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Here are some of the best stretches of freshwater the country has to offer. Bring your suit.

Your 50-State Bucket List

The best trails, surf breaks, restaurants, and dive bars our country has to offer

The Northeast

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This past fall, local Vermonter Joe Cruz and I designed and scouted a bikepacking loop weaving together a selection of dirt roads, flowy New England singletrack, and rugged historic woodland paths to create a majority off-tarmac circuit of some of the worlds best and most coveted craft beers. The result is the Green Mountain Gravel Growlera 248-mile loop that links 13 breweries.

Bring This

Essential (and totally nonessential) travel gear

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From SUP'ing down the Colorado to hiking the AT solo, these features explore and revel in the adventures our country has to offer

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The new app may be the most ambitious adventure tech to hit the market since sat phones

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These writers remind us what travel is all aboutshifting your own perspective and sometimes getting into trouble along the way

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Technically advanced outdoor gear can make traveling for your next business trip easier, more comfortable, and more efficient

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Change how you travel the world with these staff favorites

The Southeast

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Have a perfect summer day in this beautiful North Carolina mountain town

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With most of the areas adventure offerings within an hours drive from the city, it's easy to fit in some outdoor fun in between your requisite eating and drinking

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How a couple of heirs to an American retail dynasty are putting Bentonville, Arkansas, on the fat-tire map

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For his latest timelapse project, filmmaker Mike Zorger wanted to find a spot East Coast with Western-like light pollution, despite major metropolitan areas and condensed population

Go Here

The top U.S. destinations, picked by us and you

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No one would blame you for planning your summer vacation around visits to these shops

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Tried-and-true adventures big and small, from sea to shining sea

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It's taken half a decade to iron out the logistics, and while White Sands National Monument has as good a chance as ever at becoming a park, it's not guaranteed.

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Seven lovely destinations, from Florida to Arizona

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Everyone deserves to explore our country's most scenic destinations

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Our readers submitted their favorite moments from cross-country adventures

The Midwest

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Famously cold and frighteningly massive, Lake Superior contains 10 percent of the world's surface freshwater, holds the remains of 6,000 shipwrecks, and offers a lifetime of adventure. Stephanie Pearson sets out to circumnavigate America's most overlooked playground.

Cult Favorites

The places, things, and events we cant do without

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For one, it makes headlines for excellence and not for, um, dogs dying in its overhead bins

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An upper-crust seafood sandwich gets democratic (Plus: How to make your own Baja lobster roll)

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Sure, it's brutal on the highway and mechanically unreliable, but that only adds to the sense of adventure, right?

The Southwest

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We know a thing or two about the Southwestour offices are located in Santa Fe, after all. So trust us when we say that these radar-ducking adventures are full of hidden rivers and otherworldly canyons. Just dont pass it on.

Advice

Stuff to do and definitely not do

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After a spate of wildlife selfies and general landscape destruction, we put together our own set of guidelines for those lacking all human decency

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Not too fast, not too slow, rail is just right

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Glean tips and inspiration from these users

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We polled an all-star team of experts and adventurers to put together our new rules of travelall the airfare tips and digital tricks that make getting out there easier than ever.

The West

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This video City of Angels, City of Trails highlights three riding areas in Los Angeles including Simi Valley, Altadena, Chilao Region.

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Deaths, injuries, and helicopter rescues are a regular occurrence on Longs Peak, but that doesnt stop people from trying to climb it

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The perfect summer day in this California beach town

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The pro athletes, parents, and founders of Picky Bars know where to find the best food and drinks in their town