Repairs to the worst-hit sections of the famed trail are expected to be extraordinarily expensive and require substantial ...

My mission was to run 2,197 miles of the Appalachian trail from Maine ... Returning to the run was difficult, since a lot of the national parks and national forest roads were closed. I’d never been on ...

About 3,000 people attempt the entire distance of the 2,198-mile Appalachian Trail every year. Only 1 in 4 make it. It took ...

Megan Hessenberger will hike 101 miles in honor of her great-grandmother, who founded the National Humane Education Society.

Hurricane Helene has left parts of the Appalachian Trail in the South severely impacted, with damaged infrastructure, trail closures, and communities in need of support. In this video, Sandi Marra ...

Homer’s unstoppable spirit on the Triple CrownAs we moved further into Virginia, the Shenandoah was in our sights. Frank ...

Embrace culture and relaxation in Virginia on a journey that combines country music tours, national ... the Appalachian Mountains, where you can enjoy breathtaking vistas and forested trails.

This region includes a section of the Appalachian Trail, the southernmost section ... pick up a set of National Geographic maps. There are two in the set — one for each section of the national ...

This story appears in the January 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine ... hiking 55 punishing miles over five days on the Appalachian Trail, Victor Rivera embraces a classmate.

“It's been my dream for a long time to teach this ecology of Appalachia course, to pass those skills on to other students and to take them to an iconic place like the Appalachian trail,” said Prather, ...

National Geographic's newly revealed "Best of the ... haven in India to Stockholm's new and lesser known island hopping trail, the brand's annual list includes a blend of both surprising up ...

On a mountaintop mantled in moss and nearly century-old red spruce, the Appalachian Trail ... Pisgah National Forest in North Carolina remain closed and are marked on a conservancy map with ...