Did you know that nearly 50 million people in the United States alone engage in hiking each year Beyond being a popular ...

The most popular U.S. National Parks are packed with people. To avoid crowds, consider visiting one of these 10 less crowded, ...

In honor of Earth Day, I'm spotlighting five lakes in Maine that according to Green Healthy Maine stand out for their beauty, ...

In the six months after Hurricane Helene, the New River Conservancy’s partners collected more than 55,000 pounds of trash and ...

SINITAR/Shutterstock Electric lights have given us a lot, from nightlife to motion pictures to spelunking, but damn if the ...

In 2025, the Appalachian Trail, the longest hiking-only footpath in the world, celebrates 100 years of measuring the skills, endurance and heart of thousands of intrepid adventurers.

A season on the Northern Forest Canoe Trail—stretching from the Adirondacks to northern Maine—reveals fresh possibilities for ...

For Carey Kish, hiking isn’t a chore; it’s a blessing. He hit dozens of trails for his new book, “AMC’s Best Day Hikes Along the Maine Coast,” a guide to 50 of the finest hikes along the roughly 3,500 ...

The Appalachian Outlaw Trails aims to bring off-road tourism to the Upper Kanawha Valley by repurposing the land from a reclaimed strip mine property across from Riverside High School in Quincy ...

Last month, the Appalachian Trail turned 100 years old. The footpath stretches 2,193 miles between Georgia’s Springer Mountain and Maine’s Mount Katahdin. Its founder, the late forest ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail that runs through ...