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The absolute essentials you should have in your hiking kit plus some locations i suggest visiting at some point.
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items Hello my name is Jacob, I hike almost every weekend and also camp occasionally this is a list of essential items to include in a hiking bag plus some decent hiking or camping places i have personally visited numerous times.
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Essential hiking items
Good Hiking and camping locations and resources i recommend.
Essential hiking items
These are essential items i believe should be critical for any hiking kit
Hiking backpacks are good for carrying all your stuff you need while hiking personally I would recommend a 100 liter backpack with some sort of built-in frame.
Outdoor Backpacks & Camping Bags | REI Co-op
Sometimes if your lucky you can find an older but sturdy backpack with a built-in frame at a local thriftshop for fairly cheap ive seen them go for 15$ but prices will obviously very from place to place.
External Frame Hiking Backpacks - Sports & Outdoors
Good for multiple different types of use you can set them pretty much anywhere that has sun light and they will recharge them selves abit slowly though from my experience, and thier small enough to fit into most pants pockets.
Best Cell Phone Solar Chargers
Always nessicary to have one of these in your hiking bag thier small but thier good for diging things if you ever find your self in a bad situation on top of that one side of the shovel is built a lot like a hand saw so it doubles as a cutting tool o...
USGI Military Style Tri-Fold Entrenching Tool
Storm proof matches, another thing to have and not need and need and not have.
UCO Stormproof Match Kit | REI Co-op
Quick and easy to assemble even for someone who has never assembled a tent before thier also cheap for a entry level tent i would recommend this. Beware i would recommend setting up in a area were thier is some sort of wind brace or building one if n...
2-Person Tents & 3-Person Camping Tents
Survival sleeping bag, another better to have and not need to need and not have.
Survival Bivvies - SOL
Letterman multitool, reliable sturdy and tough this thing is a must have for numerous situations and is good for both campers hikers blue-collar workers and just about everyone in-between.
Multi-tools
Another thing to have and not need thing need and need and not have.
Survival Mirror
Another absolute must have, excellent for lighting your way at night.
Lighting EVER LED Flashlights High Lumens
18 in survival machete, another absolute must have, can use it for hacking small limbs off of trees and bush's clearing bush ect
Heavy Duty 18" Machete - Survival Knife
Everyone needs to eat right, so its better to have a few mres than absolute nothing.
MRE Ready to Eat Meals - Emergency Food Kit 6 Pack
Everyone needs shoes right, why not some shoes built for hiking.
Hiking Boots: Shop Boots for Hiking & Backpacking | REI Co-op
Splint kit, a must have for a potential emergency. Better to have and not need than need and not have.
First Aid Splint
Steel toe boots are also good alternatives for hiking speaking from personal experience and the shoes are typically not only thick enough to protect your feet from things like nails but the extra protection on your toes helps if your a naturally clum...
Danner
First aid kits are a absolutely must have for obvious reasons.
First Aid Kits
Essential medical supplies, better to have and not need than need and not have.
You Can Home Medical Supplies
Tourniquet kits can help stop bleeding from severe potentially life threatening injuries, so better to have them and not need then than need them and not have them.
Tourniquet Kit
Good Hiking and camping locations and resources i recommend.
These are places and areas and resources I recommend to hike, fish, camp, atv ride, ect.
This mountain range has plenty of hiking locations as well as tourist locations and camping spots as well as atv trails.
Ashley National Forest
Plenty of areas good for hiking, fishing, atv riding, or camping.
Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area
This marina also doubles as a local camp ground
Buckboard Marina
Wyoming has numerous national forests with various camping grounds and riding trails
Explore Over Nine Million Acres of National Forests in Wyoming
All trails is a app for finding 450k plus hiking trails and mapping them.
AllTrails
This park in the middle of nowhere has some good trails in and around the general vicinity that are good for hiking
Historic Pioneer Trails - Sweetwater County, Wyoming
This rv park also has a small coffee shop were people can purchase infused redbulls, beer, things like that.
Green River Rv Park: Home
Elk mountain is a seemingly small mountain in Wyoming that seemingly towers over a mostly flat surrounding landscape.
Best hikes and trails in Elk Mountain
Sheep creek Utah, is another location that is a fairly good Hiking area depending on the time of year, who knows might see some interesting wild life if your into that kinda thing.
Sheep Creek | Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area
Sweet water county has some excellent hiking and walking and riding trails as well as some interesting and unique sites that you are unique and cool once you find them.
Hiking | Where to Hike, Trails | Sweetwater County, Wyoming
Green River and the surrounding areas have some good Hiking trails.
Best hikes and trails in Green River
Another nessicary app for navigating trails with your phone, all the trails can be navigated offline.
Gaia GPS
Green River lakes, a set of lakes i visited a few times growing up are more impressive in person.
Green River Lakes and Squaretop Mountain - Forest Service
A small mountain with a weird mixture of forests and south western deserts north of Flaming gorge resevor in Wyoming and roughly south of both green river and rock springs.
Little Mountain