The Appalachian Trail Conservancy headquarters at 799 Washington Street in Harpers Ferry honors Earl Shaffer’s historic 2,000 ...

Maine has a lot of well-known outdoor attractions hikers might want to check out, but this often overlooked spot in the ...

The first time Tara Dower set out to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail, in 2017, she had a panic attack. She felt alone and overwhelmed just eight days after setting off from the trail’s southern ...

Georgia may not be the first place you think of if you're looking to check out a waterfall, but this gorgeous state park is a ...

Three years ago, Jensen Bissell, the director of Baxter State Park, the northern terminus of the Appalachian Trail, raised concerns to the Appalachian Trail Conservancy about the number of AT ...

The Appalachian Trail spans 2,194 miles across 14 states along the East Coast of the U.S. Most experienced hikers begin their trek at Springer Mountain, Georgia, and end it on Mount Katahdin in Maine ...

Rounding out our summer re-run series, here’s a column from 2023 about a most determined hiker! Five years ago now, Diana Jackson was walking 2,192 miles. The Darien native is one of over 3,300 people ...

The Appalachian Trail Museum, located in Pine Grove Furnace State Park in Gardners, Pennsylvania, inducted new member's into ...

Parents thru-hiking with their kids isn’t just a social-media-age phenomenon. In this 1981 narrative from the Backpacker archives, Jeffrey Cogswell relates the story of a family hike up the ...

“It was a little bit of a walk,” Seydel with a laugh. “My mantra was ‘slow, steady and safe.’” The “official” length of the ...

Police have ended the official search for a Southern Methodist University law professor who disappeared while hiking in the ...

Charles Hosch, co-founder of a Dallas cybersecurity boutique and an adjunct professor in the SMU Dedman School of Law, was ...