Pack a hiking journal on your next adventure
Remembering to pack a hiking journal for your next outdoor adventure will help you preserve your discoveries and favorite moments right from the trail. This week, our awesome team of creatives put together a little adventure inspiration along with a helpful list to jumpstart your hiking journal this summer.
Sometimes, the great outdoors can get a little messy. Make sure you pick a journal that can rough it well. We think our leather rustic journal looks its best mussed up and worn-in.
Tape
Make sure to carry some tape on you in case you find an interesting and flat piece of nature to write about. Whether it's a feather from a bird you've been trying to track or petals from a flower you've never seen before, make sure to secure it in the pages of your journal.
Pencils with erasers, pens
Try not to go overboard unless your focus is to make this an art journal. Take a writing instrument that you're most comfortable using.
Looking for something a little more guide-related books? Check out our National Parks Guide book and Leather Traveler's Atlas.
Is there anything we haven't listed that you love documenting in your own hiking or camping journal? Let us know in the comments!
What You'll Need for your Hiking Journal:
A sturdy, easy-to-wipe-clean journalSometimes, the great outdoors can get a little messy. Make sure you pick a journal that can rough it well. We think our leather rustic journal looks its best mussed up and worn-in.
Tape
Make sure to carry some tape on you in case you find an interesting and flat piece of nature to write about. Whether it's a feather from a bird you've been trying to track or petals from a flower you've never seen before, make sure to secure it in the pages of your journal.
Pencils with erasers, pens
Try not to go overboard unless your focus is to make this an art journal. Take a writing instrument that you're most comfortable using.
Hiking Journal Topic Ideas and other helpful tips
- before you go on a hike, write down a hiking goal on the first page.
- include an item checklist that you can reference throughout your hiking trip
- changes in trail and weather conditions - and how you adapted
- have people you meet along the trail sign a page in your journal and list the city they're from
- sketch your campsite
- leave spaces for photos if you decide to bring a camera with you
- draw a map of your hike and add your own landmarks
- sketch inspiring views
- record what you ate, and whether it was something you packed, caught, or picked.
- record the distances you hiked
- write down the contemplations that come to you during the day's hike
- make note of things you wish you brought or did differently
- write stories or poetry inspired by what you see
- Bringing hiking companions? Mention them and/or sketch them
Looking for something a little more guide-related books? Check out our National Parks Guide book and Leather Traveler's Atlas.
Is there anything we haven't listed that you love documenting in your own hiking or camping journal? Let us know in the comments!
Jul 18th 2014
