Conquering the Appalachian Trail isn’t just achieved by lacing up and hiking the 2,100 miles from Georgia to Maine over the course of several months. Growing in popularity is an Appalachian Trail road ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Appalachian Trail offers and exciting hike for long-distance trekkers. World War II veteran Earl Shaffer was the first person ...

Located in the Blue Ridge Mountains, the Virginia Triple Crown is one of the state's best autumn hikes. Found in Virginia's Blue Ridge region, the Virginia Triple Crown is a popular hiking route that ...

Downed trees and flooding have left the trail impassable in many of the 14 states on its route. By Victor Mather As the scope of devastation caused by Hurricane Helene comes into focus, an American ...

The Appalachian Trail, a nearly 2,200-mile footpath that stretches across 14 states from Georgia to Maine, is now being ...

DALTON — Just over 36 miles into a 48-mile day hiking through Western Massachusetts, a woman known to the Appalachian Trail community as "Mercury" came across a massive blowdown. One monster oak tree ...

Millions of people have hiked the Appalachian Trail since its completion in 1937. This year, approximately 3,400 individuals set out to complete their own thru-hike of the trail, making it the busiest ...

In August of 1937, a crew from the Civilian Conservation Corps completed the final link of the nascent Appalachian Trail — right here in Maine, between Sugarloaf and Spaulding mountains. The ...