Top web sites
The Hiking Life – Tips, Trails and Trip Reports

All Trails – Find your trail

Trails – Your Guide to the Outdoors

ZipOutdoors – Epic content on outdoor activities, adventures and lifestyles

Planning a Hike
Hiking 101 – Tips for Your Next Hike
Camping Checklist Guide

Maps
Hiking Project – Better Data. Better Maps. Better Hikes

Trail Journals – Real tales from the trail
Best Websites for Hikers

Books – Informative, entertaining
The Adventure Junkies – 51 of the Best Hiking Books of All Time

Periodicals
The Backpacker

Cool Sites
National Geographic – Hiking and Backpacking