Leaders with the Appalachian Trail Conservancy said more than 430 miles of trail were closed due to damage sustained during Helene.

He started this mission back in March, embarking on a journey of hiking 2,198 miles across 14 different states in just five ...

Hiking enthusiast and professional storyteller Dan Hawthorne will be sharing his adventures of hiking the Appalachian Trail ...

Friends of Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge will present its September Second Sunday Program, "Shark’s Appalachian Trail ...

The Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC), which oversees the 2,193-mile route, implored day hikers and “thru-hikers” to temporarily hang up their hiking boots.

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World War II veteran Earl Shaffer was the first person to complete hiking the Appalachian Trail. When Shaffer began his journey at Mount Oglethorpe in Georgia, he intended it as a self-care ...

It's believed he started walking the Appalachian Trail sometime around April of 2017. From a state park in New York, he hiked south and, about a thousand miles and 10 months later, crossed into ...

The problem that the Appalachian Trail’s earliest founders were taking a stab at was, in the words of the outdoor writer and A.T. guiding light Horace Kephart, “the nerve-strain and bodily ...

Only about 25% of thru-hikers and 20% of section hikers end up completing the trail according to the Appalachian Trail Conservancy.” Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle.

You can't see the Appalachian Trail from the sky, not directly anyway. But you can see the ridge it follows, extending seemingly forever from horizon to hazy blue horizon, making our view from ...