When my family ran out of water on the Appalachian Trail, we all felt sluggish. No one was hungry or sweating. It took us time to find a water supply.

Hiking the Appalachian Trail can be done in about 5 million steps. Here's how long the trail is in miles and how many months it would take to hike.

The Forest Service announced in early February it had opened a total of 114 miles of the Appalachian Trail within Pisgah National Forest, from I-40 to Indian Grave Gap (milepost 241.3 to 351.8 ...

Somewhere after 2 p.m. on a sunny Wednesday in mid-March, the chaotic wind of a descending helicopter whipped the calm skies above the Appalachian Trail near Icewater Spring Shelter.

Travelers hoping to hike the Appalachian Trail are being asked to stay away from its southern portion, which is still reeling from Helene.. Helene was no longer a hurricane by the time it reached ...

Somewhere after 2 p.m. on a sunny Wednesday in mid-March, the chaotic wind of a descending helicopter whipped the calm skies above the Appalachian Trail near Icewater Spring Shelter.

The ninth grade class at Valley Forge Military Academy was out for five days this month on the Appalachian Trail, including hiking through the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area.

I started my estimate assuming that, by Oct. 1, we’d be in Pawling, New York, at the Route 22 road crossing — trail mile 743. My niece was getting married in Northern Virginia, and we had ...

I hiked the Appalachian Trail last week. I hasten to add, for those who remember a certain former governor of South Carolina, that this is not a euphemism. My brother and I really were hiking the ...

Somewhere after 2 p.m. on a sunny Wednesday in mid-March, the chaotic wind of a descending helicopter whipped the calm skies above the Appalachian Trail near Icewater Spring Shelter. Four people ...

Hiking the Appalachian Trail can be done in about 5 million steps. Here's how long the trail is in miles and how many months it would take to hike.

Since the massive storm ravaged the Appalachian Mountains in September 2024, hikers have worried the country’s iconic trail may be unusable in 2025. To find out, we sent a veteran thru-hiker to ...