List of long-distance footpaths

This is a list of some long-distance footpaths used for walking and hiking.

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Americas

Argentina

• Los Glaciares
  • Various options to Laguna Torre, Cerro FitzRoy, or even out onto the Southern Patagonian Ice Field

Bolivia

• Cordillera Real
  • 7-day Illampu Circuit

Brazil

• Serra dos Órgãos
  • 36 kilometres (22 mi) between Petrópolis and Teresópolis (medium to hard trail)

• Serra da Mantiqueira
  • Serra Fina: 54 kilometres (34 mi) between Passa Quatro and Cruzeiro (very hard trail)

Canada

• Bruce Trail
• Chilkoot Trail
• East Coast Trail
• Eastern Continental Trail
• Great Divide Trail
• International Appalachian Trail
• Juan de Fuca Trail
• Mantario Trail
• National Hiking Trail of Canada [1]
• Rideau Trail
• Trans-Canada Trail
• Voyageur Hiking Trail
• West Coast Trail
• La Cloche Silhouette Trail
• Fundy Footpath
• Capital Pathway

Chile

• Torres del Paine
  • 6-8 day Paine Circuit

Peru

• Cordillera Blanca & Cordillera Huayhuash near Huaráz
  • 10- to 14-day trek on the Huayhuash Circuit
  • 3-4 day Santa Cruz trek
  • ~10-day Alpamayo Circuit
• Sacred Valley & Cordillera Vilcanota near Cuzco
  • Several variants of the Inca trail, from single-day to more than 6 days, all ending at Machu Picchu
  • Choquequirao 5+ days
  • 5- to 6-day trek on the Ausangate Circuit
• Colca Canyon near Arequipa
  • Various single-day hikes and multi-day treks in and around the Canyon

Panama

• [2] TransPanama Trail

United States

• Long-distance trails in the United States

Asia

Armenia

• Janapar wandering marked trail through mountains, valleys and villages of Karabakh, with monasteries and fortresses along the way. [3]

Bhutan

• Snowman Trek, a 21-day hike through the Himalayas

Hong Kong

See also: Hong Kong Country Parks & Special Areas

The merit of hiking trails in Hong Kong is that hikers can enjoy scenery of both the sea and highland.

• Hong Kong Trail: across Hong Kong Island (50 kilometres (31 mi))
• Lantau Trail: on Lantau Island (70 kilometres (43 mi))
• Wilson Trail: from Stanley, Hong Kong Island to Nam Chung, New Territories (78 kilometres (48 mi))
• MacLehose Trail: from Sai Kung to Tuen Mun (100 kilometres (62 mi))

Israel

• Israel National Trail: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi), all of them inside the Green Line, from kibbutz Dan to Eilat (north to south), covering many historic and scenic points including some urban areas.
• Jerusalem Trail: 40-kilometre (25 mi) trail, connects the Israel National Trail with Jerusalem and the area of the old city.
• Jesus Trail: 120 kilometres (75 mi) in the Galilee region, connecting important sites from the life of Jesus. The trail begins in Nazareth and passes through Sepphoris, Cana, the horns of Hattin, Arbel Cliffs, Capernaum, Tabgha, the Mount of Beatitudes, the Jordan River, and Mount Tabor.
• Golan Trail: 130 kilometres (81 mi) from Mt. Hermon (1500m) to the sea of Galilee (-200m)
• Sea to sea trail: 70 kilometres (43 mi) from the sea of Galilee to the Mediterranean Sea
• Valley of the springs TRail (Emek HaMaayanot). A trek of about 140 km, around the Valley of springs near the See of Galilee.

