List of long-distance footpaths
This is a list of some long-distance footpaths used for walking and hiking.
Africa
Namibia
- Fish River Canyon
South Africa
- Otter Trail
- Grand Traverse, a 204 Kilometre walk in the Drakensberg
Egypt
- Sinai Trail, a 250 km thru-hike in Sinai from Nuweiba to St. Catherine mountain
Asia
Bhutan
- 328 kilometers Snowman Trek, a 21-day hike through the Himalayas
Hong Kong
- Hong Kong Trail: across Hong Kong Island
- Lantau Trail: on Lantau Island
- Wilson Trail: from Stanley, Hong Kong Island to Nam Chung, New Territories
- MacLehose Trail: from Sai Kung to Tuen Mun
Georgia
- Transcaucasian Trail: 300 km of trail over Georgia and Armenia
India
- Great Lakes Trek:, Himalayan trek, from Sonamarg to Naranag.
- The Dang: 90 kilometres, The route follows the path of the , from his residence to the Mount Mary Steps via his favourite den at the foot of his Sea Breeze residence.
Israel
- Israel National Trail:, all of them inside the Green Line, from kibbutz Dan to Eilat, covering many historic and scenic points including some urban areas.
- Jerusalem Trail: trail, connects the Israel National Trail with Jerusalem and the area of the old city.
- Jesus Trail: 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: from Mt. Hermon to the sea of Galilee
- Sea to sea trail: from the sea of Galilee to the Mediterranean Sea
- Valley of the springs TRail. A trek of about 140 km, around the Valley of springs near the See of Galilee.
- Haifa Wadis Trail: trail, connecting the Israel National Trail with Haifa and its surroundings.
Japan
- Hokkaidō Nature Trail: all over the island of Hokkaidō
- Tōhoku Nature Trail: within prefectures of Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Akita, Yamagata and Fukushima
- Chubu Hokuriku Nature Trail: within prefectures of Gunma, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Nagano, Gifu and Shiga
- Kantō Fureai Trail: within prefectures of Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Tōkyō and Kanagawa. Also known as the Capital Region Nature Trail.
- Tōkaidō Nature Trail: from Tokyo to Osaka via prefectures of Kanagawa, Yamanashi, Shizuoka, Aichi, Shiga, Gifu, Mie, Kyōto and Nara
- Kinki Nature Trail: within prefectures of Fukui, Mie, Shiga, Kyōto, Osaka, Hyōgo, Nara, Wakayama and Tottori
- Chugoku Nature Trail: within prefectures of Tottori, Shimane, Okayama, Hiroshima and Yamaguchi
- Shikoku Nature Trail: within prefectures of Ehime, Tokushima, Kagawa and Kōchi
- Kyushu Nature Trail: within prefectures of Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Oita, Miyazaki and Kagoshima
Jordan
- 600 kilometers Jordan Trail: north-south, cross country from Um Qais to Aqaba
Lebanon
- Lebanon Mountain Trail, a 26-day trail through Mount Lebanon
Myanmar
Nepal
- The Great Himalaya Trail 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. It uses existing trails, many of which are trekking, trade, or pilgrimage routes, but no new trails have been built. Starting near Kanchenjunga in the east and ending in Humla in the west, the Nepal section has been walked and documented and is about.
- Trek to Everest Base Camp, an 18-day trail to the base camp of Mt. Everest
- 230 kilometers Annapurna Circuit, a 3-week loop trek through the Annapurna range
- 277 kilometers , 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.: trail at the northern tip of Lake Baikal
South Korea
- The Baekdudaegan Trail: along the ridge of the Baekdu Daegan mountain range, Korea's watershed divide.
- The Jeju Olle is a series of connected walking courses that circumnavigate the coastline of Jeju Island.
Turkey
- Sufi Trail – 801 km trail from Istanbul to Konya, following the Ottoman Sultans Hajj route
- Lycian Way – 540 km trail around the south coast of Turkey
- Saint Paul Trail – 500 km trail following St Paul's 1st journey
- – from Vienna to İstanbul, following the Ottoman Sultans
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- Evliya Çelebi Way – the first part of Evliya's route to Mecca in the 17th century
- Carian Trail – 800km trail around the south-west coast of Turkey
Europe
- The GR footpaths in Belgium, France, Spain and the Netherlands
- European long-distance paths, over 70.000 km of 12 long-distance E-paths.
