO): hiking – 5.6 miles
31. Kauai: Kalalau Valley & The Na Pali Cliffs (Hanalei, HI): hiking – 22 miles
32. Lincoln Woods (Lincoln, NH): mountain biking – 6.4 miles
33. Chasteen Creek Loop (Cherokee Indian Reservation, NC): hiking – 17.4 miles
34. Uwharrie National Forest Trails (Asheboro, NC): hiking – 66.5 miles
35. Old Rag – Shenandoah National Park (Sperryville, VA): hiking – 15.4 miles
36. Slide Mountain Loop (Woodstock, NY): hiking – 7 miles
37. Black Mountain Campground (Burnsville, NC): campgrounds
38. Havasu Canyon Trail (Seligman, AZ): hiking – 20 miles
39. Central Alpine Lakes Loop (Cle Elum, WA): hiking – 35 miles
40. Mount Pisgah Area Trails (Brevard, NC): hiking – 6.4 miles
41. American River Bike Path (Sacramento, CA): mountain biking – 64 miles
42. Holy Jim Falls Trail (Lake Forest, CA): hiking – 2.7 miles
43. Four Peaks Mine (Phoenix, AZ): off-highway drive – 28 miles
44. Bagby Hot Springs (Estacada, OR): hot springs – 3 miles
45. McKee-Beshers Wildlife Management Area (Seneca, MD): hiking – 7.9 miles
46. Boulder County: Longs Peak (Estes Park, CO): hiking – 14 miles
47. Eagle Rock Loop (Glenwood, AR): hiking – 26.8 miles
48. Appalachian Trail – Damascus to Marion (Damascus, VA): hiking – 63.8 miles
49. Bright Angel Trail (Grand Canyon Village, AZ): hiking – 19.2 miles
50. The Hudson Highlands (Cold Spring, NY): hiking – 16 miles
51. Cross Timbers Trail (Dallas, TX): hiking – 18 miles
52. North Lake to Humphreys Basin Loop (Bishop, CA): hiking – 27 miles
53. The Narrows of Zion Canyon (Springdale, UT): hiking – 15.4 miles
54. Difficult Run – Reston to Great Falls National Park (Reston, VA): mountain biking – 24 miles
55. Palisades Interstate Park and the Long Path (Englewood, NJ): hiking – 17 miles
56. Ocala National Forest (Ocala, FL): hiking – various distances
57. The Grand Teton Loop (Jackson, WY): hiking – 32.6 miles
58. Camelback Mountain: Summit Trail (Paradise Valley, AZ): hiking – 2.4 miles
59. Black Mountain Loop (Lake George, NY): hiking – 7 miles
60. Appalachian Trail: Bake Oven Knob to Lehigh Gap (Lehighton, PA): hiking – 9.5 miles
61. San Gorgonio Mountain (Big Bear Lake, CA): hiking – 21.3 miles
62. Canyon Loop Trail (Boulder, CO): hiking – 1.4 miles
63. Mount Mansfield, Sunset Ridge Trail (Burlington, VT): hiking – 6.6 miles
64. Bull of the Woods Loop (Salem, OR): hiking – 41 miles
65. The Superior Hiking Trail (Two Harbors, MN): hiking – 175 miles
66. Appalachian Trail: Woody Gap to Neels Gap (Suches, GA): hiking – 10.7 miles
67. Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail (Johnstown, PA): hiking – 70.1 miles
68. Santa Anita Canyon Loop (Sierra Madre, CA): hiking – 9 miles
69. Rainbow Hot Springs (Pagosa Springs, CO): hot springs – 9 miles
70. Arethusa Falls Trails (North Conway, NH): hiking – 4.5 miles
71. Appalachian Trail to Loudon Heights Trail Loop (Harpers Ferry, WV): hiking – 12.1 miles
72. Valley View Hot Springs (Alamosa, CO): hot springs
73. Blue Hills Reservation (Boston, MA): hiking – 4.5 miles
74. North Kettle Moraine (Dundee, WI): hiking – 10.3 miles
75. Mount Princeton Hot Springs (Nathrop, CO): hot springs
76. Sacramento and Western Sierra Foothills Campgrounds (Sacramento, CA): campgrounds
77. Nassau-Suffolk Greenbelt Trail (Woodbury, NY): mountain biking – 16 miles
78. Overall Run Falls and Twin Falls (Bentonville, VA): waterfalls – 6.8 miles
79. Backway to Crown King (Phoenix, AZ): off-highway drive – 34.4 miles
80. Reed Bingham State Park Trails (Adel, GA): hiking – 5.3 miles
81. Mount Rainier – Wonderland Trail Loop (Buckley, WA): hiking – 93 miles
82. Olympic Hot Springs (Port Angeles, WA): hot springs – 5 miles
83. Buffalo River Trail – Western Section (Clarksville, AR): hiking – 36.5 miles
84. Indian Head Mountain Loop (Saugerties, NY): hiking – 7.5 miles
85. Appalachian Trail: Hawk Mountain to PA 309 (Eckville, PA): hiking – 13.5 miles
86. Appalachian Trail: Kent to St. Johns Ledges (Kent, CT): hiking – 4.9 miles
87. Eagle Creek Trail to Wahtum Lake (Dodson, OR): hiking – 13.3 miles
88. Aliso – Wood Canyons Regional Park: Rock-It – Cholla Loop (Laguna Beach, CA): mountain biking – 10.2 miles
89. Sawyer River Road (Conway, NH): mountain biking – 9.4 miles
90. Peninsula to Olds Hollow Trail (Zaleski, OH): hiking – 4.2 miles
91. Big Walnut Creek Nature Preserve: Tall Timbers Trail (Bainbridge, IN): hiking – 1.7 miles
92. Gunpowder Falls North and South Loop, Gunpowder Falls State Park (Hereford, MD): hiking – 9.6 miles
93. Arapaho Pass Trail to Lake Dorothy (Nederland, CO): hiking – 6.4 miles
94. Chassahowitzka River Campground: Indian Ridge Loop (Chassahowitzka, FL): campgrounds
95. Matson Hill Park (Augusta, MO): hiking – 2.75 miles
96. North-South Lake loop (Catskill, NY): hiking – 10 miles
97. Angels Landing (Springdale, UT): hiking – 4.4 miles
98. Camel’s Hump, Forestry, Dean, and Long Trails Loop (Montpelier, VT): hiking – 7.4 miles
99. Trinity Trail (Dallas, TX): hiking – 18 miles
100. Enchantment Lakes (Leavenworth, WA): hiking – 25 miles
