USA: Outdoors
The United States is blessed with fabulous backcountry and wilderness areas, coated by dense forests, cut by deep canyons and capped by great mountains. Even the heavily populated east coast has its share of open space, notably along the Appalachian Trail, which winds from Mount Katahdin in Maine to the southern Appalachians in Georgia - some two thousand miles of untrammeled forest. In order to experience the full breathtaking sweep of America's wide-open stretches, however, head west to the Rockies, to the red-rock deserts of the Southwest, or right across the continent to the amazing wild spaces of the west coast states. In some areas, however, the shoreline is often disappointingly hard to access, with a high proportion firmly under private ownershipMore about Outdoors:
National parks and monuments
Other public lands
Camping and backpacking
Mountain hikes
Desert hikes
Adventure travel
Wildlife
Snakes and creepy-crawlies
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