Ron Strickland (born March 19, 1943) is an American conservationist, long distance trail developer, and author.
He is the founder of the 1,200-mile (1,900 km) Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail (PNT) and of the proposed transcontinental Sea-to-Sea Route.
He is the author of nine books including his 2011 memoir Pathfinder: Blazing a New Wilderness Trail in Modern America.
He incorporated the Pacific Northwest Trail Association in 1977, and was its executive director for twenty years.
The Pacific Northwest Trail is a story of "unstinting devotion...Ron Strickland's tale fits the landscape through which he traveled: out of scale, and a bit bigger than life usually is.".