“Do you want a beer, Moses?” I asked, as we sat by the campfire on a chilly, Maine evening. He accepted and I handed him a ...

Conquering the Appalachian Trail isn’t just achieved by lacing up and hiking the 2,100 miles from Georgia to Maine over the course of several months. Growing in popularity is an Appalachian Trail road ...

When Laura Rushfeldt stepped onto the Appalachian Trail near Caratunk, Maine last weekend, she wasn't looking for an epic. Rushfeldt, a 38-year-old Boston-based hiker who goes by the trail name ...

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At 80 years old, Betty Kellenberger recently became the oldest woman to ever hike the entire Appalachian Trail.

World War II veteran Earl Shaffer was the first person to complete hiking the Appalachian Trail. When Shaffer began his journey at Mount Oglethorpe in Georgia, he intended it as a self-care retreat ...

Upcoming Community Hikes include Old Speck Mountain, Bald Mountain and Little Bigelow Mountain. REGION — The Maine Appalachian Trail Land Trust recently announced its winter hikes schedule. The ...

Clarification (July 6, 2011: 5:41 p.m.): Chester Dziengielewski was the first person to report a Maine-to-Georgia through-hike of the Appalachian Trail, a variation of the more traditional ...

As people continue to be stuck in their homes throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, more and more hikers have been getting out on trails to get some exercise and enjoy nature. But as closures continued to ...

Stretching 2,197 miles from Georgia to Maine, the Appalachian National Scenic Trail is the most widely known hiking trail in the country. Most Long Islanders with a penchant for the outdoors have ...