Backpacking with children is great exercise. It gets them outside in nature and gives them a break from all the technology in their lives. My husband and I know the rewards of fresh air and exercise ...

The Appalachian Trail, or AT, stretches more than 2,000 miles along the US East Coast. The longest marked trail in the country runs from Georgia to Maine. It connects 14 states and passes through ...

The ATC's annual long-distance hiker survey shows hikers like their alone time, and some could learn a lesson about proper ...

Why hike the Appalachian Trail (A.T.) from Georgia to Maine? For some people it’s a rite of passage, a transition from youth to adulthood, or maybe a way to heal a broken heart. Others do it for the ...

Those hiking the Appalachian Trail, the 2,190-mile footpath that stretches from Georgia to Maine, will see some delays and detours near Robbinsville in Graham County as construction on N.C. 143 gears ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky The 2,189-mile-long Appalachian Trail follows virtually unbroken mountainous terrain ...

Google is celebrating the Appalachian Trail in today’s Google doodle. The footpath is over 2,190 miles and spans across 14 states in the US. It is the longest hiking-only footpath in the world. If a ...

ASHEVILLE – Considering the enormity of the 2,189-mile-long Appalachian Trail, which sweeps across 14 states and through some of the most remote an rugged country in the Eastern United States, hiker ...

A dense green forest surrounds the thin corridors of dark brown earth that make up the Appalachian Trail system. The trees ...

In 1955 at age 67, Emma “Grandma” Gatewood hiked through 14 states and logged 5 million steps in five months. Considered the matriarch of the Georgia-to-Maine’s Appalachian Trail (AT), she wore Keds ...