>>2326297>>2326321Do you live in Kansas, Nebraska or Iowa? You just said "the Midwest" in the OP, which is vague, and also misleading, since you are just talking about federal land and parks.
There's plenty of hiking in Missouri, Arkansas, Illinois, Wisconsin, Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan and South Dakota, all of which are Midwestern states. If you live in a state like Kansas, South Dakota or Nebraska, also, you're relatively close to Colorado, Wyoming and Montana, where you can find world-class hiking, mountaineering, fishing, etc. An Illinoisian must either undertake an early, long flight and all-day drive in a rental car, or else just drive their own car for 2 days to go hiking, for example, in the Wind River Range, WY, If you live in Nebraska, though, you can get there in a single day's drive without having to leave too early. Likewise, most Kansans can get to Colorado in a half-day drive and then you'll have your own car for the whole time. No need to get on an airplane or drive a rental car.
