--- title: "November 17th is National Take a Hike Day" id: "70346" type: "post" slug: "november-17th-is-national-take-a-hike-day" published_at: "2018-11-15T12:00:19+00:00" modified_at: "2018-11-15T12:00:19+00:00" url: "https://wagsaboutyou.com/2018/11/15/november-17th-is-national-take-a-hike-day/" markdown_url: "https://wagsaboutyou.com/2018/11/15/november-17th-is-national-take-a-hike-day.md" excerpt: "Today is National Take a Hike Day, which is observed annually on November 17th. There are over 60,000 miles of trails in the national…" taxonomy_category: - "Petcare" taxonomy_post_tag: - "American Eskimo puppies" - "American Eskimo puppies for sale" --- November 15, 2018 # November 17th is National Take a Hike Day November 15, 2018 · [Petcare](https://wagsaboutyou.com/category/petcare/) Share[https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwagsaboutyou.com%2F2018%2F11%2F15%2Fnovember-17th-is-national-take-a-hike-day%2F](https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwagsaboutyou.com%2F2018%2F11%2F15%2Fnovember-17th-is-national-take-a-hike-day%2F) [https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwagsaboutyou.com%2F2018%2F11%2F15%2Fnovember-17th-is-national-take-a-hike-day%2F&text=November%2017th%20is%20National%20Take%20a%20Hike%20Day](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwagsaboutyou.com%2F2018%2F11%2F15%2Fnovember-17th-is-national-take-a-hike-day%2F&text=November%2017th%20is%20National%20Take%20a%20Hike%20Day) [https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwagsaboutyou.com%2F2018%2F11%2F15%2Fnovember-17th-is-national-take-a-hike-day%2F&description=November%2017th%20is%20National%20Take%20a%20Hike%20Day](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwagsaboutyou.com%2F2018%2F11%2F15%2Fnovember-17th-is-national-take-a-hike-day%2F&description=November%2017th%20is%20National%20Take%20a%20Hike%20Day) [https://www.linkedin.com/sharing/share-offsite/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwagsaboutyou.com%2F2018%2F11%2F15%2Fnovember-17th-is-national-take-a-hike-day%2F](https://www.linkedin.com/sharing/share-offsite/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwagsaboutyou.com%2F2018%2F11%2F15%2Fnovember-17th-is-national-take-a-hike-day%2F) [https://api.whatsapp.com/send?text=November%2017th%20is%20National%20Take%20a%20Hike%20Day%20https%3A%2F%2Fwagsaboutyou.com%2F2018%2F11%2F15%2Fnovember-17th-is-national-take-a-hike-day%2F](https://api.whatsapp.com/send?text=November%2017th%20is%20National%20Take%20a%20Hike%20Day%20https%3A%2F%2Fwagsaboutyou.com%2F2018%2F11%2F15%2Fnovember-17th-is-national-take-a-hike-day%2F) [mailto:?subject=November%2017th%20is%20National%20Take%20a%20Hike%20Day&body=Today%20is%20National%20Take%20a%20Hike%20Day%2C%20which%20is%20observed%20annually%20on%20November%2017th.%20There%20are%20over%2060%2C000%20miles%20of%20trails%20in%20the%20national%26hellip%3B%0A%0Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fwagsaboutyou.com%2F2018%2F11%2F15%2Fnovember-17th-is-national-take-a-hike-day%2F](mailto:?subject=November%2017th%20is%20National%20Take%20a%20Hike%20Day&body=Today%20is%20National%20Take%20a%20Hike%20Day%2C%20which%20is%20observed%20annually%20on%20November%2017th.%20There%20are%20over%2060%2C000%20miles%20of%20trails%20in%20the%20national%26hellip%3B%0A%0Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fwagsaboutyou.com%2F2018%2F11%2F15%2Fnovember-17th-is-national-take-a-hike-day%2F) [Stay Connected via Google News Follow Us For The Latest Pet Updates and Guides.](https://www.google.com/preferences/source?q=wagsaboutyou.com) #### **Today is National Take a Hike Day, which is observed annually on November 17th.** There are over 60,000 miles of trails in the national trail system across the country. 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