A list
Loops
Trails that finish where they start. 19 trails, 10 with a GPX here.
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10 tracks, simplified for display. Select one for its name. Each trail’s page names its source, credit and licence. Base map: OpenFreeMap, © OpenMapTiles, data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
19 trails
- Official trail with a GPX here
- Route with a GPX here
- No GPX here: its page says where to get one
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Great Western Loop GWL
Route by Andrew Skurka and Ryan Jordan, 2006
The Great Western Loop links the Pacific Crest, Pacific Northwest, Continental Divide, Grand Enchantment and Arizona trails together with a trail-less stretch through the Sonoran and Mojave Deserts into one circuit of the American West.
- Length
- 11,064 km6,875 mi
- Time
- About 7 months
- GPX
- Not published
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Vagabond Loop VL
Route by Ryan "Dirtmonger" Sylva, 2013
The Vagabond Loop is Ryan "Dirtmonger" Sylva's circuit of the Four Corners country in the American Southwest.
- Length
- 5,632 km3,500 mi
- Time
- About 6 to 9 months estimate
- GPX
- Free from its author
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Great Colorado Route GCR
Route by Donovan "Iceman" Rice, 2026
The Great Colorado Route is a 32-section route across Colorado that mixes a high route with a traditional thru-hike.
CO United States
- Length
- 3,219 km2,000 mi
- Time
- About 4 months
- GPX
- Free from its author
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Buckeye Trail BT
The Buckeye Trail is a continuous loop around the state of Ohio, with no beginning or end.
OH United States
- Length
- 2,250 km1,398 mi
- Time
- About 2 to 4 months estimate
- GPX
- GPX hereGPX and GeoJSON
- Climb
- 28,469 m93,402 ftcomputed
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Great Basin Trail GBT
Route by Ryan "Dirtmonger" Sylva, 2019
The Great Basin Trail is a route of nearly 1,200 miles that its author worked out as a loop around the heart of the Great Basin, wholly within Nevada.
NV United States
- Length
- 1,931 km1,200 mi
- Time
- About 3 to 5 months estimate
- GPX
- See the official site
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Northern New Mexico Loop NNML
Route by Brett Tucker ("Blisterfree") and collaborators
The Northern New Mexico Loop starts and ends at Santa Fe Plaza, touring the Jemez Mountains, the Continental Divide and the Sangre de Cristo Mountains on a clockwise circuit of northern New Mexico.
NM United States
- Length
- 805 km500 mi
- Time
- About 1 to 2 months estimate
- GPX
- Sold by its author
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The Island Walk IW
The Island Walk is a loop around Prince Edward Island through 32 sections, passing through the island's two cities, Charlottetown and Summerside, and many small communities.
PE Canada
- Length
- 700 km435 mi
- Time
- About 5 weeks
- GPX
- GPX hereGPX and GeoJSON
- Climb
- 3,420 m11,220 ftcomputed
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Tahoe Rim Trail TRT
The Tahoe Rim Trail is a loop of about 165 miles around the ridgelines of the Lake Tahoe Basin.
- Length
- 266 km165 mi
- Time
- About 2 weeks
- GPX
- GPX hereGPX and GeoJSON
- Climb
- 8,305 m27,247 ftcomputed
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Big SEKI Loop BSL
Route by Amy and James (Doing Miles), 2013
The Big SEKI Loop is a high Sierra Nevada loop in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks that starts and ends at Roads End in Kings Canyon.
CA United States
- Length
- 249 km155 mi
- Time
- 7 to 12 days
- GPX
- GPX hereGPX and GeoJSON
- Climb
- 11,060 m36,286 ftcomputed
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Wonderland Trail WT
The Wonderland Trail is a loop of about 93 miles that goes all the way around Mount Rainier in Washington.
WA United States
- Length
- 150 km93 mi
- Time
- 10 to 14 days
- GPX
- GPX hereGPX and GeoJSON
- Climb
- 7,500 m24,606 ftcomputed
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Sawtooth Wilderness High Route SWHR
Route by the author of the SeekingLost blog, 2017
This Sawtooth Wilderness high route loops from the Tin Cup Trailhead at Pettit Lake in Idaho, staying as high as possible among the range's lakes and passes.
ID United States
- Length
- 143 km89 mi
- Time
- About 8 to 12 days estimate
- GPX
- Free from its author
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Susquehannock Trail System STS
The Susquehannock Trail System is a blazed loop through Potter and Clinton counties in north-central Pennsylvania.
PA United States
- Length
- 135 km84 mi
- Time
- About 5 to 7 days estimate
- GPX
- GPX hereGPX and GeoJSON
- Climb
- 3,889 m12,759 ftcomputed
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The Chinese Wall Circuit CWC
Route by Wilderness Mindset
The Chinese Wall Circuit is a loop in the Bob Marshall Wilderness in Montana.
MT United States
- Length
- 127 km79 mi
- Time
- 5 to 6 days
- GPX
- Free from its author
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Sunapee-Ragged-Kearsarge Greenway SRKG
The Sunapee Ragged Kearsarge Greenway is a circle of trails in central New Hampshire encircling the Lake Sunapee area.
NH United States
- Length
- 121 km75 mi
- Time
- About 5 to 7 days estimate
- GPX
- GPX hereGPX and GeoJSON
- Climb
- 4,160 m13,648 ftcomputed
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Quehanna Trail QT
The Quehanna Trail is a loop through state forests in north-central Pennsylvania, with much of it in the Quehanna Wild Area.
PA United States
- Length
- 119 km74 mi
- Time
- About 4 to 6 days estimate
- GPX
- GPX hereGPX and GeoJSON
- Climb
- 2,953 m9,688 ftcomputed
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Brazeau Loop BL
The Brazeau Loop is a backcountry loop in Jasper National Park in Alberta.
AB Canada
- Length
- 81 km50 mi
- Time
- 5 days
- GPX
- See the official site
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Cranberry Lake 50 CL50
The Cranberry Lake 50 is a loop of about 50 miles around Cranberry Lake in the Adirondacks of New York.
NY United States
- Length
- 80 km50 mi
- Time
- 3 to 5 days
- GPX
- GPX hereGPX and GeoJSON
- Climb
- 1,150 m3,773 ftcomputed
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La Cloche Silhouette Trail LCS
The La Cloche Silhouette Trail is a loop in Killarney Provincial Park, a wilderness landscape of the La Cloche Mountains' white quartzite ridges, the pink granite coast of Georgian Bay and more than fifty exceptionally clear sapphire lakes.
ON Canada
- Length
- 80 km50 mi
- Time
- 7 to 10 days
- GPX
- GPX hereGPX and GeoJSON
- Climb
- 2,079 m6,821 ftcomputed
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Timberline Trail (Mount Hood) TLT
The Timberline Trail circumnavigates Mount Hood in Oregon at or near tree line, entering the Mount Hood Wilderness.
OR United States
- Length
- 64 km40 mi
- Time
- 3 to 4 days
- GPX
- See the official site
Lists are picked out by rule from each trail’s facts, so they change as trails are added or corrected. A list is shown when it has at least 4 trails and no more than 75% of the 138.