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.
2025 Challenge Goal
For 2025, my seventh year of the challenge, I’ve signed up for the Adventure Series. Follow my adventures as I take on another challenge year in 2025!
| 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)
2025 Hike List
| #1 Murphy-Hanrehan Regional Park Reserve, Savage, MN |
| #2 Lake Elmo Park Reserve, Lake Elmo, MN Adventure Series: Hike where I introduced someone to hiking |
| #3 Lake of the Isles Park, Minneapolis, MN |
| #4 Lake Elmo Park Reserve, Lake Elmo, MN |
| #5 Reservoir Woods, Roseville, MN |
| #6 Tamarack Nature Center, White Bear Township, MN |
| #7 Starved Rock State Park, Utica, IL Adventure Series: Hike from my Bucket list |
| #8 Spring Lake Park Reserve, Hastings, MN |
| #9 Lebanon Hills Regional Park, Eagan, MN |
| #10 Fort Snelling State Park, St. Paul, MN Adventure Series: Stewardship hike |
| #11 Sand Dunes State Forest, Zimmerman, MN |
| #12 Afton State Park, Afton, MN |
| #13 Fort Snelling State Park, St. Paul, MN Adventure Series: Stewardship hike |
| #14 Nerstrand Big Woods State Park, Nerstrand, MN |
| #15 Long Lake Regional Park, New Brighton, MN |
| #16 Glacial Lakes State Park, Starbuck, MN |
| #17 Glacial Lakes State Park, Starbuck, MN |
| #18 William O’Brien State Park, Marine on St. Croix, MN |
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