This is part of our Hiking Guide series rolling out this spring and summer. [Related guide: How to get to some of North Carolina’s best views of the Blue Ridge Mountains] [Related guide: Here’s where ...

Why hike the Appalachian Trail (A.T.) from Georgia to Maine? For some people it’s a rite of passage, a transition from youth to adulthood, or maybe a way to heal a broken heart. Others do it for the ...

The little trail we are hiking in the North Georgia woods belongs to us and the bears. The hardwoods overhead are as diverse as any in the Eastern United States. The ferns, Galax, poison ivy and other ...

The Appalachian Trail, or AT, stretches more than 2,000 miles along the US East Coast. The longest marked trail in the country runs from Georgia to Maine. It connects 14 states and passes through ...

It’s the granddaddy of all hiking trails and it passes right through our backyard. Running from Maine to Georgia, the Appalachian Trail spans 2,190 miles as it passes through 14 states. The longest ...

Appalachian Trail thru-hikers trudge through 4-5 pairs of boots during their average 165 days on the 2,189-mile, Maine-to-Georgia trail. Pennsylvania’s 229 miles of the trail – or at least the ...

The Appalachian Trail, one of the world's longest continuously marked footpaths, turns 80 this month. Conservancy and volunteer groups completed the 2,190 mile-long footpath in August 1937 from Maine ...