Find the trail that’s right for you
The trails are listed here by the average time it takes to walk the entire trail. Some people will hike faster, some slower, and some only hike a section. In other words, these time periods only provide an estimate of how long it might take to walk the trail.
5-6 months
- Pacific Crest Trail (2650 miles)
- Appalachian Trail (2180 miles)
- Continental Divide Trail (3100 miles)
3-4 months
- Te Araroa (1860 miles/3000 km)
- Croatian Long Distance Trail (1330 miles/2140 km)
- Buckeye Trail (1440 miles)
- Florida Trail (1400 miles)
2-3 months
- Pacific Northwest Trail (1200 miles)
- Great Divide Trail (680 miles/1100 km)
- The Bibbulmun Track (622 miles/1002 km)
7-12 weeks
- Ice Age Trail (1200 miles)
4-8 weeks
- Arizona Trail (800 miles)
- International Appalachian Trail (724 miles)
- Israel National Trail (664 miles)
4-6 weeks
- Colorado Trail (485 miles)
- Jordan Trail (400 miles)
- Camino Del Norte (510 miles/825 km)
4 weeks
- Camino de Santiago (460 miles/750 km)
- Mid State Trail (321.2 miles/530 km)
- Allegheny Trail (311 miles)
3 weeks
- Benton Mackaye Trail (300 miles)
- John Muir Trail (210 miles)
- The Long Trail (270 miles)
- Ouachita Trail (223 miles)
- Pinhoti Trail (330 miles)
- New England Trail (215 miles)
2 weeks
- Tahoe Rim Trail (170 miles)
- Coast to Coast (200 miles)
- Ozark Highlands Trail (164 miles)
- Larapinta Trail (143 miles/231 km)
10 days
- Wonderland Trail (95 miles)
- South Downs Way (100 miles)
- Cotswold Way (100 miles)
7-10 days
- Tour du Mont Blanc (105 miles)
- Torres del Paine – “O” Circuit (75 miles)
6 Days
- Overland Track (45 miles/72 km)
1 week
- Ridgeway (87 miles)
- West Highland Way (96 miles)
- Hadrian’s Wall Path (84 miles)
- Cape to Cape (84 miles/135 km)
3-5 days
- Torres del Paine – “W” Circuit (39 miles)
3-4 days
- Wilsons Promontory Grand Circuit (33 miles/54 km)
- Greenstone and Caples Track (38 miles/61 km)
- Kepler Track (37 miles/60 km)
- Milford Track (32 miles/53 km)
2-4 days
- Lost Coast Trail (24 miles)
- Trans Catalina Trail (39 miles/63 km)
2-3 days
- Eagle Rock Loop (26.8 miles)
- Buffalo River Trail (37.1 miles)
- Three Capes Track (30 miles/48 km)
- Routeburn Track (20 miles/32 km)
- Mt Whitney Trail (10.4 miles, 20.8 round-trip)
- Walke The Yorke (300 miles/483 km)
1 day
- Mt Whitney Trail (10.4 miles, 20.8 round-trip, 1 day is difficult!)
- George Bass Coast Trail (5 miles/8 km)
