When you decide to hike the daunting Appalachian Trail, the best time of year to start and end your hike depends on what ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. The 76 miles of the Appalachian Trail in Georgia traces a northeasterly ...

They started in Maine and are headed to Georgia. They made it to the halfway point this week and stopped to celebrate. There's a tradition on the trail to try and eat a half gallon of ice cream in ...

Conceived by Benton MacKaye 100 years ago, the path of the Appalachian Trail has evolved and endured. The southern beginning of the trail was not originally at Georgia's Springer Mountain ...

The trail stretches from Georgia to Maine. Forester and regional planner Benton MacKaye came up with the idea for an Appalachian Mountain trail in the early 1900s.

About 3,000 hikers a year attempt the Appalachian Trail—the 2,198-mile footpath from Georgia to Maine—but only ... Georgia I reached a point in my life where I could take this much time ...

A monument was constructed at the original southern terminus of the Appalachian Trail on Mount Oglethorpe, in Pickens County, Ga. The obelisk, dedicated in 1930, was moved about 20 miles to the ...

A 5-year-old’s adventures normally are kept close to home — the backyard, neighborhood or a park. But Harvey Sutton went on an adventure of a lifetime that would be too much for many adults.

WHO 13 NEWS — Iowa veteran Joedy VanValzen is officially halfway done hiking the Appalachian Trail. He cruised past the mental halfway point in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia a couple weeks ago.