About The Mid-Atlantic Hiking Group

The Mid-Atlantic Hiking Group
We are a laid back group of people who enjoy hiking with others while exploring trails in Maryland, DC, Virginia, and PA. A sense of humor is a must and we are very much a social hiking group. Our group focuses on camaraderie and safety while having good times out on the trail! We enjoy Mother Natures diversity as well as our own! So get your rear in gear and join us for a hike and see you out on the trail soon!

Why We Hike - To have good times, make friends, and heck, maybe even meet that special someone along the trail while enjoying the benefit of the great outdoors! Whether you want to lose weight and have never hiked a mile in your life, or have a goal to rise up to the challenge of ultra hiking 30 miles in one day, we should have a hike for you. Join now and see for yourself how active we are! Progress from newbie to extreme hiking at your own pace, or if you would prefer, just hit the trail with us as little or often as you like. We hike because we love it!

When We Hike - We do it in the mornings, evenings, and all weekends averaging 10 times a week and are very flexible. Get your mind out of the gutter 'cause we are talking about hiking now people!

We strive to offer at least one easy, moderate, and strenuous hike within about sixty miles of both Baltimore and DC each weekend. Weekday hikes are only offered in the Baltimore area until we get hike leaders that can offer weekday hikes at other locations.

Types of Hikes - Our hikes range from very easy walks on paved paths along gentle streams and clear lakes, to very strenuous, steep climbs and rock scrambles to mountain summits, and last but not least, fully supported ultra hikes of up to 30K! For the mountain lovers, we visit the AT, Shenandoah National Park and George Washington National Forest almost every Saturday and Sunday. We enjoy post hike meals after most of our weekend hikes. Additionally, we have cookouts, white water floats, hike out/paddle backs, cave trips, natural water slides hikes, and our very popular Monuments in the Moonlight hikes.

How We Hike - We do NOT leave anyone behind! All hikes have a leader and sweeper and often your choice of several paces. We share what we know with one another and value fellowship and camaraderie within our group and always keep a good sense of humor while focusing on the "Leave No Trace" philosophy. Most of our weekend hikes have optional post hike meals to enjoy. There are many volunteer and trail maintenance opportunities offered in addition to community building events, so come on out and make a difference with The Mid-Atlantic Hiking Group!

Who Can Join - Simply put, you can! Whether you are young, work, old, retired, laid off, shy, talkative, energetic, dork, brainiac, lazy (but hopefully you don't want to be or we might have a problem), recovering from an injury, super slow hiker, or a competitive speed hiker, or trail runner, this is a meetup for you. We love our diversity and thrive on it.

WARNING: Our calendar is very active and may become addictive and beneficial to your health!

I hope to see you on the trail soon and let's have good times!

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