Outside magazine’s favorite getaways

  • Associated Press
  • Friday, September 26, 2008 5:24pm
  • Life

NEW YORK — Need a place where you can get away from it all?

Outside magazine’s October issue suggests 50 places, from canyons to coasts to urban escapes.

Deep canyons: the magazine recommends Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Colo.; Mokelumne Canyon, Calif.; Green River Gorge, Wash.; and Pleiades Canyon, Utah.

Lost coasts: North Core Banks, N.C.; Padre Island National Seashore, Texas; Shi Shi Beach, Wash.; Cape Cod National Seashore, Mass.; Sinkyone Wilderness State Park, Calif.; and Milolii Beach, Hawaii.

Remote cabins: King of the Hill, Georgia; Ridgway Hut, Colo.; Cabin Creek Cabin, Mont.; Peaceful Cove Cottage, Hawaii; and Uganik Lake Cabin, Alaska.

Deserted islands: Doliver Island, Maine; Cayo Costa State Park, Fla.; Eagle Island, Ga.; and Posey Island State Park, Wash.

Wild roads: Highway 375, Nev.; Natchez Trace Parkway, Tenn.-Miss.; Route 66, Ariz.; and Route 112, N.H.

Long walks: Joshua Tree National Park, Calif.; Pecos Wilderness, Mexico; North Country Trail, Upper Peninsula, Mich.; Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge, Vt.; and Theodore Roosevelt National Park, N.D.

Six not to miss: Delaware River rapids between New Jersey and Pennsylvania; the Museum of Natural History, New York City; Dalton Highway, Alaska; Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, Wis.; Steens Mountain Wilderness, Ore.; and Canyons of the Escalante, Utah.

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