Editing List of long-distance footpaths (section)

=== United States ===
{{main|Long-distance trails in the United States|National Trails System}}[[File:Franconia Ridge.jpg|thumb|Appalachian Trail in the [[Franconia Range]], New Hampshire]]Three famous north–south trails spanning the USA comprise the [[Triple Crown of Hiking]]:
* [[Appalachian Trail]], {{cvt|2200|mi|order=flip}} long connecting [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] and [[Maine]] via the [[Appalachian Mountains]] and other mountain ranges
* [[Continental Divide Trail]], {{cvt|3100|mi|order=flip}} running from Mexico to Canada through [[New Mexico]], [[Colorado]], [[Wyoming]], [[Idaho]], and [[Montana]]
* [[Pacific Crest Trail]], {{cvt|2653|mi|order=flip}} from Mexico to Canada via the [[Sierra Nevada (U.S.)|Sierra Nevada]] and [[Cascade Range|Cascade]] ranges of the [[West Coast of the United States|West Coast]]

Other popular trails include:

* [[John Muir Trail]] in central [[California]], mostly along the Pacific Crest Trail in the central Sierra, {{cvt|210|mi|order=flip}}
* [[Tahoe Rim Trail]] in California and [[Nevada]], {{cvt|165|mi|order=flip}}
* [[Long Trail]] through [[Vermont]], {{cvt|272|mi|order=flip}}
* [[Pacific Northwest Trail]] from the [[Washington (state)|Washington]] coast to the North American continental divide in [[Montana]], {{cvt|1200|mi|order=flip}}
* [[Colorado Trail]] from southwestern [[Colorado]] to the [[Denver]] suburbs, {{cvt|486|mi|order=flip}}
* [[Arizona Trail]] running the length of the state north - south, {{cvt|789|mi|order=flip}}
* [[Ouachita National Recreation Trail]] in [[Oklahoma]] and [[Arkansas]], {{cvt|223|mi|order=flip}}
* [[River to River Trail]] in southern [[Illinois]], {{cvt|160|mi|order=flip}}
* [[Florida Trail]] running the length of the state, {{cvt|1000|mi|order=flip}} built with some {{cvt|300|mi|order=flip}} planned