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.
2024 Challenge Goal
For 2024, my sixth year of the challenge, I’ve signed up for the Adventure Series. Follow my adventures as I take on another challenge year in 2024!
| 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)
2024 Hike List
| #1 Fort Snelling State Park, St. Paul, MN Adventure Series: Hike with a Waterfall |
| #2 Belwin Conservancy, Afton, MN |
| #3 Lake Elmo Park Reserve, Lake Elmo, MN Adventure Series: Hike where you Introduce someone to hiking |
| #4 Gooseberry Falls State Park, Two Harbors, MN Adventure Series: Hikes with a Waterfall |
| #5 Carlos Avery Wildlife Management Area, Forest Lake, MN |
| #6 Afton State Park, Afton MN |
| #7 Kinnickinnic State Park, River Falls, WI |
| #8 Whitetail Woods Regional Park, Farmington, MN |
| #9 Frontenac State Park, Frontenac, MN |
| #10 Nerstrand Big Woods State Park, Nerstrand, MN Adventure Series: Hike with a Waterfall |
| #11 Vadnais-Snail Lakes Regional Park, Vadnais Heights, MN |
| #12 Afton State Park, Afton MN |
| #13 Point Lobos State Natural Reserve, Carmel, CA Adventure Series: Hike from my Bucket list |
| #14 Belwin Conservancy, Afton, MN |
| #15 Brule River State Forest, Brule, WI |
| #16 Brule River State Forest, Brule, WI |
| #17 Brule Boardwalk Segment, North Country Trail, Solon Springs, WI |
| #18 Murphy-Hanrehan Regional Park Reserve, Savage, MN |
| #19 Lebanon Hills Regional Park, Eagan, MN |
| #20 Crow Wing State Park, Brainerd, MN |
| #21 Crow Wing State Park, Brainerd, MN |
| #22 Fort Harrison State Park, Indianapolis, IN |
| #23 Governor Knowles State Forest, Grantsburg, WI Adventure Series: Sunset Hike |
| #24 Kettle Moraine State Forest Northern Unit, Campbellsport, WI |
| #25 Kettle Moraine State Forest Northern Unit, Campbellsport, WI |
| #26 Eighteen Lake, Superior National Forest, Isabella, MN Adventure Series: Hikes with bodies of water |
| #27 Pincushion Mountain Trail, Grand Marais, MN |
| #28 Cramer Road to Dyers Creek Campground, Superior Hiking Trail, Schroeder, MN Adventure Series: Forest |
| #29 Tettegouche State Park, Silver Bay, MN Adventure Series: Forest |
| #30 Fort Snelling State Park, St. Paul, MN Adventure Series: Reflection Hike |
| #31 Cottage Grove Ravine Regional Park, Cottage Grove, MN |
| #32 Afton State Park, Afton, MN |
| #33 Como Park / Medawaka, St. Paul, MN |
| #34 Tamarack Nature Reserve, White Bear Lake, MN Adventure Series: Sunset/Night Hike |
| #35 Blaine Wetland Sanctuary, Blaine, MN |
| #36 Straight Lake State Park and Ice Age Trail Stright Lake Segment, Luck, WI |
| #37 Elm Creek Park Reserve, Dayton, MN |
| #38 Banning State Park, Finlayson, MN |
| #39 Wood Lake Nature Center, Richfield, MN |
| #40 Fort Snelling State Park, St. Paul, MN |
| #41 Clifton E. French Regional Park, Plymouth, MN |
| #42 Afton State Park, Afton, MN |
| #43 Fort Snelling State Park, St. Paul, MN |
| #44 Afton State Park, Afton, MN |
| #45 William O’Brien State Park, Marine on St. Croix, MN |
| #46 Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge, Bloomington, MN |
| #47 Fort Snelling State Park, St. Paul, MN |
| #48 Lake Elmo Park Reserve, Lake Elmo, MN |
| #49 Vadnais-Snail Lakes Regional Park, Shoreview, MN |
| #50 Murphy-Hanrehan Regional Park Reserve, Savage, MN |
| #51 Mní Ówe Sní (Coldwater Spring), Minneapolis, MN |
| #52 Fort Snelling State Park, St. Paul, MN |
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