The trail runs along the Tennessee/North Carolina border for approximately 220 additional miles, according to The Appalachian Trail Conservancy, a nonprofit organization formed in 1925 that ...

Thousands of Appalachian Trail "thru-hikers" start their journeys north along the 2,200-mile-long trail, starting in Georgia and ending at Mount Katahdin, Maine. Hot Springs is a major stop.

The U.S. Forest Service has cleared 137 miles of trails, including over 114 miles of the Appalachian Trail. Crews have also surveyed and reopened about 240 miles of roads across the district.

Perched high in the Blue Ridge Mountains is the quirky college town of Boone, which at only a 3-hour’s drive from us in ...

From blooming wildflowers to winter icicles, this enchanting North Carolina canyon hike is worth the sweat at any time of year.

With beautiful natural surroundings, a historic downtown, interesting museums, and excellent restaurants, Franklin may be ...

When 19-year-old Russell native Derek Childs sets his mind to doing something, he will finish it, and he might just learn an ...

The destruction from Helene is widespread across the trail’s 1,050 miles of main and side paths in Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia, including an estimated 300 miles of ...

Last September, Helene killed more than 200 people and wrecked entire towns. Many rural businesses have struggled due to the drop in tourism, Stowe said, such as in places seeing fewer trail ...

Mike Rayder is the author of “Altered On the Appalachian Trail.” He is now retired, living in the mountains of Western North Carolina with his wife Donna and dog Max.