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The U.S. Postal Service will unveil a new Appalachian Trail Forever Stamp on Friday, April 25. According to a community announcement, the dedication will take place at 11 a.m. at Washington ...
Hiking the Appalachian Trail through the Blue Ridge Mountains takes people through thick forests and across grassy mountaintop balds. This year it also includes a short boat ride. Floodwaters from ...
In 2025, the Appalachian Trail, the longest hiking-only footpath in the world, celebrates 100 years of measuring the skills, endurance and heart of thousands of intrepid adventurers. Over 3,000 ...
The newly constructed pedestrian bridge that connects the Appalachian Trail over Virginia 311 in Roanoke County opened Thursday, a project made possible by collaboration between volunteer groups ...
The Appalachian Trail is one of America’s most famous long-distance hikes, a 2,000-plus-mile journey from Georgia to Maine. Those who complete it are called “thru-hikers,” with approximately ...
Joedy VanVelzen is hiking the Appalachian Trail: an expedition that extends nearly 2200 miles between Georgia and Maine, and passes through 14 states. Supreme Court blocks Trump from deporting ...
He knew he needed something else, so, in desperation, he grabbed a pair of waterproof trail runners from a North Carolina hiker box. Not long after he entered Virginia, the fever and cramps began ...
Still, when a friend first told me about the NFCT, it felt like a chance to hike the Appalachian Trail in the 1960s: to experience something wild before it was overrun by weekend warriors and ...
ERWIN, Tenn. — A hostel in Erwin, well-known to hikers along the Appalachian Trail, is back open after six months of hard work following Hurricane Helene. Uncle Johnny's Hostel and Outfitters is ...