Japan

• Hokkaidō Nature Trail: 4,585 kilometres (2,849 mi) all over the island of Hokkaidō
• Tōhoku Nature Trail: 4,374 kilometres (2,718 mi) within prefectures of Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Akita, Yamagata and Fukushima
• Chubu Hokuriku Nature Trail: 4,029 kilometres (2,504 mi) within prefectures of Gunma, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Nagano, Gifu and Shiga
• Metropolitan Area Nature Trail: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi) within prefectures of Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Tōkyō and Kanagawa
• Tōkaidō Nature Trail: 1,697 kilometres (1,054 mi) from Tokyo to Osaka via prefectures of Kanagawa, Yamanashi, Shizuoka, Aichi, Shiga, Gifu, Mie, Kyōto and Nara
• Kinki Nature Trail: 3,291 kilometres (2,045 mi) within prefectures of Fukui, Mie, Shiga, Kyōto, Osaka, Hyōgo, Nara, Wakayama and Tottori
• Chugoku Nature Trail: 2,211 kilometres (1,374 mi) within prefectures of Tottori, Shimane, Okayama, Hiroshima and Yamaguchi
• Shikoku Nature Trail: 1,637 kilometres (1,017 mi) within prefectures of Ehime, Tokushima, Kagawa and Kōchi
• Kyushu Nature Trail: 2,587 kilometres (1,607 mi) within prefectures of Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Oita, Miyazaki and Kagoshima
• Kantō Fureai Trail

Kyrgyzstan

• Kyrgyzstan Trail: circumnavigates lake Issyk Kul in the northeastern part of Kyrgyzstan

Lebanon

• Lebanon Mountain Trail, a 26-day 440-kilometre (270 mi) trail through Mount Lebanon

Myanmar

Hakabo Razi Trail Hkakabo Razi and various footpath in Putao

Nepal

• The Great Himalaya Trail (GHT) is proposed to follow the Greater Himalaya Range from Namche Barwa in Tibet to Nanga Parbat in Pakistan forming the world's highest mountain trail. It will connect five Asian countries: Bhutan, China, India, Nepal and Pakistan and cover more than 4,500 kilometres (2,800 mi). The Nepal section has been walked and documented. It uses existing trails, many of which are trekking, trade or pilgrimage routes, and no new trails have been built. The trail is approximately 1,600 kilometres (990 mi) long starting near to Kanchenjunga in the east of Nepal and ending in Humla in the west. (See the Great Himalaya Trail website and the Great Himalaya Trail book website.)
• Trek to Everest Base Camp, an 18-day trail to the base camp of Mt. Everest (see Everest Base Camp Trek at wikitravel)
• Annapurna Circuit, a 3-week loop trek through the Annapurna range (see Annapurna Circuit at wikitravel)
• Manaslu Circuit: also a 3-week loop trek through the adjacent range to the Annapurna region—the Manaslu region.

Russia

• Great Baikal Trail
• Frolikha Adventure Coastline Track F.A.C.T.: 100 kilometres (62 mi) trail at the northern tip of Lake Baikal

South Korea

• The Baekdudaegan Trail: 750 kilometres (470 mi) along the ridge of the Baekdu Daegan mountain range

Europe

• The GR footpaths in Belgium, France, Spain and the Netherlands
• European long-distance paths
• The Haute Randonnée Pyrénéenne (HRP) in the Pyrenees in France, Spain and Andorra
• The Nordkalottleden Trail (Kalottireitti, 800 kilometres (500 mi)) in the northernmost parts of Finland, Sweden and Norway (Lapland)
• St James's Way through France and Spain
• The Via Alpina network of Alpine trails
  • Violet trail
  • Yellow Trail
  • Green Trail
  • Blue Trail
  • Red Trail
• Via Francigena from Canterbury to Rome
• Sultans Trail from Vienna to Istanbul

Austria

• Arnoweg around the Austrian Alps
• Sultans Trail

Bulgaria

• Kom-Emine 700 kilometres (430 mi), from Mount Kom to Cape Emine (part of European walking route E3)
• Sultans Trail

Finland

• The Karhunkierros Trail (80 kilometres (50 mi), External link) in the municipalities of Kuusamo and Salla, Oulanka National Park, Lapland
• The Peuran polku Trail: (115 kilometres (71 mi), External link) in the municipalities of Kivijärvi, Kinnula, Perho, Lestijärvi and Reisjärvi in Central Finland and Pohjanmaa (Ostrobothnia) - a part of European walking route E6

