Stretching from Georgia to Maine, the Appalachian Trail (AT) is the longest hiking-only footpath in the world. It’s 2,197 forested miles that pass through 14 states and receive over 3 million visitors ...

Kevin Shattuck, a 58-year-old tattoo artist based in Millbury, Massachusetts, is set to embark on a monumental journey along the Appalachian Trail. Stretching from Georgia to Maine, the trail ...

The trail stretches from Georgia to Maine. Forester and regional planner Benton MacKaye came up with the idea for an Appalachian Mountain trail in the early 1900s.

If the ATC were seeking to protect the Appalachian Trail now, it’s clear that funding would not be forthcoming. If it can’t ...

Virginia-based ultra runner Tara Dower hiked and ran from Mount Katahdin in Maine to Springer Mountain in Georgia in just 40 days, 18 hours and 5 minutes (time to be confirmed).

ERWIN, Tenn. (WJHL)—Every year, thousands of hikers take on the over 2,000-mile trek from Georgia to Maine on the Appalachian Trail. However, the damage caused by Hurricane Helene added an extra ...

Lon Greenwood hiked the nearly 2,200 mile Appalachian trail from Georgia to Maine in less than 6 months to raise funds for the Ronald McDonald House of Jacksonville. His goal is to raise $50,000.

Tara Dower, a 31-year-old ultrarunner and long-distance hiker born in North Carolina and based in Virginia, reached Georgia’s Springer Mountain, the southern terminus of the Appalachian Trail ...

Ben Schuster was 25 years old when, on April 22, 2023, he took his first steps northbound from Georgia. Inspired in part by the Hobbits’ journey to Mordor in Lord of the Rings, Schuster, a native of ...