Iconic Hiking Trails: National Parks
Explore legendary national park trails with the maps, trail details, and planning tools you need before you go.
Explore legendary national park trails with the maps, trail details, and planning tools you need before you go.
Best National Park Trails
Half Dome via Cables
Rising nearly 4,700 vertical feet above Yosemite Valley on its sheer northwest face, Half Dome is one of the most recognized granite objectives in North America—and the cables route delivers a genuine summit experience accessible to any fit and prepared hiker willing to put in a long day. Learn more about Half Dome via Cables.
Highline to The Loop
Highline to The Loop is one of the most celebrated alpine traverses in the Northern Rockies, covering 11.8 miles and rewarding hikers with sustained ridgeline views and opportunities to spot mountain goats and bighorn sheep. Learn more about Highline to The Loop.
Grinnell Glacier
Grinnell Glacier Trail follows a sustained approach through one of Glacier’s most dramatic lake-filled valleys, climbing past Lake Josephine and Grinnell Lake to the shrinking glacier in a high cirque below the Garden Wall. Learn more about Grinnell Glacier.
Wonderland Trail
The Wonderland Trail makes a complete circuit of Mount Rainier — 84.8 miles through four ecological zones, past 25 named glaciers, over high alpine passes, through old-growth temperate rainforest, and into subalpine meadows that define what the Pacific Northwest looks like at its most uncompromised. It takes 8–12 days to complete, requires a competitive backcountry permit, and rewards every mile with a different face of the most heavily glaciated peak in the contiguous United States. No single photograph captures what the Wonderland Trail is. You have to walk it. Learn more about Wonderland Trail.
Grand Teton, Upper Exum
The Upper Exum Ridge is one of the great alpine rock climbing routes in North America — a 1,700-foot, six-pitch Grade III climb on the south face of the Grand Teton, preceded by a 7-mile approach to the Lower Saddle and committing climbers to technical terrain from which escape is extremely difficult once above the Golden Stair. THIS IS NOT A HIKE. It requires rope, a light rack, and demonstrated rock climbing experience on exposed terrain at altitude. The approach alone gains 4,900 vertical feet before the climbing begins, and the descent requires two rappels on a different line in a section where navigation errors have caused fatalities. The reward — the highest summit in the Tetons — is proportional to what the route demands. Learn more about Grand Teton, Upper Exum.
The Subway, Left Fork
A rugged, water-filled journey through a spectacular slot canyon to the iconic tube-like formation known as The Subway. This challenging bottom-up route requires extensive route-finding, stream crossing, and boulder scrambling along the Left Fork of North Creek. Learn more about The Subway, Left Fork.
Iconic Trails Demand Better Maps
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Custom Routes and Waypoints
Mark campsites, water crossings, bail-out points, mushroom patches, or bigfoot sightings with custom icons, colors, and your own images to make sense of your map.
High-Definition 3D Maps Offline
Visualize your route in 3D before you set foot on the trail—and bring that view with you, offline, so you’re never guessing at what’s around the bend.
Rich Recpoint Information
Tap on trailheads, campgrounds, peaks, and waterfalls adjacent to your route to learn more about them.
Slope Angle Shading
Color-coded slope angles show you whether you’re heading for a stroll or a scramble and let you see the steepness of the terrain.
Weather & Conditions
Real-time weather gives you the environmental awareness to know when to push on and when to turn back.
Land Ownership & Access
Understand exactly where you can go, camp, or cross with comprehensive public/private land boundary data—built on the same industry-leading ownership database behind onX Hunt.