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Welcome to Trail-Finder.com!

Trail-Finder.com is the Internet's new, community-based source for all your outdoor activities. Yes, I said community-based. Trail-Finder is based in a wiki, so it's as easy to find a new trail as it is to share the location of your favorite trail, as easy to find out how to read a compass as it is to share your orienteering skills, and as easy to find the perfect pair of boots for your next trip as it is to tell everything you know about water filters.

As soon as you write it, it's there immediately for everyone.

Trail-Finder.com opened December 28, 2007, and is a work in progress. As a wiki, it will always be a work in progress. There's always something new to learn or share here!

Currently, there are approximately 907 articles.

Looking for something to do?

Information on most outdoor activities, from hiking to scuba diving.
Check out the Activity Category.

Need someplace to go?

Trail-Finder.com uses geolocation to allow you to tag your pages with latitude and longitude coordinates. You can then use the GeoSearch page to look for trails, parks, and groups based on location, finding something near you, or maybe something near your next vacation destination.

New techniques or skills?

Need to know how to light a fire? How to fix a tent pole? How to walk in snowshoes?
Check out the Skills Category.

Information about gear?

Know how to walk in snowshoes, but not how to chose the right pair? Need general gear information, or looking for recommendations on specific gear?
Check out the Gear Category.

Want to help?

We're just getting started, so there's a lot of holes in our data. If you're reading an article, and there's something missing, or maybe it just needs to be cleaned up a bit, click on the edit tab. Your changes go on the site immediately. Ready to start your own? click on the Short pages or Wanted pages links in the navigation bar on the left, or create your own page from scratch. Be sure to check out the Editing help page before you start to see how to quickly and easily format your pages. You can practice editing in the Sandbox.

Want to talk about the site?

Whether it's something you can't figure out, something that's just not working for you, or something you'd like to see changed or added, go to the Community Portal and help the site grow, or see what others are saying.

Coming attractions

• Events.
• Email or RSS notification of new trails, clubs, etc near you.