42 Trending Hiking Blog Businesses [2024]

Pat Walls

•

Updated: January 18th, 2023

Start A Hiking Blog

Looking for some examples of a hiking blog?

Interested in case studies of a successful hiking blog? Check out our full list of success stories.

1. WordPress.com

Create a free website or build a blog with ease on WordPress.com. Dozens of free, customizable, mobile-ready designs and themes. Free hosting and support.

Where they're located: Jacksonville, Florida, USA
Website traffic: 333M/month

2. AllTrails

Search over 100,000 trails with trail info, maps, detailed reviews, and photos curated by millions of hikers, campers, and nature lovers like you.

Where they're located: Vicuña, Coquimbo Region, Chile
Website traffic: 15.2M/month

Learn more about starting a hiking blog:

Where to start?

-> How much does it cost to start a hiking blog?
-> Pros and cons of a hiking blog

Need inspiration?

-> Other hiking blog success stories
-> Marketing ideas for a hiking blog
-> Hiking blog Instagram captions

Other resources

-> Blog post ideas for a hiking blog

4. Backpacker

Where they're located: South Australia, Australia

5. CleverHiker

Hiking, backpacking & camping gear reviews, skill tutorials, trip guides, and much more.

Where they're located: Stockton, California, USA
Website traffic: 1.05M/month

6. Section Hikers Backpacking Blog

Hiking and backpacking for beginners and experts. The top backpacking gear review and skills website written by an experienced backpacker and guide.

Where they're located: Amarillo, Texas, USA
Website traffic: 750K/month

7. HikingGuy.com

Detailed hiking directions, hiking gear recommendations, and hiking tips for everyone.

8. Oregon Hikers

Website traffic: 270K/month

9. Adventure Alan

Since 1999 your source for honest & factual information on ultralight backpacking & hiking, backpacking gear, gear reviews, tips and tricks.

10. Amanda Outside

An outdoor adventure blog focusing on hiking for beginners, backpacking tips, and camp food recipes.

11. Renee Roaming

12. Moon & Honey Travel

Inspiring you to travel with your feet and documenting the best hiking trails in the world. Read our detailed hiking guides and trekking itineraries.

13. Florida Hikes

Thousands of miles of hiking trails, biking, paddling, camping and more! Explore Florida's outdoors with hiking experts and authors Sandra Friend and John Keatley

14. Gear Up Hiking

The best hiking backpack reviews & advice for your perfect nature getaway.

How much they make: $16.2K/year
Where they're located: Sofia, Bulgaria
How much did it cost to start: $1.7K
Current team size: 1

I Make $1,350/Month With A Hiking Advice Website [Side Hustle]

From almost zero knowledge about SEO and marketing, this founder grew Gear Up Hiking, a hiking and camping niche affiliate blog that currently averages $1300+ per month and has a traffic range of 20k to 30k visitors monthly, and is worth over $50,000 if sold for profit.

About

Asen started Gear Up Hiking about 5 years ago

Revenue

Asen grew the business to $1.35K/month

Costs

It cost Asen $1700 to start the business

Read this case study

Read by 6,816 founders

15. Where Are Those Morgans?

Your new favorite travel, hiking and photography blog by Mark and Kristen - a British-American couple with a passion for the world.

Website traffic: 100K/month

16. The Hiking Life |

17. Fox in the Forest

Welcome to Fox in the Forest, LLC. I am a full-time freelance content writer and digital marketing consultant with an adventure and hiking blog.

18. Hiking in the White Mountains and Adirondacks

Trip reports and pictures about hiking in the White Mountains of New Hampshire and the Adirondacks of New York. 48, 4,000 footers in New Hampshire.

19. besthike.com

Best hikes, treks, tramps in the world.

20. A Woman Afoot

An inspiring and empowering blog by a solo female hiker. Read, learn, and hit the trails!

21. Hiking in Finland

22. The Modern Female Hiker

The Modern Female Hiker is a dog friendly blog for outdoor lovers & weekend warriors. I share tips on hikes for limited vacation days, being an outdoor woman, and dog friendly hiking with your pups.

23. Nutty Hiker Adventures

Offering expert tips, gear reviews, and trip-planning advice on America’s best hiking and outdoor adventures as well as unique travel destinations to explore.

24. Lotsafreshair

Bushwalking and Hiking Tips from an Unexpected Outdoors Chick. LotsaFreshAir is all about the ‘how to’ of having adventures in the great outdoors.

25. Trail Journals, Backpacking and Hiking Journals

26. Homemade Wanderlust

27. Roaming Spices

Day hiking blog featuring all the hiking trails that we undertake wherever we roam. Inspiring others to go hiking and enjoy nature

28. Pinoy Mountaineer

29. The Rambling Raccoon

The Rambling Raccoon is your #1 Hiking, Lifestyle, and Travel Blog. Just a girl, overly obsessed with the outdoors and getting outside as much as possible.

30. Planned Spontaneity

A blog about hiking around the Midwest and beyond

31. 1000 Hikes in 1000 Days

I hiked 1000 Trails in 1000 Days. This blog contains unique trail info. I am Jeremy Jacobus a/k/a The Hike Stalker.

32. Free Outside

A website of backpacking resources, satire, and writing by me throughout my 30,000 miles of thru-hiking.

33. Brian and Ashley's Hiking Blog!

A Site about Hiking in Orange County, Southern California, and beyond featuring detailed trail write-ups, trail maps, and advice on well over 100 different hikes

34. Hiking Ambition

35. kenjiSAITO – A casual hiker with a blog

36. Hiking with my Brother

Follow two Seattle-based brothers each week as they explore Washington's hiking trails and wilderness areas. Website contains photos, maps, route descriptions, gps tracks, etc.

37. Virginia Trail Guide

Trail List A comprehensive listing of the trails we have documented for our website. Most Recent The updated route for Kennedy Peak. A great 7-mile hike in GWNF. Hiker FAQs Disclaimers, safety tips, and information about important Leave No Trace principles.

38. Meanderthals: A Hiking Blog by Internet Brothers

Sharing experiences hiking the forests, mountains and streams of the Southern Appalachians, the Rockies, and the Desert Southwest with trail descriptions, trip reports, maps and photos.

39. Hiking New York Adirondacks

40. Big Sky Walker

Each post includes a "photo tour."

41. The Huckleberry Hiker

Part of

Starting A Hiking Blog: Everything You Need To Know

‹

›