hiking

How to Bring Your Dog on a Hike

How to Bring Your Dog on a Hike

There’s no better hiking companion than your favorite furry sidekick! Taking your dog into nature for a hike is not only a great bonding experience, but also keeps them physically active and provides important mental stimulation. Just like us, it’s important for our canine pals to get outdoors! However, hiking with a dog does require […]

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    Take a Hike Day Is Around the Bend. What’s Your Dream Hike?

    Take a Hike Day Is Around the Bend. What’s Your Dream Hike?

    This Saturday, November 17, is National Take a Hike Day. Hiking is a great way to stay healthy, reconnect with nature and remind yourself of what we’re trying to protect. In honor of the day, here are the EcoWatch team’s favorite hikes, and the ones at the top of our bucket lists. Olivia Rosane, Freelance […]

    Henry Coe State Park Is the Bay Area’s Best-Kept Backpacking Secret

    Henry Coe State Park Is the Bay Area’s Best-Kept Backpacking Secret

    By Jason Mark Normally, a writer writes to reach an audience. But what I’m about to tell you, I want you to keep just between us, OK? Whatever you do, don’t email this article to your friends, don’t share it on Facebook, and please don’t post it on Twitter. Because I’m going to let you […]

    Night-Hiking With the San Luis Valley’s Bachelor Bats

    Night-Hiking With the San Luis Valley’s Bachelor Bats

    By Stacey McKenna I’m sitting on a ridge at 9,000 feet, overlooking the world’s largest alpine valley. The mid-June sun drops behind a nearby cliff band and the clouds shift, leaving errant rays of light shimmering in the passing agricultural vehicles’ dust trails. Behind me, a fence blocks access to a yawning hole—the entrance to […]

    If Meditation Is Not Your Thing, Try a Walk in the Woods

    If Meditation Is Not Your Thing, Try a Walk in the Woods

    By Karin Klein There are times when I don’t know what to do with myself. I feel at odds with the world, irritated by the people in it, in a funk about myself and what I’m achieving or, rather, not achieving, overwhelmed by the obstacles and complications of life. Happiness seems like an entirely elusive […]

    The Hiker’s Guide to Communing With Nature

    The Hiker’s Guide to Communing With Nature

    By Jillian Mackenzie If you’ve visited the wilderness recently, you may have noticed something: people. People with walking sticks, people with selfie sticks, people with more people in tow. Surging numbers of visitors are hiking, camping, and all-around loving the outdoors. A whopping 330,882,751 of them spent 1.44 billion hours in our national parks in […]

    6 Outdoor Gift Ideas for Father’s Day

    6 Outdoor Gift Ideas for Father’s Day

    Father’s Day is Sunday, four days before summer officially kicks off. So many traditional Father’s Day gift ideas—from fishing gear to golf balls—emphasize outdoor activities. Here are some eco-friendly gift ideas that will help you and your Dad enjoy some time in nature together, while showing it as much care as your father has shown […]

    19 New Trails to Explore as the National Trails System Turns 50

    19 New Trails to Explore as the National Trails System Turns 50

    This Saturday, the American Hiking Society is celebrating a very special National Trails Day—2018 marks the 50th anniversary of the passage of the National Trails System Act, which created and protected some of the U.S.’s most loved scenic and historic walks. Now, just in time for Saturday’s festivities, Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke has […]