Activities available on the trail include hiking, hunting, fishing, camping, and kayaking. The State of Mississippi has created the Great Mississippi Nature Trail, and it's an open invitation to get ...

Authorities soon discovered that “Ricky Williams” was an alias. The man who had nearly killed two campers wasn’t a stranger ...

It’s been a month since Charles Hosch disappeared while hiking the Appalachian Trail in Georgia. This time, the search will be led by his daughters.

The Appalachian Trail Conservancy headquarters at 799 Washington Street in Harpers Ferry honors Earl Shaffer’s historic 2,000-mile healing journey after WWII. You can visit free Thursday-Monday ...

A set of century old maps became the unexpected centerpiece of Duncannon Borough Council’s Nov. 18 meeting.

Each year, only about one out of every four hikers who set out to complete the Appalachian Trail reaches that goal. A thru-hike means traversing nearly 2,200 miles, across 14 states, in a single ...

Charles Hosch, 67, has been missing since Nov. 11, officials said. A Dallas attorney described by his daughter as an "Eagle Scout in every sense of the word" has been missing for nearly a week after ...

Welcome to Salem's Carilion Clinic Field at Salem Memorial Ballpark, where the mountain views are panoramic and the region's ...

The day Betty Kellenberger hit a patch of freezing rain on Mount Madison, quitting crossed her mind. She was hungry, cold and sore. “You’re 80 years old,” she told herself in a pep talk atop a ...

In American slang, “take a hike” is often used to tell someone to go away. But as the Appalachian Trail Conservancy celebrates its 100th anniversary, the organization is working to reframe the phrase ...

Two weeks ago, during a work trip through Southwest Virginia, I had a couple hours to spare. I had, however, no doubts about what I was going to do with the time: get on the Appalachian Trail (AT).