This is a list of some long-distance footpaths used for walking and hiking.
Africa Lesotho 3 Ranges Trail: a hiking trail that passes three mountain ranges, namely Thaba Putsoa Range, Central Range and ends at Drakensburg Range. It starts at Lesotho lowest point, at the confluence of Makhaleng and Senqu and ends at the country's highest point, Thabana Ntlenyane (3482m).
Namibia
Fish River Canyon: route in the ǀAi-ǀAis/Richtersveld Transfrontier Park
South Africa Otter Trail: section of the Garden Route along the Cape coast Drakensberg Grand Traverse: rugged trek in KwaZulu-Natal
Egypt Sinai Trail: thru-hike from Nuweiba to Mount Catherine
Uganda Sir Samuel and Lady Florence Baker Trail: 575 km (357 mi) trek through northern Uganda
Asia Bangladesh Jhiri Path: ascent of Keokradong, one of the highest mountains in Bangladesh.
Bhutan Snowman Trek: trek through high passes near the border with Tibet
Hong Kong
Hong Kong Trail: across Hong Kong Island Lantau Trail: on Lantau Island Wilson Trail: from Stanley, Hong Kong Island to Nam Chung, New Territories
MacLehose Trail: from Sai Kung to Tuen Mun
Georgia Transcaucasian Trail: of trail over Georgia and Armenia
India Great Lakes Trek: , Himalayan trek, from Sonamarg to Naranag. The Dang: , The route follows the path of the King of the Dangs, from his residence to the Mount Mary Steps via his favourite den at the foot of his Sea Breeze residence.
Israel Israel National Trail: from Dan to Eilat, covering many historic and scenic points Jerusalem Trail: trail, connecting the Israel National Trail with Jerusalem Jesus Trail: in the Galilee region, connecting important sites from the life of Jesus. The trail begins in Nazareth and passes through Sepphoris, Cana, the horns of Hattin, Arbel Cliffs, Capernaum, Tabgha, the Mount of Beatitudes, the Jordan River, and Mount Tabor. Golan Trail: from Mt. Hermon to the Sea of Galilee Sea to sea trail: from the sea of Galilee to the Mediterranean Sea Valley of the springs Trail (Emek HaMaayanot): around the Valley of springs near the Sea of Galilee Haifa Wadis Trail: trail connecting the Israel National Trail with Haifa and its surroundings
Japan
Hokkaidō Nature Trail: all over the island of Hokkaidō (in planning) Tōhoku Nature Trail: within Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Akita, Yamagata and Fukushima prefectures Chubu Hokuriku Nature Trail: within Gunma, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Nagano, Gifu and Shiga prefectures Kantō Fureai Trail: within Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Tōkyō and Kanagawa prefectures. Also known as the Capital Region Nature Trail. Tōkaidō Nature Trail: from Tokyo to Osaka via Kanagawa, Yamanashi, Shizuoka, Aichi, Shiga, Gifu, Mie, Kyōto and Nara prefectures Kinki Nature Trail: within Fukui, Mie, Shiga, Kyōto, Osaka, Hyōgo, Nara, Wakayama and Tottori prefectures Chugoku Nature Trail: within Tottori, Shimane, Okayama, Hiroshima and Yamaguchi prefectures Shikoku Nature Trail: within Ehime, Tokushima, Kagawa and Kōchi prefectures Kyushu Nature Trail: within Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Oita, Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures Michinoku Coastal Trail: within Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures
Japan is also home to several lengthy pilgrimage routes, such as the Shikoku Pilgrimage that visits 88 temples and Mount Kōya. Today these temples and shrines are easily accessible by car and mass transit, but many visitors choose to walk the traditional routes.
Jordan Jordan Trail: north-south, cross country from Um Qais to AqabaRoute descriptions, maps, photos, etc. at jordantrail.org
Lebanon Lebanon Mountain Trail, a 26-day trail through Mount Lebanon
Myanmar Hkakabo Razi Trail, climbing the highest peak in Myanmar, in Khakaborazi National Park, and various footpaths in Putao
Nepal
Trek to Everest Base Camp, an 18-day trail to the base camp of Mt. Everest Annapurna Circuit, a 3-week loop trek through the Annapurna range Manaslu Circuit Trek, a 3-week loop trek through the adjacent range to the Annapurna region—the Manaslu region. (see Manaslu Circuit at WikiVoyage) The Great Himalaya Trail is a proposed trail from Namche Barwa, Tibet to Nanga Parbat, Pakistan, with sections in Bhutan, China, and India. It uses existing trails, many of which are trekking, trade, or pilgrimage routes, but no new trails have been built. Starting near Kanchenjunga in the east and ending in Humla in the west, the Nepal section has been walked and documented and is about .
