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- WillDecember 10, 2025
After you’ve planned, picked up permits, and arrived in Kauai, stage 1 begins at the main parking area in Hāʻena State Park. Make sure your permits are accessible, your pack is organized, and your maps are downloaded before cell coverage disappears. There are restrooms and water spigots here in case
- WillDecember 10, 2025
The Kalalau Trail is an 11-mile path that showcases the emerald cliffs, sea caves, waterfalls, and pristine, remote beaches of the Nā Pali Coast, on the north end of Kauaʻi. It is a challenging hike, full of narrow dirt and rock paths, steep climbs and descents, exposed cliff ledges, and stream crossings
- WillOctober 7, 2025
This last section picks up in Hartville, beginning the Massillon section. You will pass Nimisilla Reservoir and merge onto the Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail near Crystal Springs, which is where the Akron section of the Buckeye Trail begins. From there, you pass through Canal Fulton and Clinton, which
- WillOctober 7, 2025
Section 4 leads you along the Mogadore section of the Buckeye Trail and takes you into one of northeastern Ohio’s higher ridgelines, marked by subtle elevation and glacial landforms. It picks up at the Headwaters Trail in the Eagle Creek basin and passes through boggy terrain in the Cuyahoga drainage
- WillOctober 7, 2025
This section starts at the northern terminus at Headlands Beach State Park along the coast of Lake Erie and moves south. About half of this section consists of trails, and the other half is road walking.
After passing the town of Painesville, the trail follows a greenway, climbing gradually onto the low
- WillOctober 7, 2025
The Bedford section begins at Brecksville Reservation and heads north, ending at the northern terminus of the Buckeye Trail at Headlands Beach State Park along Lake Erie. You will continue through Cuyahoga Valley National Park and northeast through Bedford Reservation, South Chagrin, North Chagrin, Chapin
- WillOctober 7, 2025
This 250-mile loop around the northeastern corner of the larger, Ohio-wide, Buckeye Trail runs through 5 of its 26 sections, showing off some of the best of Ohio’s northeastern terrain. It is a challenging and fun section that follows the Buckeye Trail’s blue blazes over glaciated ridges, greenways
- WillSeptember 27, 2025
Section 10 continues north along the Miami-Erie Canal, where you will pass Deep Cut Park, a hand-dug channel nearly 6,600 feet long. You will also pass through the towns of Delphos and New Bremen, which have plenty of options for lodging and resupply.
There aren’t many public camping options along this
- WillSeptember 27, 2025
From here, the Buckeye Trail leads deeper into rural southeast Ohio, running through Guernsey, Noble, and Morgan Counties. The terrain becomes more rugged and hilly, with a lot of quiet country roads, but some sections run through state parks, wildlife areas, and reservoir lands. On road walking sections
Will planned a hike.
December 10, 2025
05:43
16.9km
3.0km/h
820m
820m
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December 10, 2025
05:30
16.2km
2.9km/h
800m
800m
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December 3, 2025
11:22
33.6km
3.0km/h
1,650m
1,650m
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October 9, 2025
116:59
447km
3.8km/h
3,340m
3,330m
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October 7, 2025
49:13
182km
3.7km/h
2,470m
2,440m
As you start your second day on the Kalalau Trail, you can enjoy a calm moment on the beach and then a short walk up the inland trail behind the Kalalau campsites to the Ho‘o‘lea Falls. This is a good place to top off water before heading back to the trailhead.
Leaving Kalalau, the climb out of the valley
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