The Appalachian Trail Conservancy has established the Appalachian Trail Resiliency Fund — a path forward to rebuild the trail ...

The Appalachian Trail stretches from Maine to Georgia, totaling more than 2,100 miles through 14 states. Shenandoah National Park's stretch of the trail predates the park and originally ran the same ...

More than $1 million in grants from the National Park Foundation is allowing investments into the country's national scenic ...

The National Trail System in the United States spans many thousands of miles of foot trail. The crown jewels of that system, ...

Travelers hoping to hike the Appalachian Trail are being asked ... and other essentials. Several national forests along the trail are closed, and other areas are discouraging visitors so they ...

The first time Tara Dower set out to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail, in 2017, she had a panic attack. She felt alone and overwhelmed just eight days after setting off from the trail’s southern ...

A woman recently ran the entire length of the Appalachian Trail, beating the fastest known time by 13 hours. Tara Dower, a 31-year-old professional runner, recently ran the roughly 2,200-mile ...

“More than a third” of the Appalachian ... closed as the National Park Service (NPS) assesses storm damage and conducts cleanup. Some state-managed lands along the trail have announced their ...

The Appalachian ... for clearing the trail of downed trees and fixing any sections where running water ripped it asunder. He told me that, over the next month, the National Forest Service and ...

Damage from flooding, strong winds and tornadoes was present in many of the 14 states the route touches, the Appalachian ... hikers to stay off the trail in some areas. National forests through ...

With a vertical gain of 465,000 feet, the Appalachian Trail is known for its scenic beauty but also challenging, rugged stretches. Pennsylvania is home to 229 miles of the trail, the fourth ...