Russia Great Baikal Trail Frolikha Adventure Coastline Track F.A.C.T.: trail at the northern tip of Lake Baikal Doroga v Lavru: 120 km from Moscow to Sergiev Posad.
Sri Lanka The Pekoe Trail: 300 km, a 22-stage hike through Sri Lanka's tea plantations.
South Korea Korea Dulle Trail: trail around the country mainland Seoul Trail: trail around Seoul Jeju Olle Trail: trail around Jeju Island Baekdudaegan Trail: along the ridge of the Baekdudaegan range
Taiwan Taipei Grand Trail
Tajikistan Pamir Trail – 1297 km (806 mi) trail from Shring to Vrang
Türkiye Sufi Trail – trail from Istanbul to Konya, following the Ottoman Sultans Hajj route Lycian Way – trail around the south coast of Turkey Saint Paul Trail – trail following St Paul's 1st journey Sultans Trail runs from Vienna through the Balkans, terminating in Istanbul Kaçkar Trails – 8 multi-day trails in Northeast Turkey Evliya Çelebi Way – the first part of Evliya's route to Mecca in the 17th century Phrygian Way – three separate trekking and cycling trails of total in the Phrygian Valleys, western Turkey, Carian Trail – hugging the south-west coast of Turkey
Europe Some of the best known footpaths in Europe are joined by 12 designated European long-distance paths over some . Some other popular international routes include: GR (Grande Randonnée) footpaths in Belgium, France, Spain and the Netherlands Tour du Mont Blanc, circling the Mont Blanc massif in Italy, Switzerland, and France. It covers a distance of roughly with of elevation change. Haute Randonnée Pyrénéenne (HRP), along the length of the Pyrenees in France, Spain and Andorra Nordkalottleden Trail (Kalottireitti), in the northernmost parts of Finland, Sweden, and Norway (Lapland) St James's Way (Camino de Santiago de Compostela), with commonly walked through France and Spain, but also including old pilgrimage routes from as far afield as Poland and Portugal Peaks of the Balkans Trail, through Montenegro, Albania and Kosovo in the Accursed Mountains Sultans Trail in Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, and Turkey
The Via Alpina network of Alpine trails Red Trail Violet Trail Yellow Trail Green Trail Blue Trail Via Francigena from Canterbury to Rome :it:Tratturo L'Aquila-Foggia from L'Aquila (Abruzzo region, Italy) to Foggia (Puglia region, Italy). At , Tratturo Magno is the longest and the most important ancient route, traversed by shepherds in Transhumance The Via Dinarica from Slovenia to Montenegro via the Dinaric Alps connects Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro. The trail connects with Kosovo and Albania via the High Scardus Trail.