- The Tour du Mont Blanc circles the Mont Blanc Massif covering a distance of roughly 170 kilometres with 10 kilometres of ascent/descent and passes through parts of Switzerland, Italy and France
- The Haute Randonnée Pyrénéenne in the Pyrenees in France, Spain and Andorra
- Nordkalottleden Trail in the northernmost parts of Finland, Sweden, and Norway
- Camino de Santiago de Compostela, or St James's Way, commonly walked through France and Spain, but including old pilgrimage routes from as far afield as Poland and Portugal, and adding as many as
- Peaks of the Balkans Trail, through Montenegro, Albania and Kosovo
- The , through Albania, Kosovo and Macedonia
- Sultans Trail in Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, and Turkey
- The Via Alpina network of Alpine trails
- * Red Trail
- *Violet Trail
- *Yellow Trail
- *Green Trail
- *Blue Trail
- Via Francigena from Canterbury to Rome
- :it:Tratturo L'Aquila-Foggia from L'Aquila to Foggia. At 244 km, Tratturo Magno is the longest and the most important ancient route, traversed by shepherds in Transhumance
- The Via Dinarica from Slovenia to Montenegro via the Dinaric Alps through Crotia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro.
Austria
- Arnoweg around the Austrian Alps
- Alpe Adria Trail, Austria, Slovenia, Italy
- North Alpine Trail
- Central Alpine Trail
- South Alpine Trail
- North South Path
- East Austrian Borderland Trail
- Sultans Trail Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey
- Way of the book
Bulgaria
- Kom-Emine, from Mount Kom to Cape Emine
- Sultans Trail Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey
Croatia
- Sultans Trail Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey
Czechia
- Polish - Czech Friendship Trail: trail along the Polish and Czech border in Sudetes
Denmark
- Hærvejen, ancient trail on the Jutland Peninsula.
- Øhavsstien 220 km around the archipelago of southern Denmark Fünen.
- Gendarmstien, 74 km following the border between Germany and Denmark.
- . A walk around of the island of Bornholm.
- A walk on the island of Møn.
- is a trail around Sjælland.
Estonia
- Peraküla-Aegviidu-Ähijärve, 820 kilometres from North-East to South-West Estonia
- Oandu-Aegviidu-Ikla, 375 kilometres from North to South Estonia
Finland
- The Karhunkierros Trail in the municipalities of Kuusamo and Salla, Oulanka National Park, Lapland
- The Peuran polku Trail: in the municipalities of Kivijärvi, Kinnula, Perho, Lestijärvi and Reisjärvi in Central Finland, Central Ostrobothnia, and Northern Ostrobothnia—a part of European walking route E6
France
- Haute Randonnée Pyrénéenne : High Pyrenees Trail, along the border with Spain.
- The Tour du Lot: a circuit of over around the Department of the Lot's periphery.
- :fr:Metropolitan Trail|Sentier Métropolitain: urban and suburban hiking routes, that allow their users to discover a metropolitan territory in several days of hiking.
Germany
- :de:Barbarossaweg|Barbarossaweg: Korbach to Kyffhäuserdenkmal
- :de:Bergischer Weg|Bergischer Weg: Essen to Königswinter
- Birkenhainer Strasse: Hanau to Gemünden am Main
- :de:Bonifatiusweg|Bonifatiusweg: Mainz to Fulda
- :de:Christine-Koch-Weg|Christine-Koch-Weg: Menden to Bad Laasphe
- Eselsweg: Schlüchtern to Großheubach
- :de:König-Ludwig-Weg|König-Ludwig-Weg: Berg am Starnberger See to Füssen
- Maximiliansweg: Lindau to Berchtesgaden
- :de:Moselhöhenweg|Moselhöhenweg: Trier to Koblenz
- :de:Pandurensteig|Pandurensteig: Waldmuenchen to Passau
- Rennsteig: Hörsel to Blankenstein/Saale through the Thuringian Forest
- Rheinburgenweg Trail: Bingen to Koblenz to Rüdesheim am Rhein
- Rheinhöhenweg Trail: Bonn to Alsheim/Wiesbaden
- Rheinsteig: Bonn to Wiesbaden
- Westweg : Pforzheim to Basel
- Mittelweg : Pforzheim to Waldshut
- Ostweg : Pforzheim to Schaffhausen
- Black Forest North Perimeter Way: Mühlacker to Karlsruhe
- Two Valleys Trail: round hiking trail from/to Waldkirch
- Freiburg-Lake Constance Black Forest Trail: Freiburg to Konstanz
- :de:Saar-Hunsrück-Steig|Saar-Hunsrück-Steig: Trier to Saarschleife in Mettlach or Idar-Oberstein 9
- :de:Westfalenwanderweg|Westfalenwanderweg: Hattingen to Altenbergen
Greece
- European walking route E4
- European walking route E6
- Sultans Trail Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey
Hungary
- Countrywide Blue Tour in Hungary
- Sultans Trail Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey
Iceland
- Laugavegur from Landmannalaugar to Thorsmork to Skógar
Italy
- Grand Italian Trail : nationwide trail of more than length
- Via Francigena: pilgrimage route across Italy to Rome from France
- Emilia-Romagna: :it:Via_degli_Dei|Via degli Dei is a path that crosses the Apennines from Bologna to Florence.
