The only thing this article really shows is that every state has a nice place to go hiking. Aside from that, there are many factors that make a hike enjoyable, and criteria are not the same for different people.

Personally, I just try to make the most of any place I'm in, and appreciate it for what it is. Even if it's the local trail that I've hiked a hundred times, it is never exactly the same experience. And that's what makes it fun (to me).

And finding beauty in what would ordinarily pass as a "mundane" trail is precisely what makes the exceptional places so awe-inspiring.