The Butler County Chapter of North Country Trail has planned two activities for August. The first — a hike to see the fireworks at the annual Moraine State Park Regatta — starts at 7 p.m. Saturday, ...

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 ...

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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.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Joan Young poses near the North Country Trail in Barry County in Michigan on Monday, Dec. 13, 2021. Young was the first woman to complete the entire trail in 2010, and now she’s attempting it again.

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 ...

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 ...