Spend time on or near Maine’s 282-mile section of the Appalachian Trail over the next couple months and you’ll likely encounter that legendary animal known as the “thru-hiker.” ...

Located along the Appalachian Trail at the edge of the 100 Mile Wilderness, this tiny town packs a lot into its quiet, scenic surroundings. Monson sits in the heart of Piscataquis County, about a ...

A northbound Appalachian Trail thru-hike starts at Springer Mountain in northern Georgia and ends on Mount Katahdin, the highest mountain in the state of Maine. The trail runs up most of the East ...

Rusty Foster is partway through a planned six-month hike of the Appalachian Trail from his home state of Maine south to Georgia with his 19-year-old son, Mica.

GARDNERS, Pa. (AP) — Sam Cooper had just trekked 7 miles through a rain-sodden stretch of the Appalachian Trail when he sat ...

REGION — The Maine Appalachian Trail Land Trust recently announced its winter hikes schedule. The Community Hikes program provides free guided hiking trips to the general public.

Maine hikers prepare for 100-Mile Wilderness trek on Appalachian Trail The trio is attempting the rare midwinter traverse to raise $10,000 for underprivileged youth through United Way of the Tri ...

A northbound Appalachian Trail thru-hike starts at Springer Mountain in northern Georgia and ends on Mount Katahdin, the highest mountain in the state of Maine. The trail runs up most of the East ...

Appalachian Trail thru-hiker Sam Cooper, ... They most often walk from south to north, starting in Springer Mountain, Georgia, and wrapping up 13 states later at Maine’s Mount Katahdin.

Midway up the Appalachian Trail, a little country store in Gardners, Pennsylvania, invites hikers to take on an additional challenge: eating a half-gallon of ice cream in one sitting GARDNERS, Pa ...