The North Country Trail , which runs 4,800 miles from Lake Sakakawea to Vermont, crossing eight states along the way, is one of North Dakota’s best-kept secrets.

Rather, North Country National Scenic Trail is a "long, skinny park," one that passes through and along natural resources, scenic beauty, historical and cultural sites, said Loudenslager, of ...

On the North Country Trail website, you can download map sections from the Avenza app or printable PDF maps, both available at no charge. Read Next: Epic 1-Day Hike on Northern Michigan’s Jordan ...

Joan Young wasn't satisfied with thru-hiking all 4,000-plus miles of the North Country Scenic National Trail. Even if she did it in sections over 20 years and when it was a few hundred miles shorter.

That was three years ago that the Lowell, Mich., man, who is one of 12 people so far to hike the entire North Country National Scenic Trail, accomplished his feat at age 22 after he graduated from ...

In the mid-1970s when the North Country Trail was being planned, Vermont officials objected to it coming into the state over concerns additional hiker traffic could overwhelm the state's 273-mile ...

And then in 1982, the North Country Trail Association, the non-profit that's really trying to build and maintain this trail through a network of volunteers, was formed.

When Joan Young caught sight of a large brown sign titled “North Country National Scenic Trail” on a Michigan highway in 1988, she was eager to see if her childhood love for the outdoors would ...

North Country Trail Association volunteer chapters and Minnesota/North Dakota Coordinator Matthew Davis are working to plan, scout and map that route, working with the Superior National Forest ...

Now at 75, Young is the first woman to complete the North Country trail twice, having passed through eight states it stretches across — Vermont, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin ...

Young's first hike on the trail left her with unique experiences, sights of beautiful scenery, a fulfilled love of plants, and two books that captured her adventures — "North Country Cache" and ...