About 3,000 people attempt the entire distance of the 2,198-mile Appalachian Trail every year. Only 1 in 4 make it. It took ...

I got on a train headed from Albany, New York to Charlottesville, Virginia, on July 14. Then I endeavored to walk home.I ...

Megan Hessenberger will hike 101 miles in honor of her great-grandmother, who founded the National Humane Education Society.

Founded in 1934, the club helped build the Appalachian Trail and today is one of 31 clubs that maintain the AT and also supports trail work in Patapsco Valley State Park. It’s one of the oldest ...

“Nobody can hike the Appalachian Trail without these communities,” said Mr Gary Sizer, who hiked the trail in 2014 and wrote the book, Where’s The Next Shelter?, about the trip. “The whole ...

the Virginia Creeper Trail and the Appalachian Trail. But on Sept. 27, the trails took a major hit from Hurricane Helene. “[The blowdowns] can vary from a simple tree across the trail to ...

ERWIN, Tenn. (WJHL)—Every year, thousands of hikers take on the over 2,000-mile trek from Georgia to Maine on the Appalachian Trail. However, the damage caused by Hurricane Helene added an extra ...

Overall, the Appalachian trail proposal is striking and effective because MacKaye insists on including social and environmental concerns in the regional planning proposal from the beginning to its ...

The Appalachian Trail stretches from Maine to Georgia, totaling more than 2,100 miles through 14 states. Shenandoah National Park's stretch of the trail predates the park and originally ran the ...

Seven minutes before midnight on September 21, 2024, Tara Dower reached the terminus of the Appalachian Trail on Springer Mountain in Georgia. At 40 days, 18 hours, and 6 minutes, Dower finished AT ...