The problem with a lot of hiking shoes is that they are still rather tall like tennis shoes, when hiking I'm not "pounding the pavement", I want something punct

The problem with a lot of hiking shoes is that they are still rather tall like tennis shoes, when hiking I'm not "pounding the pavement", I want something puncture resistant with a low center of balance and grip or tread around the edges for gravel and loose rock and decent tox box protection (since I have the bad habit of shuffling at the end of a long day and don't want to stub my toe.)