Of all the challenging long-distance thru-hikes in the U.S., few are as difficult as the John Muir Trail. Though hiking trails such as the Pacific Crest Trail or the Appalachian Trail are just as ...

If you don't want to hike up the often slippery Mist Trail to Vernal and Nevada falls, you can always take the John Muir Trail, which features vantage points of the falls, as well as fantastic ...

We’re not talking about big thru-hikes, but extended walks on pathways through glorious landscapes in spectacular parts of the world ...

The hike recalls the famous camping trip in 1903 when John Muir took Theodore Roosevelt to see the Grizzly Giant in Yosemite’s Mariposa Grove. That hike initiated the birth of several national ...

John Muir took it upon himself to impress his fellow ... Eager to witness nature in her various guises, Muir undertook a 1,000 mile hike from Indianapolis to the Gulf of Mexico.