Hiker Challenge Badges

The Hiker Challenge is all about inspiring, motivating and rewarding you - especially new and novice hikers - for getting out on Nova Scotia’s beautiful trails to start hiking or to hike more. It’s tailored to showcase the best of the province while providing helpful and fun challenges in doing so. Your challenge is to hike certain distances or in certain regions over the course of a year. Your reward for completing each challenge is a badge to show off on clothing or backpacks, as well as being listed on our Honour Roll. There is a cost for most badges, but some are free. Each season we’ll do a prize draw including everyone who has earned a badge in the last three months. Prizes are gift cards generously provided by our partner The Trail Shop. So get your hike on and take the Hiker Challenge!

Honour Roll - view who has earned badges so far!

Keep track of your distances: Download and print this logbook or try an online app.

Have questions about how it works? Check out our Rules and Q & A document.

Hiker Challenge Prize Draw: Winners

A prize draw for the Hiker Challenge was held on September 1, 2026 for those who earned badges this summer. Congratulations to the winners of gift cards generously provided by The Trail Shop Halifax:

$100 gift card: Amanda Kenneally, Aylesford
$50 gift card: Leah Sine, Forest HIll
$25 gift card: Baker Brennan, Hopewell

The application deadline for badges earned this Fall is November 30, 2026 for the September prize draw!

The Challenges

Regional Hiker Challenge Badges

Click on a badge below to learn more about how to earn it.

Kings County Badge Hike: Full Moon hike on the Harvest Moon Trail, Grand Pre

Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 7 pm

Location: Grand Pre Harvest Moon Trail (2242 Grand Pre Rd, Grand Pre)
Difficulty: Easy
Distance: 5.5 km
Time: 2 hrs
Register: Learn more and register here

The Core Hiker Challenge Badges

Click on a badge below to learn more about how to earn it.