National

• National Park Service

• National Trails System - National recreation trails are existing trails recognized by the Federal Government as contributing to the National Trails System. They vary in length, terrain, difficulty, and accessibility. These trails are managed by public and private agencies at the local, state, and national levels and include nature trails, river routes, and historic tours.

• The All American Hiking and Backpacking Trail Guide - On each trail page you'll find a description of the trail, a map (if we have one), and two ratings.

• GORP - Great Outdoor Recreation Pages Trail Guide - Trails and tales, around America and the world. Plus national scenic and recreation trails and forums for discussing favorites!

• The Backcountry Homepage - To provide the users of the Internet with a source for backcountry related information. The BHP will attempt to organize and archive the backcountry related information found across the Internet.

• The American Discovery Trail - it passes through metropolitan areas like San Francisco, Denver, Cincinnati and Washington DC, traces numerous pioneer trails, leads to 14 national parks, 16 national forests and visits more than 10,000 historical, cultural and natural sites of significance! This 6,356-mile trail is itself a national landmark in-the-making.

Bay Area & California

• The Shell Ridge Page - Brought to you as a community service by your Tenth Congressional District Democratic Clubs.

• City of Walnut Creek Open Space

• East Bay Regional Parks - parks, trails, maps, outdoor programs and a prototype project depicting the park district's regional information resources.

• San Francisco Bay Trail - encircling the Bay with walking, running, biking and touring trails.

• Transit Outdoors - As a transit user, you can go places the automobile dependent cannot, because you don't need to return to the same trailhead you started at. Here's some examples of great one-way trails. *Check It Out!

• Bay Area Regional Parks Accessible by Transit - also by Transit Outdoors

• Bay Area Backcountry - an ever changing collection of apocryphal, misleading, and just plain wrong information about some nice places to camp and hike within easy reach of the San Francisco Bay Area.

• Golden Gate Park - directions, points of interest and map.

• Angel Island State Park - only accessible by ferry. Site includes checklist of activities.

• MID-PENINSULA REGIONAL OPEN SPACE DISTRICT - a 'Virtual Open Space' with maps and other information.

• Portola - A guide to trails on the San Francisco Peninsula.

• Pacific Crest Trail Association

• California State Park Websites - This list includes "official" web sites of the California Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR - which now goes by "California State Parks") as well as many sites put online by California state parks supporters and other interested parties.

• The California State Parks Foundation - California State Parks information.

• California's State Parks - more Information on California's State Parks.

• State of California Department of Parks and Recreation

Northeast U.S.

• Moosehead Lake Region of Maine - suggested trails, directions and estimated time and difficulty of various hiking trails.

• The Long Trail - A hiking path traveling 265 miles north/south the entire length of Vermont. Available are complete topographic maps, photos and brief descriptions of the trail.

• NY Hiking Trails - information (including maps) on hiking and walking trails in New York State.

• The NY-NJ Trail Conference - maintains over 1300 miles of trails in the Greater New York area. Our web pages have links to many of the hiking clubs in the area.

• Potomac Appalachian Trail Club - PATC maintains over 970 miles of backcountry trails in the Mid-Atlantic region of the U.S.

Southeast U.S.

• NCNatural's Guide to the Blue Ridge Parkway - featuring a mile-by-mile travelogue, parkway history, special destinations, hiking trails reference, and parkway links.

• The Appalachian Trail Home Page

• North Georgia Hiking Trails - listing of dozens of hiking trails.

Mid West U.S.

• Heartland Pathways - wildlife habitat-rich ribbon of trails through East Central Illinois. Tallgrass prarie makes it special.

Western U.S.

• Montana Wilderness and Bitterroot National Forests Information - visit the backcountry trails, Magruder Corridor, and find out about local vegetation and wildlife.

• Washington Trails Association - non-profit membership organization working to preserve and enhance Washington's trail system. Features extensive trail reports, photos, and advocacy news and events.

• Oregon Natural Resources Council - contains political alerts on conservation issues, environmental newsletters and a list of great hiking trails in Oregon's wilderness.

• Hiking and Camping on Maui - a guide to the most common trails and camping areas on Maui, including Haleakala National Park, with information pertaining to rules and regulations.

Trail Advocacy and Maintenance

• Coastwalk - promotes the completion of a continuous, border to border California Coastal Trail and sponsors coastal walks and day hikes.

• The National Park Service - Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance - A program to assist in planning new trails in your community.

• Rails-to-Trails Conservancy - Rails-to-Trails Conservancy is a 10-year-old nonprofit organization dedicated to enriching America's communities and countryside by creating a nationwide network of public trails from former rail lines and connecting corridors.

