Being prepared for a challenging hike will help you enjoy the journey. If you want to take on the Appalachian Trail, this is ...

We packed just enough, and the map clearly marked water sources ... By noon, we found a narrow, gravel road crossing the trail. Thankfully, some "Friends of Appalachian Trial Thru-Hikers" left ...

“This catastrophic storm is actually going to change the map of North Carolina and Tennessee ... stem from a statement made ...

Winding its way from Maine to Georgia, the Appalachian Trail (also known as the AT) spans 2,190 miles through 14 states. About 323 of those miles are found in North Carolina, including 226.6 miles ...

The stretch of the Appalachian Trail on the Mount Rogers National Scenic Area has reopened, but hikers should still expect ...

Eagerly, we filled our bottles, leaving enough for other hikers. The Appalachian Trail map's next water source for the section we hiked was a nearby campground. We filled our bottles without ...

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 ...

On a mountaintop mantled in moss and nearly century-old red spruce, the Appalachian Trail now simply disappears ... and are marked on a conservancy map with a bright red box.

Thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail is an incredibly challenging feat. The 2,100-mile route from Georgia to Maine includes 900,000 vertical feet of climbing, and just about one in four people who ...