Google has released its Year in Search 2024, which reveals the United States’ top most-searched-for terms from 2024. This includes the most-searched-for topic (the election), the most-searched-for person (Donald Trump), and the most-searched-for musician (Usher), as well as some obscure search queries, such as the most-search-for pickle recipe (dill pickle bread recipe). But, as far as we’re concerned, the most interesting results from Google’s Year in Search 2024 was the list of 10 most-searched-for hiking areas.
The hiking area in the top spot might surprise you. It wasn’t a hiking trail in Yosemite or Zion or the Grand Canyon. In fact, it isn’t in a national park at all. (Here’s a hint: It’s in New York!) Of the hiking areas that made up the top 10 in terms of Google search volume in 2024, three are in Arizona.
Here’s the list of 2024’s most-searched-for hiking areas:
Google Maps: Top Hiking Areas
- Dater Mountain Nature Park, Sloatsburg, New York
- Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, Oregon
- Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs, Colorado
- Looking Glass Falls, Asheville, North Carolina
- Diamond Head Crater Trailhead, Honolulu, Hawaii
- The Wave, Coconino County, Arizona
- Hole in the Rock, Phoenix, Arizona
- Annie’s Canyon Trail, Solana Beach, California
- Devil’s Bridge Trailhead, Sedona, Arizona
- Peekamoose Blue Hole, Sundown, New York
Did you search for any of these terms or visit any of these places in 2024?