Category: Publications

Accessible Denver is a website which claims to be ” your source for disability-related information for those living in Denver or visiting the mile high city.  Use the Resource Guide below to find medical services, businesses and professionals who provide information and assistance to the disabled community.”

Handicapped American News contains mostly articles by a Dr. Homer Page

General news: www.disabled-world.com

ORIC is…” a not-for-profit partnership of eight federal, state and private organizations. Our staff is one full-time manager, supplied by the US Forest Service, and a crew of volunteers.”  Their website offers a comprehensive review of outdoor activities in  Colorado.

BerkshireHiking.com  a guide to hiking in the Berkshire Mountains and Litchfield Hills Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York.  Accessibility is not directly addressed.

Washington State Accessible Trails actually has links to a lot more places than just Washington State.  Unfortunately, the majority of the links do not work at this time (2/14).

National Recreation Trails Database – This is a great source!  From the site: “National Recreation Trails (NRTs) provide for numerous outdoor recreation activities in a variety of urban, rural, and remote areas. Over 1,200 trails in [all 50 states] available for public use and ranging from less than a mile to 485 miles in length, have been designated as NRTs on federal, state, municipal, and privately owned lands.”

Go to their basic search page, choose your state and select “pedestrian – walking/hiking/running” from the Trail Use choices.   You can even narrow it down to county.  Although accessibility is not always addressed in the descriptions, contact information including phone numbers is given to help you learn if the trail is appropriate for you.