The Appalachian Trail stretches from Maine to Georgia, totaling more than 2,100 miles through 14 states. Shenandoah National Park's stretch of the trail predates the park and originally ran the same ...
32, NC 284 (1.1 miles) It’s a 2-hour drive to Fontana Dam, NC. Additionally, there is one campsite (Birch Spring Gap) and six other shelters (Russell Field, Spence Field, Silers Bald, Double Spring ...
A woman recently ran the entire length of the Appalachian Trail, beating the fastest known time by 13 hours. Tara Dower, a 31-year-old professional runner, recently ran the roughly 2,200-mile ...
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 ...
UNAKA MOUNTAIN, Tenn. — On a mountaintop mantled in moss and nearly century-old red spruce, the Appalachian Trail now simply disappears. For lengthy stretches, it lies under tangles of trees ...
The Appalachian Trail Museum recently inducted its 2024 Hall of Fame class. The induction took place Sept 21 at the Army Heritage Education Center, located at 950 Soldiers Dr., Carlisle.