When we finally found water, we learned how to pack for a hike properly and how strong my family is. Backpacking with children is great exercise. It gets them outside in nature and gives them a break ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Collection includes ten maps of areas along the Appalachian Trail, some issued by clubs and trail conferences, and 26 lantern slides of views of ...

The Appalachian Trail, or AT, stretches more than 2,000 miles along the US East Coast. The longest marked trail in the country runs from Georgia to Maine. It connects 14 states and passes through ...

Why hike the Appalachian Trail (A.T.) from Georgia to Maine? For some people it’s a rite of passage, a transition from youth to adulthood, or maybe a way to heal a broken heart. Others do it for the ...

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 ...

Compiled by Marcus Schneck, [email protected]. Nearly 20,000 people have completed a thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail, which stretches from Maine to Georgia. Although the trail runs for nearly 2 ...

ASHEVILLE – Considering the enormity of the 2,189-mile-long Appalachian Trail, which sweeps across 14 states and through some of the most remote an rugged country in the Eastern United States, hiker ...

In 1955 at age 67, Emma “Grandma” Gatewood hiked through 14 states and logged 5 million steps in five months. Considered the matriarch of the Georgia-to-Maine’s Appalachian Trail (AT), she wore Keds ...

STERLING — When Willard "Will" K. French finished his six-month, 2,160-mile hike from Georgia to Maine in 1998 at 50, he thought he finished the entirety of the Appalachian Trail. He quickly realized ...

Backpacking with children is great exercise. It gets them outside in nature and gives them a break from all the technology in their lives. My husband and I know the rewards of fresh air and exercise ...