Posts tagged #hiking — Page 3

A 70-foot waterfall in Boulder Canyon just 11 miles from Boulder — a 100-yard walk to something genuinely dramatic tucked into the canyon walls.

A year-round ice field near Idaho Springs, Colorado — a 1.5-mile hike at 11,000 feet where people ski in August and the alpine lake below is impossibly clear.

A quiet overlook park in the Kansas City area with river views and trails through cedar bluffs — one of those places locals keep to themselves.

A paved multi-use greenway through the Kansas City Northland, following Line Creek through wooded corridors with a small waterfall tucked inside.

Castle ruins, a massive spring, a natural bridge, and karst topography that makes every trail a small geological revelation — Ha Ha Tonka earns its reputation.

The Castor River Shut-Ins near Fredericktown, Missouri are one of the Midwest's best-kept secrets — a swirling landscape of pink granite boulders, clear water channels, and natural swimming holes tucked deep in the Ozarks.

Mina Sauk Falls is Missouri's tallest waterfall at 132 feet, tucked inside Taum Sauk Mountain State Park in the St. Francois Mountains — a challenging but rewarding hike through some of the state's wildest terrain.

A quiet 199-acre county park on the Mississippi bluffs where wildflowers bloom in spring and great blue herons stalk the shallows.