The Appalachian Trail is one of the most epic outdoor adventures. However, not everyone can take six months off for a backpacking trip. Here are some short alternatives.

Nikki Bettis and 13 of her 15 children have officially completed thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail. What’s next for this remarkable family?

On Monday, the Appalachian Trail Conservancy warned hikers about a potentially dangerous wanted felony suspect who may be camping on the trail. 

How many steps does it take to conquer some of the most famous trails in the U.S.? Let’s take a look at the AT, PCT, CDT, and more.

This weekend, Nikki Bettis and 13 of her children completed 1300 miles of the Appalachian Trail, making it to New Jersey on August 4.

Mount Greylock’s Scenic Byway leads visitors through a lush natural reservation up to a peak rich with history and a fantastic viewpoint.

At the beginning of 2022, Carl “Professor” Stanfield called his shot and swung for the fences. An accomplished thru-hiker, he’d decided he wasn’t only going to complete hiking’s Triple Crown—the Appalachian Trail, Pacific Crest Trail and the Continental Divide Trail—within the calendar year. In and of itself, that combined distance of approximately 7,875 miles is [...]

For East Coasters, finding large swaths of untouched wilderness is hard enough as it is. A newly revived pipeline project could make it even harder.  Intended to ferry natural gas from Northern West Virginia to Southern Virginia, the 300-mile-long Mountain Valley Pipeline was first proposed in 2015. Since then, conservation nonprofits and local recreationists have [...]

Most everyone with even a slight interest in the outdoors has heard of the Appalachian Trail, but for many, it’s a “far away” thing.  Far fewer know about the National Trail System or realize there are opportunities to explore trails in the same class as the AT in every part of the country. The Ice [...]