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 ...

15 Top Hikes in Asheville, North Carolina. ... If you're looking to explore the Appalachian Trail while in Asheville, look no further than the hike from Carver's Gap to Roan Mountain.

I've rented long-term in Asheville, North Carolina, the vibrant Blue Ridge Mountain city surrounded by a million acres of protected wilderness. And I especially love to be there in spring, an ...

The U.S. Forest Service has established a temporary overnight camping ban along the Appalachian Trail from Tanyard Gap in Hot Springs, about an hour north of Asheville, North Carolina, to Deep Gap ...

HARPERS FERRY, W.Va. (Feb. 22) — Leanna Joyner of Asheville will present excerpts from and sign copies of her new book, Hiking Through History: Civil War Sites on the Appalachian Trail, at 7 p.m ...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. -- U.S. Forest Service officials in North Carolina said Thursday, May 11, that a section of the Appalachian Trail is temporarily closed to overnight camping due to "recent ...

Reed Rossell, adjunct instructor and research associate in UNC Asheville’s Department of Environmental Studies, was awarded a 2016 grant of $5,000 from the North Carolina Appalachian Trail ...

Larry Kass of Raleigh, N.C., hiked 370 miles of the Appalachian Trail last summer. Day visitors stroll on the Appalachian Trail on Max Patch Mountain in North Carolina's Pisgah National Forest. It ...

White, who returned from the trail Oct. 23, and said he’s still assimilating back into society, returns to Asheville to give a talk, “Love and Light: The Blackalachian on the Appalachian Trail ...

HOT SPRINGS, N.C. — Slack packers — it’s a nickname that is not affectionately bestowed, but it’s one an old friend and I now proudly wear after a long weekend hiking on the Appalachian ...

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