From Trails.com, where nothing is free:

After analyzing over 10 million “votes” from users over the past year, Trails.com is proud to announce its annual Top Trails list, based on trail popularity and usage in 2005.


The Top 20:

  1. Breakneck Ridge Trail (Hiking)
    Beacon, NY
  2. Cohutta Wilderness Area Trails (Hiking)
    Ellijay, GA
  3. Glacier Gorge (Hiking)
    Estes Park, CO
  4. Harriman State Park (Walking)
    Bear Mountain, NY
  5. Mount Whitney (Hiking)
    Lone Pine, CA
  6. Appalachian Trail: The Pinnacle (Hiking)
    Hamburg, PA
  7. Appalachian Trail: Springer Mountain to Hightower Gap (Hiking)
    Suches, GA
  8. Appalachian National Scenic Trail – Pennsylvania Section (Hiking)
    Rouzerville, PA
  9. Conundrum Hot Springs (Hot Springs)
    Aspen, CO
  10. American River Confluence to Lake Clementine (Hiking)
    Auburn, CA
  11. Furnace Mountain / Trayfoot Mountain Overnight Loop (Hiking)
    Waynesboro, VA
  12. Dolly Sods Wilderness (Hiking)
    Petersburg, WV
  13. Appalachian National Scenic Trail: CT & MA (Hiking)
    North Adams, MA
  14. American River Bike Path (Mountain Biking)
    Sacramento, CA
  15. Bear Mountain – Mount Riga State Park (Hiking)
    Salisbury, CT
  16. Half Dome (Hiking)
    Merced, CA
  17. Appalachian Trail: Crampton Gap to Harpers Ferry, WV (Hiking)
    Burkittsville, MD
  18. Appalachian Trail (VA) – Chester Gap to Harpers Ferry (Hiking)
    Front Royal, VA
  19. Cougar Mountain Regional Wildlands Park (Hiking)
    Issaquah, WA
  20. North Country Trail (Hiking)
    Morenci, MI

I can proudly say that I’ve hiked none of the Top 100, though I have stepped on the trail to the Half Dome at Yosemite.