You may be asking, “What is Urban Hiking?” Well, I think it can be several things.
It can be long walks (never mind the tempo) in town, whether from your home or taking a vehicle to a certain spot and walking from there.
It can be walking a long distance in town. Long enough, you might want to bring a backpack with water and stuff. Most likely taking a specific route and/or having a destination.
It can be doing an urban hike beer crawl.
You don’t need woods, elevation gain, or maintained trails to call something a hike.
If there is an extra layer to your walking around time, that’s when you can call it a hike. And if you’re doing it in town, it’s an urban hike. There is a post on jasonexplorer.com that explains it more.
Really, I want to call my walking “urban hiking” so it sounds friggin’ cooler, OKAY?!?
Now that that is settled, I am getting into hiking in the Sierra and Urban Hiking. I started small in my [old] neighborhood last year. First to Basin Park:
Then stepped up a little and went to Out Of The Barrel:
I am now slowly building my own list of Fresno urban hikes that I will be trickling out here on The Fresnan, so keep eyes on the trail for more. Some that exist and others I curate.
For more Urban Fresno hiking, check out a recent one I did on the Northern SJR Bluffs.
