If someone tells you to go take a hike, where are the best places to go?
National Trails Day
To mark National Trails Day on June 3, LawnStarter ranked 2023’s Best Hiking Cities in the U.S. They compared the 200 biggest U.S. cities based on five categories, factoring in hiking trail access and quality, climate, and safety, among 15 key indicators of hiker-friendliness.
Walk through the results of the ranking here. To learn how they ranked the cities, see their methodology.
Best Region for Hiking: The West
The West is clearly a hiker’s paradise. The region makes up the entire top five, such as Portland, Oregon (No. 1), Honolulu (No. 4), and Tucson, Arizona (No. 5). That’s also true of the entire top 20 if you count Colorado Springs, Colorado (No. 9) as part of the West.
Worst Region for Hiking: The South
Southern cities, such as Pasadena, Texas (No. 199), Mobile, Alabama (No. 196), and New Orleans (No. 193), finished at the bottom of our ranking. These cities were tripped up by lack of access to already low-rated trails and sweltering, humid climes. Nashville meandered in at a reasonable #99.
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