One of eight maps in "Virginia's Lost Appalachian Trail," a new book authored by history professor Mills Kelly. ... about 135 miles west and south of the Star City. ...

On the Appalachian Trail, the shelters are welcoming, but there are wasps in the walls. ... West Virginia, and continue south from there, while Mica would keep going from New York. ...

Cris Howard, of Reston, Virginia, put her executive-level biopharmaceutical career on hold to hike the 2,200-mile Appalachian Trail.