List of long-distance footpaths

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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates This is a list of some long-distance footpaths used for walking and hiking.

Africa

Lesotho

  • 3 Ranges Trail: Template:Cvt a hiking trail that passes three mountain ranges, namely Thaba Putsoa Range, Central Range and ends at Drakensburg Range. It starts at Lesotho lowest point, at the confluence of Makhaleng and Senqu and ends at the country's highest point, Thabana Ntlenyane (3482m).

Namibia

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Trail running in the Fish River Canyon

South Africa

Egypt

Uganda

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Asia

Bangladesh

  • Jhiri Path: ascent of Keokradong, one of the highest mountains in Bangladesh.

Bhutan

Hong Kong

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Wilson Trail and Hong Kong Trail meets at Hong Kong Parkview

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Road to Tai Mo Shan summit in the New Territories, Hong Kong

Georgia

India

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Israel

Japan

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An aruki-henro or walking pilgrim, marked out by his distinctive sedge hat, white shirt, and kongō-zue

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Japan is also home to several lengthy pilgrimage routes, such as the Template:Cvt Shikoku Pilgrimage that visits 88 temples and Mount Kōya. Today these temples and shrines are easily accessible by car and mass transit, but many visitors choose to walk the traditional routes.

Jordan

Lebanon

Myanmar

Nepal

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Path through Lete on the Annapurna Circuit

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Russia

Sri Lanka

  • The Pekoe Trail: 300 km, a 22 stage hike through Sri Lanka's tea plantations.

South Korea

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Tajikistan

  • Pamir Trail - 1297 km (806 mi) trail from Shring to Vrang

Türkiye

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Europe

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Map of European long-distance paths
  • Template:Cvt The Via Alpina network of Alpine trails
    • Template:Cvt Red Trail [3]
    • Violet Trail
    • Yellow Trail
    • Green Trail
    • Blue Trail
  • Via Francigena from Canterbury to Rome
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Austria

The "10 great Austrian long-distance trails"

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End of the Kom-Emine trail on the Black Sea

Other important trails

Bulgaria

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Czechia

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Denmark

Estonia

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Grande Randonnée path through a pasture in Saône-et-Loire

Finland

France

Germany

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Hikers descending the Rheinsteig above Oberwesel
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E4 European path sign in the village Ano Doliana of Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece
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E4 walking route in Crete

Greece

Hungary

Iceland

Italy

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Antonio Locatelli Hut on the Grand Italian Trail

Montenegro

Netherlands

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Pieterpad trail near Hellendoorn and Laren, Netherlands

Norway

Poland

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Cobblestone road along Glowny Szlak Sudecki

Portugal

  • Fisherman's Trail: Template:Cvt along the cliffs of southern Portugal

Republic of Ireland

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Romania

Serbia

  • The Fruška Gora Transversal (Serbian: Fruškogorska Transverzala) – circular trail around Fruška Gora mountain – 160 km (100 mi)
  • The Small Toplica Transversal (Serbian: Mala Toplička Transverzala) – Template:Cvt

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

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Camino de Santiago pilgrimage trail marker in Huesca, Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

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United Kingdom

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The Devil's Staircase path in the Scottish Highlands is part of the West Highland Way

Some of the best-known National Trails in England and Wales include:

North America

Canada

Western Canada

Ontario

Quebec

Atlantic Canada

Greenland

Panama

United States

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Appalachian Trail in the Franconia Range, New Hampshire

Three famous north–south trails spanning the USA comprise the Triple Crown of Hiking:

Other popular trails include:

Oceania

Australia

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New Zealand

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Mountain hut at Lake Kaniere, New Zealand

Central and South America

Argentina

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Bolivia

Brazil

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Costa Rica

280 km from Atlantic to Pacific coasts of Costa Rica

• El Camino de Costa Rica [4]

Chile

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  • Magallanes
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    • Dientes de Navarino Circuit ≈Template:Cvt. 3‑7 days. Starts out of Puerto Williams. Access from mainland Chile by ferry from Punta Areas, plane or from Ushuaia.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Peru

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Trekker in the Huayhuash mountains

References

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