Catskill Park
Rugged hollows and 35 peaks over 3,500 feet (1,070 m) a few hours from New York City, with the Devil’s Path.
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Mount Mansfield State Forest
Vermont’s highest mountain: a long alpine ridge above Stowe and Smugglers’ Notch, traversed by the Long Trail.
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Camel’s Hump State Park
Vermont’s most recognisable peak, an undeveloped summit with rare alpine tundra, crossed by the Long Trail.
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Harriman State Park
More than 200 miles (320 km) of trail and the Appalachian Trail an hour from Manhattan, with shelters for overnight trips.
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Craig Lake State Park
Michigan’s most remote state park: six wild lakes, moose and hike-in campsites at the end of a very rough road in the Upper Peninsula.
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Tahquamenon Falls State Park
Root-beer-coloured water thundering over the Upper Falls in Michigan’s eastern Upper Peninsula, on the North Country Trail.
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Jay Cooke State Park
Tilted slate ledges and a swinging bridge over the St. Louis River gorge, 20 minutes from Duluth.
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George H. Crosby Manitou State Park
Minnesota’s first backpack-only park: a wild volcanic canyon of waterfalls on the Manitou River, on the Superior Hiking Trail.
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Tettegouche State Park
Lake Superior cliffs, the Baptism River’s High Falls and inland lakes on Minnesota’s North Shore, crossed by the Superior Hiking Trail.
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Shawnee State Forest
The Little Smokies of Ohio: 60,000 acres (240 km²) of steep hills, with the state’s longest backpacking trail.
