The Silver Falls Perimeter Loop is a route that explores the many hiking trails around Silver Falls. The vast majority of hikers who go to the park converge on the Trail of Ten Falls, which, while admittedly beautiful does not provide anything like the same experience as its backcountry trail system. While the backcountry trails don't have anything as striking as the Falls, they do provide solitude, old growth, and a sense of backcountry that isn't found regularly inside the valley.

"The capital can't be taken!"

On forested hills surrounding the nation's capital are the remnants of a complex system of Civil War fortifications. These strategic buttresses transformed the young capital into one of the world's most fortified cities. By 1865, 68 forts and 93 batteries armed with over 800 cannons encircled Washington, DC. Today, you can visit 19 of the original sites now managed by the National Park Service.