• The Tahoe Rim Trail - The Tahoe Rim Trail is an all-volunteer, non-profit organization dedicated to the planning, construction and maintenance of a 150-mile hiking and equestrian trail which follows the ridge tops of the Lake Tahoe Basin. Passing through six counties in two states, this loop trail incorporates a portion of the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail.

• Backcounty Volunteer Trail Work - Comprehensive list of oganizations doing vounteer trail maintenance with contact information.

Land Preservation

• Greenbelt Alliance - Greenbelt Alliance is the leading land conservation organization in the nine county San Francisco Bay Area. Formed in 1958, our mission is to protect the 3.8 million acre Greenbelt of farmlands, watersheds, parks and other productive open space through citizen action, research and education, and advocacy.

• The Land Trust Alliance - The Land Trust Alliance supports conservation in communities across the country by ensuring that people who work through voluntary land trust organizations have the information, skills, and resources they need to save land.

• Martinez Regional Land Trust - Working to preserve open space in Contra Costa County, California for Agriculture, Recreation and Natural Habitat Protection.

• Native Habitats - The mission of Native Habitats is to participate in and support efforts to restore and preserve Wilderness and ecosystems (urban, suburban & wild) ....for the sake of preserving biodiversity and allowing native species, both flora and fauna, to survive and thrive.

• The Nature Conservancy - "Nature's real estate agent." That's The Nature Conservancy. Among environmental organizations, we fill a unique niche: preserving habitats and species by buying the lands and waters they need to survive. The Nature Conservancy operates the largest private system of nature sanctuaries in the world--more than 1,500 preserves in the United States alone.

• The Trust for Public Land - The Trust for Public Land is a national, nonprofit land conservation organization that conserves land for people to enjoy as parks, gardens, natural areas and open space.

• The Wilderness Society - The Wilderness Society is a non-profit membership organization devoted to preserving wilderness and wildlife, protecting America's prime forests, parks, rivers, deserts and shorelands, and fostering an American land ethic.

Enviroment

• Bay Area Action - An environmental education and action organization located in California's San Francisco Bay area. Our mission is to help people discover and strengthen their connection and concern for the natural environment through education and hands-on, action-oriented activities.

• The Environmental Defense Fund - From water to wildlife, from toxic chemicals to tropical rainforests, EDF chooses the important areas where people can make a difference in defending the environment.

• The Natural Resources Defense Council - A non-profit organization with more than 350,000 members nationwide, NRDC's mission is to preserve the environment, protect the public health, and ensure the conservation of wilderness and natural resources.

• The Sierra Club - The Sierra Club is a non-profit member-supported, public interest organization that promotes conservation of the natural environment by influencing public policy decisions--legislative, administrative, legal, and electoral.

Nature

• Brousseau Collection of California Wildflowers - This searchable collection contains 11,256 35mm photographs of about 2000 species of California wildflowers.

• California Native Plant Society - The mission of The California Native Plant Society is to increase understanding and appreciation of California's native plants, and to preserve them in their natural habitat through scientific activities, education, and conservation.

• Lindsay Wildlife Museum - Founded in 1955, the museum is the oldest and one of the largest wildlife rehabilitation hospitals in the United States, treating more than 6,000 injured or orphaned wild animals each year. Lindsay Wildlife Museum is a place where people connect with wildlife and learn about the natural world. Lindsay Wildlife Museum's goal is to educate people about their impact on California's wildlife, so that they may make informed choices about how their everyday behavior affects the environment.

• National Audobon Society - The mission of the National Audubon Society is to conserve and restore natural ecosystems, focusing on birds and other wildlife for the benefit of humanity and the earth's biological diversity.

Running

• East Bay Striders - Running Club

• M@Deads Running Page - Covering from Delaware and southern Pennsylvania down to North Carolina, this page will include places to run, stories, photos, numerous links, race information, training tips, and much other stuff.

• The Running Page - Your source for information about running on the Web. The Running Page contains information about upcoming races, running clubs, places to run, running related products, magazines, and other information.

• The Runner's Schedule - Comprehensive race calender of local interest.

• Runner's Web - Designed for runners and triathletes. Lots of neat stuff like online fitness calculators, pace charts and heart rate charts.

• Runner's World Online Magizine

Health and Sports Medicine

• Dr. Pribut's Running Injuries Page - Stephen M. Pribut is a Washington D.C. Podiatrist, who practices podiatric medicine and surgery with special interests in Sports Medicine and Biomechanics.

• The Sports Docs - A place where you can learn about injuries in all types of athletes, how to prevent them (especially important when that athlete is you), what type of treatment is available for your injuries and where to find that treatment. Or use our Web Site to learn more about your body and how it works/doesn't work.

• SportsMed Web - A non-profit, educational site designed for endurance athletes.

• Lyme Disease Network - Comprehensive site ranging from diagnosis and treatment to the legal ramifications.

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