Wenaha Wilderness, Washington
States Wilderness Camped
One of my goals is to go backpacking and/or canoe camping in every
state. Car camping does not count. Here is how I have done so far.
Note this is only a partial listing of places I have been in each
state.
ALABAMA
Talladega N.F., Pinhoti Trail, Yellow River
ALASKA
Chugach N.F., Resurrection Pass Trail
ARIZONA
Grand Canyon, Apache N.F., Blue Range Primitive Area
ARKANSAS
Buffalo River, Caney Creek Wilderness, Buffalo River Trail,
Leatherwood WIlderness
CALIFORNIA
Sequoia National Park, Yosemite National Park, San Rafael Wilderness, King Range
Conservation Area
COLORADO
Flat Tops Wilderness, Weminuche Wilderness
FLORIDA
Everglades, Ocala N.F., St. Joe Peninsula, Sopchoppy River,
Apalachicola National Forest, entire Florida Trail
GEORGIA
Cumberland Island, Cohutta Wilderness, Altamaha River,, Benton
McKaye Trail, Ocmulgee River, Chattooga River
IDAHO
Fish Creek, Clearwater National Forest, entire Lolo Trail
ILLINOIS
River to River Trail, Shawnee National Forest
INDIANA
Charles C. Deam Wilderness
IOWA
Yellow River State Forest
KANSAS
Cimarron National Grassland
KENTUCKY
Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area, Daniel Boone
National Forest, Land Between The Lakes, Mammoth Cave National
Park, Green River
LOUISIANA
Wild Azalea Trail, Kisatchie National Forest, Mississippi River
MICHIGAN
Isle Royale National Park, North Country Trail
MINNESOTA
Boundary Water Canoe Area Wilderness
MISSISSIPPI
Black Creek, Mississippi River
MISSOURI
Piney Creek Wilderness, Eleven Point River, Ozark Trail, Piney
Creek Wilderness, Hecules Glades Wilderness
MONTANA
Glacier National Park, Yellowstone National Park, Missouri River
NEVADA
Mount Charleston Wilderness
NEW MEXICO
Gila Wilderness
NORTH CAROLINA
Slickrock Wilderness, Shining Rock, Great Smoky Mountains
National Park
NORTH DAKOTA
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
OKLAHOMA
Kiamichi Wilderness
OREGON
Eagle Cap Wilderness
SOUTH CAROLINA
Ellicott Rock Wilderness, Buncombe Trail, entire Foothills Trail,
Swamp Fox Passage of the Palmetto Trail
SOUTH DAKOTA
Black Hills National Forest
TENNESSEE
Savage Gulf, Frozen Head, Citico Wilderness, Buffalo River,
Nolichucky River, Big South Fork, Cumberland Gap National Park
TEXAS
Big Bend National Park
UTAH
High Uinta Wilderness, Paria Canyon
VERMONT
Long Trail, Green Mtn. N. F.
VIRGINIA
Every trail
at
Mount Rogers National Recreation Area,
Shenandoah National Park
WASHINGTON
Wenaha-Tucannon Wilderness, North Cascades National Park
WEST VIRGINIA
Cranberry Wilderness, Dolly Sods, Seneca Creek Backcountry,
Otter Creek Wilderness, Greenbrier River
WISCONSIN
Kettle Moraine State Forest, St. Croix River
WYOMING
Yellowstone National Park, Bridger-Teton National Forest, Big
Horn Mountains
East Cowpen Trail
in Georgia's Cohutta Wilderness
Here's another category.
I've hiked every marked and maintained trail at the following
places:
Apalachicola National
Forest, FL
Citico Wilderness, TN
Cohutta Wilderness, GA
Everglades National Park,
FL
Land Between The Lakes
National Recreation Area, TN/KY
Mammoth Cave National
Park, KY
Mount Rogers National
Recreation Area, VA
Ocala National Forest, FL
Osceola National Forest,
FL
Juniper Creek, Ocala National Forest |
BEEN THERE ... DONE THAT
In the great outdoors there is always an unstated comparison on who has been to more places. See how you compare to Johnny in the Been There
.... Done That Game.
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Everglades National Park, Florida
Nights Camped Out
Nights Camped Out Per Year Car camping does count here. I've been camping out like a madman since '84 but have only began keeping complete records since '92
|
YEAR |
# OF NIGHTS SPENT OUT
|
|
1992 |
97
|
|
1993 |
95
|
|
1994 |
108
|
|
1995 |
93
|
|
1996 |
98
|
|
1997 |
133
|
|
1998 |
159
|
|
1999 |
163
|
|
2000 |
148
|
|
2001 |
150 |
|
2002 |
153 |
|
2003 |
206 |
|
2004 |
233 |
|
2005 |
191 |
|
2006 |
203
|
|
2007 |
183 |
Longest Trips
I have found that the longest trips are the most memorable, maybe because they are harder to organize and undertake and something usually happens. (* denotes solo)
Backpacking
| 23 nights |
Florida Trail |
January 14 -
February 6 2006 |
|
14 nights |
Great Smoky Mountains National Park |
July 14-28, 1994 |
|
12 nights |
Gila Wilderness New Mexico* |
July 17-29, 1998 |
|
11 nights |
Great Smoky Mountains National Park |
July 13-24, 1993 |
|
11 nights |
Eagle Cap Wilderness Oregon* |
July 20-31, 1997 |
|
9 nights |
Wenaha-Tucannon Wilderness Washington |
May 5-14, 1998 |
|
9 nights |
Bartram Trail, GA & NC |
Oct. 7-15, 2001 |
|
8 nights |
Yosemite National Park |
August 3-11, 1996 |
Appalachian Trail near Greeneville,
TN
Canoe Camping
|
18 nights |
Suwannee River , FL |
Jan.2-21, 2001 |
|
17 nights |
Quetico Provincial Park, Ontario |
June 6-23, 1995 |
|
15 nights |
Everglades National Park* |
Jan. 25- Feb. 9, 1998 |
|
12 nights |
Boundary Waters Minnesota* |
June 5-17 1996 |
|
11 nights |
Everglades National Park |
January 13-24, 2006 |
|
10 nights |
Everglades National Park* |
February 13-23, 1997 |
|
10 nights |
Everglades National Park |
December 30, 2004- January 9, 2005 |
|
9 nights |
Mississippi River, Memphis-Vicksburg |
October 11-20, 2007 |
|
8 nights |
Bowron Lakes Provincial Park, B.C |
June 25- July 2, 1994 |
North Rim Grand Canyon
Long Trails Hiked in Their Entirety:
Bartram Trail, GA/NC
Florida Trail, FL
Foothills Trail, SC/NC
North-South Trail, TN/KY
Sheltowee Trace, TN/KY
Other Long Trails Partially Hiked
Allegheny Trail, WV
Benton MacKaye Trail, TN/GA
Cumberland Trail, TN
Mountains-to-Sea Trail, NC
Ice Age Trail, WI
North Country Trail, MI
Ozark Trail, MO
Ozark Highlands Trail, AR
Pacific Crest Trail, CA
Palmetto Trail, SC
Pinhoti Trail, AL
River to River Trail, IL |
