In this week’s Nature column, Peter Marteka describes a visit to Hang Glider View along the Appalachian Trail in Salisbury.Hike DetailsDifficulty level: Moderate to difficult. As with many of ...

You can't see the Appalachian Trail from the sky, not directly anyway. But you can see the ridge it follows, extending seemingly forever from horizon to hazy blue horizon, making our view from ...

Avid hikers and trekkers seeking a rocky challenge should check out an adventurous, difficult trail within Virginia's ...

The Appalachian Trail Conservancy announced this week that it had purchased 850 acres of land beneath ... Virginia’s McAfee Knob is arguably the most famous view on the Appalachian Trail, ...

Whether you have a long weekend or just a long day, you can get your Appalachian Trail fix without quitting your job. The AT is replete with dayhikes and short backpacking trips that can give you ...

A stretch of the Appalachian Trail that winds through Giles County will soon be re-routed to afford better views of the New River and its surrounding beauty — as opposed ...

Why the famed Appalachian Trail keeps getting longer — and harder As America has transformed, so too has its celebrated footpath. Less than half the A.T. remains where it was originally laid.

The Appalachian Trail was the brainchild of Benton MacKaye in 1921, when he suggested a continuous hiking route through the mountains of the eastern Atlantic states.

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The Appalachian Trail was the brainchild of Benton Mackaye a land-use planner. Mackaye, who grew up about 30 miles west of Boston in Shirley Center, Massachusetts, was no stranger to mountains.

You can't see the Appalachian Trail from the sky, not directly anyway. But you can see the ridge it follows, extending seemingly forever from horizon to hazy blue horizon, making our view from ...