HOT SPRINGS - In Hot Springs, things are starting to more closely resemble spring thru-hiking seasons of the past as the town rebuilds following Tropical Storm Helene. In a February news release, the ...

Did you catch the Google Doodle for Monday? It features a trail that hikers in the Knoxville area may be familiar with. The Monday Google Doodle featured the 2,190-mile Appalachian Trail that runs ...

A section of Appalachian Trail along the Haywood County border with Tennessee has been repaired after it was damaged in a ...

CLEVELAND, Tenn. (WATE) — A portion of the Appalachian Trail is closed as crews fight a blaze that broke out Thursday in North Carolina and spread into Cocke County, Tennessee. The trail is closed ...

MARS HILL - In January, the United States Forest Service and Appalachian Trail Conservancy presented a proposal to decommission and tear down the Overmountain Shelter barn, a once-popular Appalachian ...

Many sections of the trail in Virginia, North Carolina and Tennessee are covered by fallen trees and other debris. When Hurricane Helene rampaged through southern Appalachia last month, Alex Wilson ...

GARDNERS, Pa. — 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 ...

UNICOI COUNTY, Tenn. — In a rugged patch of the Appalachian Trail in eastern Tennessee, volunteers size up a massive, gnarled tree lying on its side. Its tangled web of roots and dark brown soil, ...

DAMASCUS, Va. (WJHL) — Damascus is known as “Trail Town USA” thanks to two major trails running through it: the Virginia Creeper Trail and the Appalachian Trail. But on Sept. 27, the trails took a ...

On September 21, 2024, Tara Dower set a new overall supported fastest known time (FKT) on the Appalachian Trail with a time of 40 days, 18 hours, and 5 minutes, to be confirmed. The Appalachian Trail ...

The Appalachian Trail covers over 2,000 miles and passes through 14 states. It's known for rugged terrain and long days on foot, but the deeper you look, the more odd history you’ll find. A public ...

There are still three sections of the Appalachian Trail that remain closed. More than 3 million people visit the Appalachian Trail each year, and more than 3,000 attempt to hike the entire trail.