Backpacking Links

thebackpacker.com - a site dedicated to backpacking with beginning issues up to advanced topics


Backpacker.com - the site of Backpacker magazine, covering just about everything


- info on 38,000 trails including descriptions, directions, reviews, and maps


- The Finger Lakes Trail is a 562 mile trail in the Southern Tier of NY, part of the NCT, connecting to the GET soon


Black Forest Trail - 42 mile trail, considered by many to be the best in PA


Susquehannock Trail - an 85 mile loop in PA, the next one we will finish, on multiple trips


Duane Bowker's Home Page - Our cousin who backpacks, with pictures of past trips and other interesting stuff


- interested in recumbent bikes? Check out the largest 'bent dealer in the Northeast


Great Wolf Lodge - We had a fantastic time with the kids at the Great Wolf Lodge indoor water park in Niagara Falls, Ontario. For some short but spectacular hikes, try Niagara Glen on the Canadian side.