It’s long been known that walking through a town, or through the countryside, is one of the best ways to discover a place. In his book A Philosophy of Walking, French philosopher Frédéric Gros suggested that walking is a route to entirely being ourselves and experiencing the sublime. Indeed, the inherent solitude one experiences while solo hiking has been known to open the floodgates to self-examination and reflection. Performing this activity while out in the wilderness via a network of hiking trails featuring iconic viewpoints and sweeping vistas has even been known to take one’s breath away.

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