The 4-part documentary is finally complete! Join Trails of Freedom President Leigh Anne Crocco and co-founder Avi Duckor-Jones on their 3-week Kauai backpacking adventure! Discover some of the island’s best hiking trails, and enjoy footage from some of the most beautiful spots in all of Hawai’i!

Cathedral Pines Preserve is 42-acre swath of woodlands in Cornwall, Connecticut which was covered in old-growth white pine and hemlock trees when it was originally granted to The Nature Conservancy in 1967. Yet little more than two decades after it was granted protection as conservation land, a series of tornadoes tore through the grove and leveled roughly 80% of the centuries-old forest.

On May 9, 2011 a wildfire broke out near the Appalachian Trail just a few miles south of Bear Mountain in Salisbury, Connecticut. We visited the site of the fire damage to survey how much forest was lost, what the area looks like now, and convey an important message about conservation to all our fellow hikers and campers.

The 2011 Tough Mudder: New England, held at Vermont’s Mount Snow, may not have been a “hike” in the strictest sense of the word… but this back-breaking, 10-mile obstacle course could prepare you for some of meanest trails on the planet!

Trails of Freedom is proud to bring you this fascinating look at the Mianus River Gorge Preserve in Bedford, New York.

A world-famous landmark of the Hawaiian islands, Diamond Head Crater is O’ahu’s most popular hike among visitors.

With Connecticut experiencing a near-”Arctic” winter of its own in 2011, Trails of Freedom set out to Hubbard Park in Meriden, Connecticut to create a structure that epitomizes early Arctic life… the igloo.

“Geocaching is fun in it’s own right,” explains ToF Chief Researcher, Justin Coleman,” but there’s also the added bonus of being led to places that you might otherwise never have discovered, some of which may be only a few miles from where you live.”

Shortly before the winter claims their crowns, the forests of New England are ablaze with vivid colors. In this addition to our “Quick Facts” series, Trails of Freedom Chief Researcher, Justin Coleman, explores the reasons behind this spectacular phenomenon.

The Polar Plunge for Parks offers a frighteningly refreshing way to welcome the New Year by submerging one’s self into the frigid waters of Long Island Sound on January 1st.