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- Liguria:
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- *Alta Via dei Monti Liguri
- *Sentiero Azzurro is a trail along a rugged portion of coast on the Italian Riviera that connects the five towns known as the Cinque Terre in Liguria, Italy
- Lombardy
- * The "Wayfarer's trail" from Lecco to Colico on the east side of Lake Como.
- * The "Four Valleys Path" between Lake Como and Lake Lugano
- *La Via dei Monti Lariani: The Monti Lariani trail on the west side of Lake Como, from Cernobbio to Sorico
- Piedmont
- *Grande Traversata delle Alpi : 55 days in the Alps of Piedmont
- Tuscany
- * Grande Escursione Appenninica : largely along the ridge of the Apennine Mountains
- Sardinia
- *Selvaggio Blu
Montenegro
- Primorska planinarska transverzala, from Herceg Novi to Bar, 180km
- Crnogorska Transverzala, from Durmitor to Kučka Krajina, 140km
Netherlands
- Zevenwoudenpad from Lauwersoog to Steenwijk
- Pionierspad from Steenwijk to Muiden
- Floris V-pad from Amsterdam to Bergen op Zoom
- Trekvogelpad from Bergen aan Zee to Enschede
- Marskramerpad from Bad Bentheim to Den Haag
- Maarten van Rossumpad from 's-Hertogenbosch to Ommen
- Deltapad from Sluis to Hoek van Holland
- Hollands Kustpad from Hoek van Holland to Den Helder
- Friese Kustpad from Stavoren to Lauwersoog
- Wad- en Wierdenpad from Lauwersoog to Nieuweschans
- Oeverloperpad from Rotterdam Europoort to Leerdam
- Lingepad from Leerdam to Nijmegen
- Pelgrimspad from Amsterdam to Maastricht
- Zuiderzeepad from Enkhuizen to Stavoren
- Pieterpad from Pieterburen to the Sint Pietersberg
- Noaberpad from Nieuweschans to Emmerich
- Grenslandpad from Sluis to Thorn
- Overijssels Havezatenpad from Oldenzaal to Steenwijk
- Peellandpad from 's-Hertogenbosch to Roermond
- Airbornepad from the Belgian border to Arnhem
Norway
- :no:Jotunheimstien|Jotunheimen Trail : from downtown Oslo to Lake Gjende in Jotunheimen
- Nordkalottruta : from Kautokeino to Sulitjelma or alternately Kvikkjokk
Poland
- Główny Szlak Sudecki : in Sudetes Mountains from Świeradów Zdrój to Prudnik
- Główny Szlak Beskidzki : 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
Portugal
- Rota Vicentina
Romania
- Sultans Trail Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey
Republic of Ireland
- Long-distance trails in the Republic of Ireland
Serbia
- Sultans Trail Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey
- The Fruška Gora Transversal – circular trail around Fruška Gora mountain – 160 km
- The Small Toplica Transversal – 122 km
Slovakia
- The Slovak National Uprising Heroes Trail from Dukla Pass to Devín across mountainous regions of Slovakia
- Sultans Trail Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey
Slovenia
- Slovenian Mountain Hiking Trail from east to west
Spain
- Way of St. James
- Route of the Monasteries of Valencia
- Grande Randonnée 7 : From Tarifa to the mountain cabin of Fontferrera, part of the E4 route.
- Grande Randonnée 11 : Pyrenees Trail, staying within Spain.
- Haute Randonnée Pyrénéenne : High Pyrenees Trail, along the border with France.
- : 200 km along the coastline from Malpica to Fisterra, in Galicia
Sweden
- Kungsleden, from the northern extremity of the country
- Sörmlandsleden of winding paths through the county of Sörmland.
- :sv:Bohusleden|Bohusleden past at Göteborg, Uddevalla, Munkedal and ends finally in Strömstad
- Ingegerdsleden, 110 kilometres, pilgrimage route in county of Uppland between Uppsala Cathedral and Stockholm Cathedral.
- Skåneleden, more than long path through the province of Scania. Part of the North Sea Trail.
