The Great Allegheny Passage has been named one of the best sunset spots in the United States. Running from Cumberland, Md. to ...

The Mountain Club of Maryland, with more than 1,000 members, is hosting over 230 miles worth of hikes throughout July.

The Mountain Club of Maryland shares these hikes happening across the Old Line State during the month of July.

The upcoming year for college sports has at least a modest sense of stability: The $2.8 billion House settlement has been ...

We wanted to incorporate our heritage, along with the roots of our location in Appalachia,' said Emily Newman-Edwards.

Appalachian Trail thru-hiker Sam Cooper, trail name Pie Top, attempts the half-gallon ice cream challenge at Pine Grove Furnace State Park in Pennsylvania on Tuesday, June 10, 2025.

Midway up the Appalachian Trail, a little country store in Gardners, Pennsylvania, invites hikers to take on an additional challenge: eating a half-gallon of ice cream in one sitting Mark Scolforo ...

Where is JD Vance from? Vance's mother's parents, Bonnie Blanton and Jim Vance Sr., whom he called Mamaw and Papaw, were from Jackson, Kentucky, a city of around 2,100 people in the Appalachian ...

Catoctin Mountain, home to the presidential retreat Camp David, was hard hit by dogwood anthracnose. A 1988 survey found 89% of the area's dogwoods were dead, and the rest infected.

Maine This part of the Appalachian Trail crosses over a very remote part of the state, known for its fall foliage. One of the more populated areas is Sugarloaf Mountain in Carrabassett Valley ...

The state has been protecting the three areas—Big Savage Mountain Wildland (2,879 acres), Bear Pen Wildland (1,517 acres) and Dan’s Mountain Wildland (4,047 acres)—as its highest ...