Ways to explore
Adventure & outdoors
Zip-lines, rafting, hikes, kayaks and anything with a helmet. 569 picks across 244 destinations.
The best of the best
Arches & Canyonlands (Moab)Delicate Arch Hike
Utah's best-known landmark, reached by a three-mile round-trip hike over open slickrock to a freestanding arch framing the La Sal Mountains.
Badlands National Park & WallNotch Trail
The most talked-about short hike in Badlands National Park: a canyon walk, a ladder and a ledge that ends at a window over the White River Valley.
Napa & Sonoma Wine CountrySonoma Coast and Bodega Bay
Wine country's wild edge: seventeen miles of state-park coast from Bodega Bay to Jenner, with headland walks above migrating gray whales, harbor seals where the Russian River meets the sea, and the fishing town where Hitchcock filmed The Birds.
San FranciscoLands End & Sutro Baths
The city's wild edge, free forever — the coastal trail through cypress to Golden Gate overlooks, the Gilded Age swimming palace's ruins in the surf, shipwreck tides, and the labyrinth on the point.
Zion & Bryce CanyonBryce Canyon Astronomy Programs and Full Moon Hikes
One of the darkest night skies in the national park system, interpreted by rangers and volunteer astronomers: around 100 astronomy programs a year, a four-day summer festival, and ticketed full moon walks among the hoodoos, on snowshoes in winter.
Antigua GuatemalaPacaya Volcano Hike and Hot Springs
The easy volcano: a short guided hike over black lava fields on Pacaya, with views of Fuego and Agua, followed on the tour linked here by lunch and a soak in nearby hot springs.
Aqaba & Wadi RumWadi Rum Full-Day Jeep Tour
Wadi Rum's red sandstone towers, rock bridges and silent dunes are best seen from the back of a 4x4 with a Bedouin guide.
AvignonPont du Gard
A Roman aqueduct bridge three tiers high, built in the first century AD and still standing across the Gardon river.