A group of business owners and the Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC) launched a free ferry service on Monday intended to ...

Long-distance backpacking with kids is possible with the right preparation and attitude. Two hiking moms share their advice.

Shaffer. Shaffer made history in 1948, when he trekked the entire length of the Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine in one sting as the trail’s first solo thru-hiker. And in 1998, on the 50th ...

Thankfully, volunteers and officials from the Appalachian Trail Conservancy have found a solution: a ferry. Instead of hiking ...

Some people dream of taking months away from their jobs to hike the Appalachian Trail. For local photographer Carly Rae ...

Unlike the Appalachian Trail, which sits entirely on federal land, the Florida Trail crosses through “a melting pot of lands” ...

Unlike the Appalachian Trail, which sits entirely on federal land, the Florida Trail crosses through “A melting pot of lands” ...

Unlike the Appalachian Trail, which sits entirely on federal land, the Florida Trail crosses through “A melting pot of lands” ...

On top of a mountain in Virginia along the Appalachian Trail, a shelter logbook contains some of hikers' deepest, darkest ...

The Appalachian Trail follows the ridge of Blue Mountain ... “In hiker parlance, it’s a trail-friendly town,” a New Jersey thru-hiker told the Pottsville Republican after spending two ...

The Appalachian Trail, completed in 1937, is one of the longest hiking-only footpaths in the world. It remains protected through a combination of federal, state, and private conservation efforts.

More than 3 million people visit the Appalachian Trail each year, and more than 3,000 attempt to hike the entire trail. About ...