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Hiking & Backpacking: guides, shops and venues

Guide services, gear shops and venues in the Mid-Atlantic, A to Z. Listed from their public websites; they don't pay to be here and are never mixed into the communities.

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  • Babcock State Parkvenue · Day hikes · Clifftop, WV

    State park known for the Glade Creek Grist Mill, with hiking and mountain bike trails, cabins and camping near Fayetteville.

  • Blackwater Falls State Parkvenue · Waterfalls · Davis, WV

    State park outside Davis around Blackwater Falls and canyon, with trails, sledding and park naturalist programs.

  • Bluestone State Parkvenue · Day hikes · Hinton, WV

    State park five miles south of Hinton on Bluestone Lake with naturalist-led hikes and summer programs.

  • Catoctin Mountain Parkvenue · Day hikes · Frederick, MD

    National park north of Frederick with hiking, climbing at Wolf Rock area and ranger programs.

  • Cuyahoga Valley National Parkvenue · Day hikes · Peninsula, OH

    National park around Peninsula with ranger-led hikes, Towpath Trail rides, waterfalls and seasonal programs.

  • First Landing State Parkvenue · Day hikes · Virginia Beach, VA

    State park with cypress swamp trails, bay beach, camping and ranger programs.

  • Greenbrier State Forestvenue · Day hikes · Lewisburg, WV

    State forest between Lewisburg and White Sulphur Springs with 13 miles of trails and weekly summer naturalist programs.

  • Harpers Ferry National Historical Parkvenue · Day hikes · Harpers Ferry, WV

    National park at the Potomac and Shenandoah confluence with hikes like Maryland Heights and ranger programs.

  • Leonard Harrison State Parkvenue · Day hikes · Wellsboro, PA

    State park on the rim of the Pine Creek Gorge with overlook trails and ranger-led programs.

  • Natural Bridge State Parkvenue · Day hikes · Lexington, VA

    State park south of Lexington with trails and ranger-led programs.

  • New River Gorge National Park and Preservevenue · Day hikes · Lansing, WV

    National park along the New River gorge with whitewater, climbing, hiking and biking trails and the New River Gorge Bridge; ranger programs run in summer.

  • Pipestem Resort State Parkvenue · Day hikes · Hinton, WV

    Large state park near Hinton with 20-plus trails and daily summer nature programs.

  • Rocky Gap State Parkvenue · Day hikes · Cumberland, MD

    State park near Cumberland around Lake Habeeb with hiking, swimming, paddling and ranger programs.

  • Shenandoah National Parkvenue · Day hikes · Luray, VA

    National park along Skyline Drive with ranger-led walks, talks and night-sky programs.

  • South Mountain State Parkvenue · Day hikes · Boonsboro, MD

    State park along South Mountain carrying about 40 miles of the Appalachian Trail through Maryland.

  • The Nature Foundation at Wintergreenvenue · Day hikes · Nellysford, VA

    Nature center that leads guided hikes and naturalist programs on Wintergreen's trails.

  • Watoga State Parkvenue · Day hikes · Marlinton, WV

    Large state park near Marlinton with trails, a lake and naturalist programs.

  • West Virginia State Parksvenue · Day hikes · West Virginia (statewide)

    Ranger-led hikes, nature programs and festivals at West Virginia state parks and forests.