List of long-distance footpaths
This is a list of some long-distance footpaths used for walking and hiking.
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The Americas
Argentina
- Los Glaciares
- Various Options to Laguna Torre, Cerro FitzRoy, or even out onto the Southern Patagonian Ice Field
Bolivia
- Cordillera Real
- 7 Day Illampu Circuit
Canada
- Bruce Trail
- Chilkoot Trail
- East Coast Trail
- Great Divide Trail
- International Appalachian Trail
- Mantario Trail
- National Hiking Trail of Canada [1]
- Rideau Trail
- Trans-Canada Trail
- West Coast Trail
Chile
- Torres del Paine
- 6-8 day Paine Circuit
Peru
- Cordillera Blanca & Cordillera Huayhuash near Huaráz
- 10- to 14-day trek on the Huayhuash Circuit
- 3-4day Santa Cruz trek
- ~10 day Alpamayo Circuit
- Sacred Valley & Cordillera Vilcanota near Cuzco
- Several variants of the Inca trail, from single-day to more than 6 days, all ending at Machu Picchu
- Choquequirao 5+ days
- 5 to 6 day trek on the Ausangate Circuit
- Colca Canyon near Arequipa
- Various Single-day hikes and multi-day treks in and around the Canyon
United States
Asia
Bhutan
- Snowman Trek, a 21-day hike through the Himalayas
Hong Kong
The merit of hiking trails in Hong Kong is that hikers can enjoy scenery of both the sea and highland.
- Hong Kong Trail - across Hong Kong Island (50 km)
- Lantau Trail - on Lantau Island (70 km)
- Wilson Trail - from Stanley, Hong Kong Island to Nam Chung, New Territories (78 km)
- MacLehose Trail - from Sai Kung to Tuen Mun (100 km)
- and many other hiking trails, family walks, nature trails in the country parks in Hong Kong.
See also: Hong Kong Country Parks & Special Areas, Walks and Trails in Hong Kong
Israel
- Israel National Trail - 850 km, all of them inside the Green Line, from kibbutz Dan to Eilat (north to south), covering many historic and scenic points including some urban areas.
Turkey
Europe
- The GR footpaths in Belgium, France, Spain and the Netherlands
- European long-distance paths
- The Haute Randonnée Pyrénéenne (HRP) in the Pyrenees in France, Spain and Andorra
- The Nordkalottleden Trail (Kalottireitti, 800 kilometers) in the northernmost parts of Finland, Sweden and Norway (Lapland)
Austria
- Arnoweg around the Austrian Alps
Bulgaria
- Kom-Emine 700 km, from mount Kom to cape Emine (part of European Long-Distance Walking Path E3) [1]
Finland
- The Karhunkierros Trail (80 kilometers, External link) in the municipalities of Kuusamo and Salla, Oulanka National Park, Lapland
- The Peuran polku Trail (115 kilometers, External link) in the municipalities of Kivijärvi, Kinnula, Perho, Lestijärvi and Reisjärvi in Central Finland and Pohjanmaa (Ostrobothnia) - a part of European Long-Distance Walking Path E6
France
- GR 5 (part of European long-distance footpath E2)
- GR 10 (through the French Pyrenees, from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean sea)
- GR 20 (through Corsica, from North to South)
- The Haute Route (through French Alps into Switzerland)
Germany
- Maximiliansweg from Lindau to Berchtesgaden
- Moselhoehenweg from Trier to Koblenz
- Pandurensteig from Waldmuenchen to Passau
- Rennsteig from Hörsel to Blankenstein/Saale through the Thuringian Forest
- Rheinhöhenweg Trail from Bonn to Alsheim/Wiesbaden (530km)
- Rheinsteig from Bonn to Wiesbaden (320 km)
Greece
- European Long-Distance Walking Path E4 (Florina to Agios Nikolaos)
- European Long-Distance Walking Path E6 (Igoumenitsa to Alexandroupoli)
Republic of Ireland
Spain
- St James's Way
- GR7, the Spanish portion of the E4 European Mediterranean Arc footpath
- GR11 (through the Spanish pyrenees, from the Atlantic to the Mediterannean)
- GR142 through the Alpujarras
- El camino del Rey External Link
Switzerland
- The Alpine Pass Route east to west from Sargans to Montreux
- The Haute Route from Chamonix, France to Zermatt, Switzerland
- The Jura Highway from Dielsdorf along the Jura to Geneva (External link in German)
- The Monte Rosa tour around the Monte Rosa on the Swiss-Italian border
- The Trans-Swiss Trail north to south from Porrentruy to Chiasso (External link in German)
- A list of over 100 long distance trails in Switzerland in German
- The Via Engiadina (External link in German)
- The Via Alpina (a walking trail through 8 alpine countries )
United Kingdom
Scotland
Oceania
Australia
New Zealand
References
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