The Challenge
To complete a hike each week for one year. It can be a calendar year or one year from the time you start. The point is to hike weekly. More often if you choose. You determine the rules, though the suggested distance is a minimum of one mile. There are many ways to participate. Find out more by visiting the 52 Hike Challenge website.
2023 Challenge Goal
For 2023, my fifth year of the challenge, I’ve signed up for the Adventure Series. Follow my adventures as I take on another challenge year in 2023!
| 5 Waterfalls (even if they are dry) |
| 1 Forest (if not possible, go to National Park/ Site) |
| 1 National Parks, Monuments, Preserves, Recreation Area or Historic Trail |
| 2 Hikes with bodies of water: Lakes, Rivers, or Ocean |
| 1 Stewardship hike (Trail Maintenance, pick up trash, restoration project, etc.) |
| 1 Group hike (if you are regular to one group, visit a new group to meet new people) |
| 1 Hike where you Introduce someone to hiking |
| 1 Sunset or Sunrise hike |
| 1 Hike from your Bucket list (somewhere you have always wanted to go) |
| 3 Reflection hikes (journal at the beginning, middle, and towards the end of your challenge) |
| Substitutions: Microadventure, Combined Hike & Camp |
My Personal 52 Hike Guidelines
– Hikes must be on dirt whenever possible.
– The minimum distance must be two miles.
– I can hike solo or with friends.
– I will carry my backpack with my hiking basics (the 10 Essentials)
– I will share my trip plan (where I’m going, the trial I plan to hike, how long I expect to be gone)
2023 Hike List
| #1 Fort Snelling State Park, St. Paul, MN Adventure Series: Hike where you Introduce someone to hiking |
| #2 Stanley Eddy North Unit, Stanley Eddy Regional Park Reserve, South Haven, MN Adventure Series: Group Hike |
| #3 Fort Snelling State Park, St. Paul, MN Adventure Series: Hikes with Bodies of Water |
| #4 Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge, Bloomington, MN |
| #5 Reservoir Woods, Roseville, MN |
| #6 Matthiessen State Park Dells Area, Oglesby, IL |
| #7 Rock Cut State Park, Machesney Park, IL Adventure Series: Hikes with Bodies of Water |
| #8 Nerstrand Big Woods State Park, Nerstrand, MN Adventure Series: Waterfalls |
| #9 Frontenac State Park, Frontenac, MN |
| #10 Frontenac State Park, Frontenac, MN |
| #11 Rice Creek Chain of Lakes Park Reserve, Lino Lakes, MN Adventure Series: Sunset Hike, Stewardship Hike |
| #12 Vadnais-Snail Lakes Regional Park, Vadnais Heights, MN Adventure Series: Hikes with Bodies of Water |
| #13 William O’Brien State Park, Marine on St. Croix, MN Adventure Series: Group Hike |
| #14 Baker Park Reserve, Maple Plain, MN Adventure Series: Group Hike |
| #15 Nerstrand Big Woods State Park, Nerstrand, MN Adventure Series: Waterfalls |
| #16 Clifton E. French Regional Park, Plymouth, MN |
| #17 Elm Creek Park Reserve, Maple Grove, MN |
| #18 Theodore Wirth Regional Park, Minneapolis, MN |
| #19 Battle Creek Regional Park, Maplewood, MN |
| #20 Vadnais-Snail Lakes Regional Park, Vadnais Heights, MN |
| #21 Rice Lake State Park, Claremont, MN |
| #22 Willow River State Park, Hudson, WI |
| #23 Vadnais-Snail Lakes Regional Park, Vadnais Heights, MN |
| #24 Clifton E. French Regional Park, Plymouth, MN |
| #25 Vadnais-Snail Lakes Regional Park, Vadnais Heights, MN |
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