With a new year approaching, there are likely many people making resolutions right now to work on their physical fitness or ...

With 500 miles now completed or underway, the Circuit Trails Coalition has set its next benchmark: 550 miles by 2030.

The town’s location at the junction of Wills Creek and the North Branch of the Potomac River provides natural beauty that expensive retirement communities try desperately to replicate with landscaping ...

There are 18 National Parks in Maryland as well as an additional 10 affiliated sites that partner with the National Park ...

ASHEVILLE – The Appalachian Trail Conservancy announced $489,000 in grants Dec. 11 to strengthen conservation connectivity and safeguard the Appalachian Trail landscape through the Wild East Action ...

Each year, only about one out of every four hikers who set out to complete the Appalachian Trail reaches that goal. A thru-hike means traversing nearly 2,200 miles, across 14 states, in a single ...

If you've visited Pennsylvania, you might be familiar with Rothrock State Forest in Centre County. The 97,000-acre wilderness is a short distance from Pennsylvania State University's main campus, ...

The day Betty Kellenberger hit a patch of freezing rain on Mount Madison, quitting crossed her mind. She was hungry, cold and sore. “You’re 80 years old,” she told herself in a pep talk atop a ...

In American slang, “take a hike” is often used to tell someone to go away. But as the Appalachian Trail Conservancy celebrates its 100th anniversary, the organization is working to reframe the phrase ...

The Northeast Wilderness Trust has acquired more than 2,000 acres of land along the Appalachian Trail north of Lebanon called the Spruce Ridge Wilderness Preserve. Logging will not be allowed on this ...