Header: "Five-Mile Hiking Goal"

An interesting idea struck me at the beginning of our day hike: Why not set a life-long goal of hiking at least five miles in every state? It would give me a good excuse to get me to go travelling and it doesn't sound like it would be that difficult to do over, say, 40 summers.

—Trip journal, May 24, 2005

States So Far

This is the cumulative list of states I've hiked five miles in, arranged in alphabetical order by state. The trips start with my undergrad camping days (October 2003) and continue from there to the present. The most recent update to the list was on July 19, 2009.

State Place Date
California Mt. Tamalpais State Park August 17, 2008
Colorado Boulder Open Space and Mountain Park June 4, 2009
Kentucky Cumberland Falls State Park May 6-10, 2004
New York Allegany State Park December 28-31, 2005
North Carolina Great Smoky Mountains National Park May 20-26, 2005
Ohio Burr Oak State Park October 18-20, 2003
Pennsylvania Pine Grove Furnace State Park October 15-19, 2004
West Virginia Monongahela National Forest July 17-19, 2009