Most hikers who set out to do the entire trail, which stretches from Maine to Georgia, and covers nearly 2,200 tough miles, hope to finish within four to seven months of starting. Meltzer did it in ...

Midway up the Appalachian Trail, a little country store in Gardners, Pennsylvania, invites hikers to take on an additional ...

Google is celebrating the Appalachian Trail in today’s Google doodle. The footpath is over 2,190 miles and spans across 14 states in the US. It is the longest hiking-only footpath in the world.

Last year, Kori Feener filmed her first full-length documentary and attempted to hike the 2,200-mile length of the Appalachian Trail at the same time.

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.

At the halfway point of the more than 2,000 mile-long Appalachian Trail, hikers stop to refresh with a half gallon of ice cream. (Story aired on All Things Considered on Aug. 5, 2023.) ...

Hiking the Appalachian Trail often takes 6 months. She did it in 40 days. Tara Dower, 31, leaned on a “pit crew” of friends and fruit gummies to get through the trek.