The Ensign Cowall Memorial Shelter is one of several shelters along the Appalachian Trail in Maryland. (Kevin Thomas) South Mountain was a ferocious, daylong fight that pitted 28,000 Union ...

A wildfire discovered Monday on South Mountain near the Appalachian Trail and Washington/Frederick county line is expected to continue smoldering until there is significant rain, a Maryland ...

Passing through the Appalachian Mountains, the Smoky Mountains, White Mountain National Forest, and more, the trail traverses about 450,000 feet of elevation changes.

A wildfire discovered Monday on South Mountain near the Appalachian Trail and Washington/Frederick county line is expected to continue smoldering until there is significant rain, a Maryland ...