You can drive or hike the famed Appalachian Trail, ... /4 mile path along the Housatonic River in the town of Falls Village. ... gateway to the Smoky Mountains and is set right along the trail.

According to the Appalachian Trail Conservancy, camping is also allowed near most of the 260 shelters along the Trail.

You can drive or hike the famed Appalachian Trail, ... /4 mile path along the Housatonic River in the town of Falls Village. ... gateway to the Smoky Mountains and is set right along the trail.

Helen, Georgia. No, you haven’t landed in a German village. Helen is a Bavarian-style town located a 15-minute drive away from Unicoi Gap, a popular route on the Appalachian Trail in Georgia.

Great Falls resident Spencer Brothers is currently hiking the thousands of miles of this historic trail in honor of his fallen best friend, who lost a long, fatal battle with drugs four years ago.

Mason City's Mitch Meier will walk the length of the Appalachian Trail beginning April 23. The journey will take about five months and readers can follow along with regular updates ...

STERLING — When Willard "Will" K. French finished his six-month, 2,160-mile hike from Georgia to Maine in 1998 at 50, he thought he finished the entirety of the Appalachian Trail.

Many trekkers who set out on the Appalachian Trail eventually ditch some of the heaviest baggage that is slowing them down — and not just the gear spilling out of their backpacks.

He says trekking down the Appalachian Trail is a celebration of his self-determination and the joy that he gets from hiking and nature. Explore After losing 200 pounds, hiker takes on 2,200-mile ...

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 ...