Why hike the Appalachian Trail (A.T.) from Georgia to Maine? For some people it’s a rite of passage, a transition from youth to adulthood, or maybe a way to heal a broken heart. Others do it for the ...

Ever thought about hiking the longest, hiking-only footpath in the world? It’s right here in the U.S., passing through the eastern Appalachian Mountains. The elevation gain of the Appalachian Trail ...

Rounding out our summer re-run series, here’s a column from 2023 about a most determined hiker! Five years ago now, Diana Jackson was walking 2,192 miles. The Darien native is one of over 3,300 people ...

A hiker with a battery-powered, bionic leg has set out to become the first amputee to walk the entire Appalachian Trail, a 2,168-mile trek from Georgia to Maine. “I am on my way,” Scott Rogers said by ...

The Appalachian Trail, one of the world's longest continuously marked footpaths, turns 80 this month. Conservancy and volunteer groups completed the 2,190 mile-long footpath in August 1937 from Maine ...

As people continue to be stuck in their homes throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, more and more hikers have been getting out on trails to get some exercise and enjoy nature. But as closures continued to ...

Three years ago, Jensen Bissell, the director of Baxter State Park, the northern terminus of the Appalachian Trail, raised concerns to the Appalachian Trail Conservancy about the number of AT ...

A gathering storm near Lehigh Gap, Pennsylvania Earl Shaffer / Earl Shaffer Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History “Followed nice trail all morn—to sight of James River, took ...

Some recovery work in the North Carolina mountains since Hurricane Helene has happened off the beaten path as volunteers and government crews repair damage on the Appalachian Trail and ...

Some parents may have had trouble getting their kids away from electronics and outside this summer. But for one Virginia family, this wasn't the case. Josh and Cassie Sutton recently completed a ...