Another user here told me the average american hike is 3 miles and I have not been able to get that off my brain since. That’s the shit I do with a friend on a hangover to get some fresh air
You have to remember two things
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Many Americans live in suburbs where 3 miles might get you out of the suburb
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America’s car brained infrastructure design means most places have incredibly shit accommodations for pedestrians
Hold on, you mean a “hike in nature”-hike?
3 miles doesn’t get you anywhere
It’s what I’ve been told and I trust every user of this site entirely uncritically
In most of the popular hiking spots in my state, once you go a mile down a trail there’s like nobody around.
IMO it’s more about duration than mileage. You can’t call it a hike if it’s under an hour, that’s a walk. I’m of the opinion that if you can do it comfortably without drinking water it’s probably a walk. That said, three miles can definitely be a hike, there are plenty of trails in the northeast US that will give you >2000 feet of elevation gain in that distance.
