Citizen journalism and resource creation keeps on developing in the disability community.
Take the web site GreatWheelchairAccessibleHikes.com by Chris Trzcinski. Chris recommends Ann Siek's site San Francisco Bay Area Wheelchair Accessible Trails. Davey's site Accessible Trails.com and Loren's site Accessing Arizona and Catherine Marsden's Accessible Chicago
Slowly the dispersed team of outdoor inclusion enthusiasts is coming together.
Next they will need to start looking international. Like Red's follow up to NZonWheels called "Walking is Overrated"
From Great Wheelchair Accessible Hikes:
My name is Chris, and I'm a hiker and high school student from California. I've created this website to share information with other hikers about great, not just fair, wheelchair accessible hikes. To me, a great hike includes the following things: a hard surface such as pavement, cement, plank, packed dirt or gravel over a hard surface (not sand or deep gravel); free from ruts and rocks; wide enough for a wheelchair or scooter to pass through easily; minimal or gradual elevation change; and beautiful or interesting scenery. The trails listed here are ones I or other contributors enjoy hiking over and over again. I put red asterisks next to trails that are my favorites.My hope is for this website to become a valued resource for other hikers. In order to build the site, I will continue to add more great hikes from around the U.S. and other countries. I will also include recommendations from other hikers. So if you have a favorite hike, please send me information and I'll add it to the website. There must be lots of amazing, accessible hikes out there; we just need to share the information. For example, does anyone know of an accessible hike on the Appalachian Trail or a scenic hike in Boston?
Source:
http://www.greatwheelchairaccessiblehikes.com/
For more on Chris see:
Teen creates reliable Web site for hikers using wheelchairs
http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=805336