Switzerland
United Kingdom
- Long-distance footpaths in the United Kingdom
North America
Canada
- 420 km long Alexander MacKenzie Heritage Trail in British Columbia
- Almost 900 km long Bruce Trail in Ontario
- 33-mile long Chilkoot Trail in British Columbia and Alaska, USA
- 63 km long Monkman Pass Memorial Trail in British Columbia
- 540 kilometres long East Coast Trail in Newfoundland
- 5,400 miles long Eastern Continental Trail from Newfoundland to Georgia, USA
- 1,200 km long Great Divide Trail in Alberta and British Columbia
- 3058 km long International Appalachian Trail from Newfoundland to Maine, USA
- 47 km long Juan de Fuca Trail in British Columbia
- 63 km long Mantario Trail in Manitoba and Ontario
- 387-kilometre long Rideau Trail in Ontario
- Trans-Canada Trail 18,000 kilometres long as of February 2016
- 600 km long Voyageur Hiking Trail in Ontario
- 75 km long West Coast Trail in British Columbia
- 78-kilometre long La Cloche Silhouette Trail in Ontario
- 41 kilometres long Fundy Footpath in New Brunswick
- 220-kilometre long Capital Pathway in Ontario and Quebec
- Vancouver Island Spine Trail in British Columbia
- 180 km, Sunshine Coast Trail in British Columbia
Greenland
- ~100 mi :de:Arctic Circle Trail|Arctic Circle Trail
Panama
- 700-mile TransPanama Trail
United States
Three famous north-south trails spanning the USA comprise the Triple Crown of Hiking:
- Appalachian Trail, 2,200 miles long connecting Georgia and Maine via the Appalachian Mountains and other mountain ranges
- Continental Divide Trail, 3,100 miles running from Mexico to Canada through the states of New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana.
- Pacific Crest Trail, 2,653 mi from Mexico to Canada via the Sierra Nevada and Cascade ranges of the West Coast
- John Muir Trail in central California, mostly along the Pacific Crest Trail in the central Sierra, 210 miles
- Tahoe Rim Trail in California and Nevada, 165 miles
- Long Trail through Vermont, 272 miles
- Pacific Northwest Trail from the Washington coast to the North American continental divide in Montana, 1200 mil
- Colorado Trail from southwestern Colorado to the Denver suburbs, 486 miles
- Ouachita National Recreation Trail in Oklahoma and Arkansas, 223 miles
- River to River Trail in southern Illinois, 160 mile
- Florida Trail running the length of the state, 1000 mi built with some 300 miles planned
Oceania
Australia
See: List of long-distance hiking tracks in AustraliaNew Zealand
- New Zealand tramping tracks
- Te Araroa Trail, Stretching from Cape Reinga in the north of New Zealand to Bluff in the South.
South America
Argentina
- Los Glaciares
- * Various options to Laguna Torre, Cerro FitzRoy, or even out onto the Southern Patagonian Ice Field
- Huella Andina
- * 570 kilometers from Alumine Lake to Baggilt lake
Bolivia
- Cordillera Real
- * 106 kilometres 7-day Illampu Circuit
Brazil
- Petrópolis Teresópolis Traverse
- * between Petrópolis and Teresópolis
- * in Rio de Janeiro city
- * crosses the Mantiqueira mountain range in a west-east direction
- Caminho da Fé
- *. There are 3 different starting points:
- ** from Sao Carlos to Aparecida
- ** or from Cravinhos to Aparecida
- ** or from Mococa to Aparecida
- *30 kilometers between the cities of Belém, Ananindeua, Marituba & Benevides in the state of Pará
Chile
- Central Chile and Patagonia
- *3,000 kilometers Greater Patagonian Trail from the capital Santiago de Chile to the Southern Patagonian Ice Field.
- Magallanes
- *118 kilometers. Full circuit of Torres del Paine, including Valle del Francés and access to the base of Torres del Paine.
- *Dientes de Navarino Circuit ~53km. 3 – 7 days. Starts out of Puerto Williams. Access from mainland Chile by ferry from Punta Areas, plane or from Ushuaia. http://rutas.bienes.cl/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/01.pdf
Peru
- Cordillera Blanca and Huayhuash mountain range near Huaráz
- *30 kilometers 10- to 14-day trek on the Huayhuash Circuit
- *52 kilometers 3- to 4-day "W" Circuit Santa Cruz trek
- *94 kilometers 6- to 10-day Alpamayo Circuit, full "O" Circuit
- Sacred Valley & Vilcanota mountain range near Cuzco
- *88 kilometers for the longest Mollepata variant of the Inca trail, with options for a single day to more than six days, all ending at Machu Picchu
- *32 kilometers Cachora to Choquequirao trek
- *80 kilometers 5- to 6-day trek on Ausangate Circuit
- Colca Canyon near Arequipa
- *60 kilometers 5-day trek around Canyon or other single-day and multi-day hikes