The Appalachian Trail covers over 2,000 miles and passes through 14 states. It's known for rugged terrain and long days on ...

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

Our hiking columnist called experts along the Appalachian Trail to get a sense of the destruction left by Hurricane Helene. ... Using a map of the AT as her greenscreen, ... sitting in his car, ...

Winding its way from Maine to Georgia, the Appalachian Trail (also known as the AT) spans 2,190 miles through 14 states. About 323 of those miles are found in North Carolina, including 226.6 miles ...

We headed out of Katahdin Stream and almost immediately went the wrong way, following an older A.T. map up the Baxter tote road to Elbow Pond. The trail is lovely, as are all the trails in Baxter ...

Hiking the Appalachian Trail through the Blue Ridge Mountains takes people through thick forests and across grassy mountaintop balds. This year it also includes a short boat ride. Floodwaters from ...

More than 160 miles of the trail traverses The Granite State, including the towering peaks of the White Mountains. The Mount Washington Auto Road is the most famous car-climb in New Hampshire and ...

Hiking the Appalachian Trail can be done in about 5 million steps. Here's how long the trail is in miles and how many months it would take to hike.

Travelers hoping to hike the Appalachian Trail are being asked to stay away from its southern portion, which is still reeling from Helene.. Helene was no longer a hurricane by the time it reached ...

The first time Tara Dower set out to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail, in 2017, she had a panic attack. She felt alone and overwhelmed just eight days after setting off from the trail’s southern ...

The Forest Service announced in early February it had opened a total of 114 miles of the Appalachian Trail within Pisgah National Forest, from I-40 to Indian Grave Gap (milepost 241.3 to 351.8 ...

Hiking the Appalachian Trail through the Blue Ridge Mountains takes people through thick forests and across grassy mountaintop balds. This year it also includes a short boat ride.