France

• The Tour du Lot: a circuit of over 500 kilometres (310 mi) around the Department of the Lot's periphery.
  • Stages and photographs of the Tour du Lot
  • Website of CazalRando, a walking club in the Department of the Lot

Germany

• Barbarossaweg: Korbach to Kyffhäuserdenkmal (332 kilometres (206 mi))
• Bonifatiusweg: Mainz to Fulda (180 kilometres (110 mi))
• Christine-Koch-Weg: Menden to Bad Laasphe (123 kilometres (76 mi))
• König-Ludwig-Weg: Berg am Starnberger See to Füssen (120 kilometres (75 mi))
• Maximiliansweg: Lindau to Berchtesgaden (350 kilometres (220 mi))
• Moselhöhenweg: Trier to Koblenz
• Pandurensteig: Waldmuenchen to Passau
• Rennsteig: Hörsel to Blankenstein/Saale through the Thuringian Forest (169 kilometres (105 mi))
• Rheinburgenweg Trail: Bingen to Koblenz to Rüdesheim am Rhein (c.200 kilometres (120 mi))
• Rheinhöhenweg Trail: Bonn to Alsheim/Wiesbaden (530 kilometres (330 mi))
• Rheinsteig: Bonn to Wiesbaden (320 kilometres (200 mi))
• Westweg (Schwarzwald Höhenweg West): Pforzheim to Basel (279 kilometres (173 mi))
• Mittelweg (Schwarzwald Höhenweg Mittel): Pforzheim to Waldshut (233 kilometres (145 mi))
• Ostweg (Schwarzwald Höhenweg Ost): Pforzheim to Schaffhausen (238 kilometres (148 mi))
• Schwarzwald Nordrandweg: Mühlacker to Karlsruhe (71 kilometres (44 mi))
• Schwarzwald-Querweg Freiburg-Bodensee: Freiburg to Konstanz (183 kilometres (114 mi))

Greece

• European walking route E4 (Florina to Agios Nikolaos)
• European walking route E6 (Igoumenitsa to Alexandroupoli)

Hungary

• Countrywide Blue Tour in Hungary (part of European long-distance footpath E4)
• Sultans Trail

Iceland

• Laugavegur from Landmannalaugar to Thorsmork to Skógar (80 kilometres (50 mi))

Italy

• Grand Italian Trail (Sentiero Italia): nation-wide trail of more than 6,000 kilometres (3,700 mi) length
• Dolomites:
  • Dolomites Classical High Route (no.1) from Braies Lake to Belluno
  • High Route of the Legends (no.2) from Brixen to Feltre
  • Dolomites High Route of the Chamoi (no.3) from Villabassa to Longarone
  • Dolomites Grohmann's High Route (no.4) from San Candido in Pusteria to Pieve di Cadore
  • Dolomites Titans's High Route (no.5) from Sesto in Pusteria to Pieve di Cadore
  • Dolomites High Route of Silence (no.6) from Pieve d'Alpago to Vittorio Veneto
  • Dolomites Patera's High Route (no.7) from Ponte nelle Alpi to Tambre d'Alpago
  • Dolomites High Route of the Heroes (no.8) from Feltre to Bassano del Grappa
  • Dolomites High Route (n. 9): the Trasversale from Bolzano to Santo Stefano di Cadore
  • Dolomites High Route (n. 10) of Giudicarie from Bolzano to the Garda Lake
• Liguria: From Portovenere to Camogli hiking trail along the sea with 1000 pics, maps and journal
• Lombardia: Como Lake - Wayfarer’s Trail Sentiero del Viandante from Lecco to Colico with 1000 pics, maps and journal
• Lombardia: Como Lake–Monti Lariani Trail From Cernobbio to Sorico with 600 pics, maps and journal
• Lombardia–Como Lake–Via Regina Ancient Route from Cernobbio to Casenda with 2600 pictures, maps and journal
• Grande Traversata delle Alpi (GTA): 55 days in the Alps of Piemonte

