Most hikers head to McAfee Knob, a rocky outcropping that's a favorite photography stop along the Appalachian Trail, so it's ...

The first time Tara Dower set out to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail, in 2017, she had a panic attack. She felt alone and overwhelmed just eight days after setting off from the trail’s southern ...

This state park is within easy reach of the city and offers hundreds of miles of hiking trails, mountain views, scenic drives ...

The Appalachian Trail Conservancy is celebrating its 100th anniversary with a new campaign, inviting people to reconnect with the outdoors to boost well-being.

On September 21, Garmire reached his destination at Springer Mountain, Georgia, setting a new record for the fastest ever ...

CONCORD, N.H. – A new wilderness preserve has been created, spanning 2,000 acres along a stretch of the Appalachian Trail in ...

Emma Gatewood stands on the Oregon Trail, with her pack and an umbrella in tow. She hiked 2,000 miles of the trail in 1959, years after she thru-hiked the Appalachian Trail. When Emma Gatewood was 67 ...

Parents thru-hiking with their kids isn’t just a social-media-age phenomenon. In this 1981 narrative from the Backpacker archives, Jeffrey Cogswell relates the story of a family hike up the ...

ERWIN, Tenn. (WJHL)—Every year, thousands of hikers take on the over 2,000-mile trek from Georgia to Maine on the Appalachian Trail. However, the damage caused by Hurricane Helene added an extra ...

The number of hikers who have registered plans to attempt the Appalachian Trail in 2025 is down nearly 30% compared with last ...

Sam Cooper had just trekked 7 miles through a rain-sodden stretch of the Appalachian Trail when he sat down outside a little country store in Pennsylvania to take on its ice cream challenge.Nearly ...