Baker faced a series of debilitating setbacks that crushed her biggest hopes and threatened her life. So she made a deal with God — ...

Friends of Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge will present its September Second Sunday Program, "Shark’s Appalachian Trail ...

The Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC), which oversees the 2,193-mile route, implored day hikers and “thru-hikers” to temporarily hang up their hiking boots.

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Rusty Foster is partway through a planned six-month hike of the Appalachian Trail from his home state of Maine south to Georgia with his 19-year-old son, Mica. This is the sixth in a series ...

Hiking enthusiast and professional storyteller Dan Hawthorne will be sharing his adventures of hiking the Appalachian Trail ...

World War II veteran Earl Shaffer was the first person to complete hiking the Appalachian Trail. When Shaffer began his journey at Mount Oglethorpe in Georgia, he intended it as a self-care ...

COSBY, Tenn. – When Alexandra Eagle first mentioned plans to hike the entire Appalachian Trail alongside her new husband, her sister told her they’d either be divorced in five months or ...

Only about 25% of thru-hikers and 20% of section hikers end up completing the trail according to the Appalachian Trail Conservancy.” Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle.

You can't see the Appalachian Trail from the sky, not directly anyway. But you can see the ridge it follows, extending seemingly forever from horizon to hazy blue horizon, making our view from ...

Livonia men hike entire Appalachian Trail in 4 months The men went through nine pairs of shoes between the two of them, as well as hiking as many as 32 miles in a day and eating a 4,500-calorie-a ...