"Distance changes utterly when you take the world on foot." In acclaimed travel writer Bill Bryson's 1998 travelogue, "A Walk in the Woods," the writer ponders on the history and culture of the ...

Dale “Grey Beard” Sanders once set the record as the oldest person to complete the roughly 2,190-mile trail. Now, he’s back for his title.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Thurmont resident Nora Dugan was younger, though she loved the outdoors, she never saw herself as an Appalachian Trail ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kristen Valenti on the Appalachian Trail at Lion's Head in Salisbury. (Courtesy of Kristen Valenti/ Early Bird on the Trail) ...

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 ...

Dale “Grey Beard” Sanders has spent his eighties and nineties chasing endurance records. His latest attempt could make him ...

Generic photo of a person hiking. Photo by NEOM on Unsplash. Rescuers in New Hampshire saved two people after finding an injured hiker while rescuing someone else. On Aug. 25, the New Hampshire Fish ...

GARDNERS, Pa. (AP) — Sam Cooper had just trekked 7 miles through a rain-sodden stretch of the Appalachian Trail when he sat down outside a little country store in Pennsylvania to take on its ice cream ...

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 ...

Spanning 2,190 miles, the Appalachian National Scenic Trail, also known as the Appalachian Trail or "The A.T.," is a bucket list adventure for many hiking enthusiasts. Around 17 million people ...