Netherlands

• Zevenwoudenpad from Lauwersoog to Steenwijk (200 kilometres (120 mi))
• Pionierspad from Steenwijk to Muiden (200 kilometres (120 mi))
• Floris V-pad from Amsterdam to Bergen op Zoom (245 kilometres (152 mi))
• Trekvogelpad from Bergen aan Zee to Enschede (380 kilometres (240 mi))
• Marskramerpad from Bad Bentheim to Den Haag (360 kilometres (220 mi))
• Maarten van Rossumpad from 's-Hertogenbosch to Ommen (308 kilometres (191 mi))
• Deltapad from Sluis to Hoek van Holland (237 kilometres (147 mi))
• Hollands Kustpad from Hoek van Holland to Den Helder (213 kilometres (132 mi))
• Friese Kustpad from Stavoren to Lauwersoog (131 kilometres (81 mi))
• Wad- en Wierdenpad from Lauwersoog to Nieuweschans (123 kilometres (76 mi))
• Oeverloperpad from Rotterdam Europoort to Leerdam (232 kilometres (144 mi))
• Lingepad from Leerdam to Nijmegen (German border) (98 kilometres (61 mi))
• Pelgrimspad from Amsterdam to Maastricht (453 kilometres (281 mi))
• Zuiderzeepad from Enkhuizen to Stavoren (400 kilometres (250 mi))
• Pieterpad from Pieterburen to the Sint Pietersberg (492 kilometres (306 mi))
• Noaberpad from Nieuweschans to Emmerich (363 kilometres (226 mi))
• Grenslandpad from Sluis to Thorn (363 kilometres (226 mi))
• Overijssels Havezatenpad from Oldenzaal to Steenwijk (272 kilometres (169 mi))
• Peellandpad from 's-Hertogenbosch to Roermond (160 kilometres (99 mi))

Norway

• Jotunheimen Trail (Norwegian: "Jotunheimstien"): 320 kilometres (200 mi) from downtown Oslo to Lake Gjende in Jotunheimen

Poland

• Główny Szlak Sudecki (Main Sudety Trail): 350 kilometres (220 mi) in Sudetes Mountains from Świeradów Zdrój to Prudnik
• Główny Szlak Beskidzki (Main Beskidy Trail): 519 kilometres (322 mi) in Beskids Mountains, from Wołosate to Ustroń, the longest public trail in Poland
• Polish - Czech Friendship Trail: trail along the Polish and Czech border in Sudetes

Republic of Ireland

• Long-distance trails in the Republic of Ireland

Slovakia

• The Slovak National Uprising Heroes Trail 750 kilometres (470 mi) from east to west (Dukla Bradlo) across mountainous regions of Slovakia
• Sultans Trail

Spain

• Way of St. James (Spanish: El Camino de Santiago)
• Route of the Monasteries of Valencia (Spanish: Ruta de los Monasterios de Valencia)

Sweden

• Kungsleden, 425 kilometres (264 mi) from the northern extremity of the country
• Sörmlandsleden 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) of winding paths through the county of Sörmland.
• Bohusleden 360 kilometres (220 mi) past at Göteborg, Uddevalla, Munkedal and ends finally in Strömstad

Switzerland

See: Hiking trails in Switzerland

United Kingdom

• Long-distance footpaths in the United Kingdom

Scotland

• Long Distance Routes
• other long-distance footpaths

Turkey

• Lycian Way
• Saint Paul Trail
• Sultans Trail

Africa

South Africa

• Otter Trail

Other routes to check: [4]

Oceania

Australia

See: List of long-distance hiking tracks in Australia

New Zealand

• New Zealand tramping tracks

• Te Araroa 3,000 kilometres (1,900 mi) Stretching from Cape Reinga in the north of New Zealand to Bluff in the South.