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.

When you decide to hike the daunting Appalachian Trail, the best time of year to start and end your hike depends on what ...

starting in Springer Mountain, Georgia, and wrapping up 13 states later at Maine’s Mount Katahdin. The trek typically takes six months, but the current speed record is about 40 days, according to the ...

Kimberly “Sonflower” Jacko of Mansfield recently completed the classic 2,100-plus mile Appalachian Trail, starting at the southern terminus, Springer Mountain in Amicalola Falls State Park, Ga., north ...

We're ranking the SEC position by position, assigning points for each team — 16 points for first place through one point for 16th. Totals will be updated with each installment, giving a sense of which ...

Vogel State Park in Blairsville, Georgia offers the perfect day-trip solution for nature-starved city dwellers and suburban ...

The Appalachian Trail spans 2,194 miles across 14 states along the East Coast of the U.S. Most experienced hikers begin their ...

Stretching from Georgia to Maine, the Appalachian Trail (AT) is the longest hiking-only footpath in the world. It’s 2,197 ...

A British woman hiking the Appalachian Trail suffered a fall and self-rescued, New Hampshire authorities said. Getty Images/iStockphoto A bleeding 67-year-old hiker on the Appalachian Trail sent ...