Table Rock State Park
A granite dome above the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway, with a tough summit climb and the 76-mile (122 km) Foothills Trail.
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Cumberland Trail State Park
Tennessee’s linear state park: a long footpath along the Cumberland Plateau through gorges, waterfalls and rock houses.
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Frozen Head State Park
24,000 acres (97 km²) of rugged Cumberland Mountains wilderness, with a lookout tower on a peak often rimmed with ice.
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Grayson Highlands State Park
Wild ponies on open balds above 5,000 feet (1,520 m), next to Mount Rogers, Virginia’s highest peak, on the AT.
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Tombstone Territorial Park
Jagged granite peaks and tundra valleys on the Dempster Highway north of Dawson City, the Yukon’s signature backpacking park.
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Meadow Lake Provincial Park
Saskatchewan’s long-distance backpacking route: the 84-mile (135 km) Boreal Trail through a string of lakes and rivers.
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Clearwater River Provincial Park
A Canadian Heritage River of canyons, waterfalls and Class 4 rapids in Saskatchewan’s far north, for skilled whitewater paddlers.
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Lac La Ronge Provincial Park
Close to 100 lakes and more than 30 fur-trade canoe routes on the Churchill River system, including Saskatchewan’s highest falls.
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Katannilik Territorial Park Reserve
The place of waterfalls on Baffin Island: an Arctic river trip down the Soper, or a 75-mile (120 km) trail overland.
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Bay du Nord Wilderness Reserve
1,100 square miles (2,850 km²) of ponds, barrens and caribou range in central Newfoundland, with no roads or trails.
