It was a weekday in mid-May on the Appalachian Trail ... it had proved difficult for trail leaders to visualize. They were forced to puzzle over topographic maps so old that some dated to the ...

Winding its way from Maine to Georgia, the Appalachian Trail (also known as the AT) spans 2,190 miles through 14 states. About 323 of those miles are found in North Carolina, including 226.6 miles ...

Known to through-hikers as the “psychological halfway point” of the Appalachian Trail, you’ll find lots of full-trail hikers taking their photos here. And the trail goes through the Civil ...

You can’t, you don’t know, unless you have a map on your phone or ... officials continue assessing the full extent of the wreckage, the Appalachian Trail Conservancy said.

The first time Tara Dower set out to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail ... known time of a supported run of the trail. “It’s just like this huge full-circle moment,” Dower said.

More than three million people visit the Appalachian ... the journey in full from beginning to end. Currently, over 14,000 people have accomplished the goal. In 1968, the trail was named one ...

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. Of the few thousand people who try to hike the Appalachian Trail ...

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.) Each year ...

Hiking the Appalachian Trail through the Blue Ridge Mountains takes people through thick forests and across grassy mountaintop balds. This year it also includes a short boat ride. Floodwaters from ...