Connecticut is one of the Northeast’s smaller states, with a lot of the area being devoted to its cities and its beautiful ...

Rounding out our summer re-run series, here’s a column from 2023 about a most determined hiker! Five years ago now, Diana Jackson was walking 2,192 miles. The Darien native is one of over 3,300 people ...

We put all kinds of limitations on ourselves,” said Betty Kellenberger. “Sometimes the biggest one is we don’t get up and try ...

Ever thought about hiking the longest, hiking-only footpath in the world? It’s right here in the U.S., passing through the eastern Appalachian Mountains. The elevation gain of the Appalachian Trail ...

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 ...

Access the Appalachian Trail's most-photographed viewpoint on the Virginia Triple Crown, one of the state's best hiking ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — An 83-year-old hiker who is known as “Nimblewill Nomad” has become the oldest person to complete the Appalachian Trail. M.J. Eberhart of Flagg Mountain, Alabama, hiked into the ...

ANDERSON, Ind. — Many people have undoubtedly basked in the beauty of the great outdoors on a hike, camping trip or other enjoyable activity. Three Indiana residents are set to take their enjoyment of ...

As a 33-year-old transgender woman, Lyla "Sugar" Harrod wasn't sure it would be safe for her to hike the Appalachian Trail when she set out in the spring of 2021. She knew she would encounter the same ...

Three years ago, Jensen Bissell, the director of Baxter State Park, the northern terminus of the Appalachian Trail, raised concerns to the Appalachian Trail Conservancy about the number of AT ...

In 2019, a hiker was killed along the Appalachian Trail in Southwest Virginia. A second victim barely escaped. Why isn’t ...