Austria "10 great Austrian long-distance trails" North Alpine Trail 01 from Vienna or Lake Neusiedl to Lake Constance Central Alpine Trail 02 from Hainburg an der Donau to Feldkirch South Alpine Trail 03 from Bad Radkersburg to Sillian Pre-Alpine Trail 04 from Vienna to Salzburg and continued via Bavaria to Bregenz Nord-South-Trail 05 from Nebelstein to Eibiswald Pilgrimage Trails to Mariazell 06 connecting Eisenstadt, Vienna, Nebelstein, Linz, Salzburg, Klagenfurt and Eibiswald with Mariazell East-Austrian Borderland Trail 07 from Nebelstein to Bad Radkersburg Eisenwurzentrail 08 connecting the northernmost and the southernmost points of Austria Salzsteig Trail 09 following an old salt smugglers' route from Sternstein to Arnoldstein
Ruperti Trail 10 from Bärenstein to Nassfeld
Other important trails Arnoweg around the state of Salzburg Alpe Adria Trail, Austria, Slovenia, Italy
Bulgaria Kom-Emine , from Mount Kom to Cape Emine (part of European walking route E3)
Czechia Polish–Czech Friendship Trail: trail along the Polish and Czech border in the Sudetes Czech Trail: first official Czech thru-hike trail, divided into a northern and southern branch, totaling 2,000 km (1243 mi)
Denmark Hærvejen, an ancient trail on the Jutland Peninsula. Øhavsstien around the archipelago of southern Denmark Fünen. Gendarmstien, following the border between Germany and Denmark. Bornholm Rundt. A walk around of the island of Bornholm (). Camønoen A walk on the island of Møn (). Sjællandsleden is a trail around Sjælland. Kyst til kyst stien A 140 km long hike across Jutland from Blåvandshuk to Vejle Map
Estonia Peraküla-Aegviidu-Ähijärve, from North-East to South-West Estonia Oandu-Aegviidu-Ikla, from North to South Estonia
Finland The Karhunkierros Trail (, External link) in the municipalities of Kuusamo and Salla, Oulanka National Park, Lapland The Peuran polku Trail: (, External link) in the municipalities of Kivijärvi, Kinnula, Perho, Lestijärvi and Reisjärvi in Central Finland, Central Ostrobothnia, and Northern Ostrobothnia—a part of European walking route E6
France Sentier de Grande Randonnée (GR) Haute Randonnée Pyrénéenne (HRP): High Pyrenees Trail, along the border with Spain. The Tour du Lot: a circuit of over around the Department of the Lot's periphery. Sentier Métropolitain: urban and suburban hiking routes, that allow their users to discover a metropolitan territory in several days of hiking. Hexatrek: a 3000 km trail linking France's main mountain ranges.
Germany
Barbarossaweg: Korbach to Kyffhäuserdenkmal () Bergischer Weg: Essen to Königswinter () Birkenhainer Strasse: Hanau to Gemünden am Main () Bonifatiusweg: Mainz to Fulda () Christine-Koch-Weg: Menden to Bad Laasphe () Eselsweg: Schlüchtern to Großheubach () König-Ludwig-Weg: Berg am Starnberger See to Füssen () Maximiliansweg: Lindau to Berchtesgaden () Moselhöhenweg: Trier to Koblenz Pandurensteig: Waldmuenchen to Passau Rennsteig: Hörsel to Blankenstein/Saale through the Thuringian Forest () Rheinburgenweg Trail: Bingen to Koblenz to Rüdesheim am Rhein (c.) Rheinhöhenweg Trail: Bonn to Alsheim/Wiesbaden () Rheinsteig: Bonn to Wiesbaden () Westweg (Black Forest western ridgeway): Pforzheim to Basel () Mittelweg (Black Forest central ridgeway): Pforzheim to Waldshut () Ostweg (Black Forest eastern ridgeway): Pforzheim to Schaffhausen () Black Forest North Perimeter Way: Mühlacker to Karlsruhe () Two Valleys Trail: round hiking trail from/to Waldkirch ()
Freiburg-Lake Constance Black Forest Trail: Freiburg to Konstanz () Saar-Hunsrück-Steig: Trier to Saarschleife in Mettlach or Idar-Oberstein 9 () Westfalenwanderweg: Hattingen to Altenbergen () Goldsteig: Marktredwitz to Passau ()
Greece European walking route E4 (Florina to Agios Nikolaos) European walking route E6 (Igoumenitsa to Alexandroupoli)
Hungary National Blue Trail: connecting several World Heritage Sites
Iceland Laugavegur: from Landmannalaugar to Skógar via Thórsmörk mountain ridge
Italy
Grand Italian Trail (Sentiero Italia): nationwide trail of more than length Via Francigena: pilgrimage route across Italy to Rome from France Emilia-Romagna: Via degli Dei is a path that crosses the Apennines from Bologna to Florence. Dolomites: Dolomites Classical High Route (no.1) from Braies Lake to Belluno High Route of the Legends (no.2) from Brixen to Feltre Dolomites High Route of the Chamoi (no.3) from Villabassa to Longarone Dolomites Grohmann's High Route (no.4) from San Candido in Pusteria to Pieve di Cadore Dolomites Titans's High Route (no.5) from Sesto in Pusteria to Pieve di Cadore Dolomites High Route of Silence (no.6) from Pieve d'Alpago to Vittorio Veneto