Finding Day Hiking Areas

Series Summary

There is a myriad of camping and hiking tips and techniques for you to learn. Most are good, some are essential. Hiking is not only an excellent for your cardiovascular system, muscles, and joints, it is also a great way to exercise while enjoying the beauty of nature. As you learn more about hiking you will find there is almost no place on land that you cannot explore with training. But before you head off to hike the Rocky Mountains or Mount Everest, get some basic hiking tips and techniques from our hiking expert.

A day hike is a great way to begin your hiking experiences. In this free video series, our expert will show you how to take day hikes, with expert tips on picking a hiking trail and gathering hiking essentials like a backpack, socks, shoes and a water container. You will also learn what water to take with you, what clothing to wear and how to protect yourself in the sun. If you want to enjoy the beauty of nature, get a good workout and have fun, let our expert show you everything you need to know about hiking.

Video Transcript

"So today we're going to talk about selecting a day hike. There are a lot of different things that you can do when you prepare for a day hike. Regardless of where you live your state website is going to probably have the information you need in order to select a hike. Here in Florida we have several different places close by to the Tampa Bay area, which is where we are today, and you can basically determine whether or not you want a strenuous hike, an easy hike, how much gear you want to take, that sort of thing. So what we're going to do is go through several different items that you would want to bring on a hike, depending on the type of hike that you want to take. So again, in determining what type of hike you want to take is going to determine what kind of gear you want to take in order to accomplish that."