Top adventure sports destinations
As an increasing numbers of holidayers and vacationers opt for places that combine a scenic vista along with some kind of adventure sports or extreme adventure activities and sports, it would always be helpful to have a go to list of some of the top ranked adventure sports destinations.
Houghton Skate Park at Long Beach, California is a very popular adventure sports destination for skating enthusiasts. Spread over 25,000 square feet, this skate park has very well designed skating bowls and street sections. The Coleman Oval Skate Park in New York City also offers a wide variety of skating experiences for beginners as well as more advanced skaters.
The Cumberland caverns in Tennessee offer adventure sports enthusiasts a chance to explore subterranean caves as well as underground pathways that span over 32 miles. Overnight camping options are also available here.
Visiting Las Vegas and taking in its sparkling city sights in itself may be an exhilarating adventure for many. However, now, a company called Sky Combat Ace offers you the chance to recreate the Top Gun flight experience for yourself in an aerobatic plane that your pilot maneuvers through some heart stopping rolls and loops.
The mountains around the region of Lake Tahoe offer a large number of trails ranging in various levels of difficulty for mountain biking fanatics. With descents of over 2000 feet as well as stunning cliff drops, mountain biking can provide more than its share of thrill for adventure sports junkies who are also passionate about mountain biking.
The Yosemite National Park has some of the top rated rock climbing experiences in the country. The most challenging is the El Capitan summit, but Yosemite also offers other climbing options such as the Half dome and the Washington Column.
If your childhood dream was to become a cosmonaut, then you can experience the whole zero gravity effect at the space flight simulations that take place at Las Vegas, Miami, San Francisco, Washington, and New York at intervals throughout the year.
Zip lining is another popular adventure sports activity, and what better way to experience zip lining at its highest as well as fastest than by trying it out on the longest facility for zip lining in the country? Here’s your chance to whizz at break neck speed high up above the slopes of the Catskills. The Skyrider tour is among the most daring options for zip lining offered at Hunter Mountain.
For an otherworldly adventure sports experience, you could also try paragliding over the slopes of the dormant Haleakala volcano, which is the highest point at Maui in Hawaii.
So what are you waiting for? A plethora of adventure sports options awaits you, not in any location far away, but right here in the country. Grab your gear, cook your tickets, and go treat yourself to a new adventure.
