This year they are hiking Maine's 281 miles of the Appalachian Trail. They started in western Maine near the New Hampshire border and spent the first night at the Full Goose shelter, a couple miles ...

You can visit Artist's Bluff at I-93 Exit 34C, off Route 18 in Franconia Notch. More: This NH White Mountains hiking trail was named one of the best in US. It's only 1.2 miles ...

The Basin at Franconia Notch State Park, a 15-minute drive from the Tufts Mountain Club Loj, is pictured on Nov. 23. Get away to the White Mountains — a two hours’ drive from campus — at the Tufts ...

A popular trail in New Hampshire’s Franconia Notch State Park has been overrun with tourists to the point of potential danger. Tamara Breau/Facebook.

Franconia Notch officials also reported a lot of trash left behind. "We were picking up quite a bit along the trail, along our parking lots, along Route 18. We still have a fair amount of trash to ...