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

He talked about that hike as featured speaker at Rawlins' Half-Way Days, which celebrated the community's half-way ...

We spoke to Earl Swift about his latest book, Up on Cove Mountain: Adventure, Tragedy, and a Quest for Meaning on the ...

When Thurmont resident Nora Dugan was younger, though she loved the outdoors, she never saw herself as an Appalachian Trail thru-hiker. Now, as an 18-year-old, Dugan is about 1,400 miles into her ...

YORK COUNTY, Pa. — After hiking 2,197 miles over 169 days, York County's Roxanne Strine is reminiscing her Appalachian Trail (AT) journey that only a small group of hikers have ever accomplished. On ...

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 ...

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 ...

Annapolis Rock offers a popular 2.2-mile day hike along the Appalachian Trail in Maryland with views of Greenbrier Lake and ...

A former Ocean Township High School runner and wrestler is tackling the 2,200-mile Appalachian Trail to fulfill a lifelong ...