Floodwaters from the remnants of Hurricane Helene took out a bridge over the Nolichucky River, severing two sections of the ...

Winding its way from Maine to Georgia, the Appalachian Trail (also known as the AT) spans 2,190 miles through 14 states. About 323 of those miles are found in North Carolina, including 226.6 miles ...

North Carolina, boasts an array of opportunities to get outside on a walk or hike, whether you're a thru-hiker tackling the Appalachian Trail or a family looking for some magic in the woods.

In this 1981 narrative from the Backpacker archives, Jeffrey Cogswell relates the story of a family hike up the Appalachian ...

The trail runs along the Tennessee/North Carolina border for approximately 220 additional miles, according to The Appalachian Trail Conservancy, a nonprofit organization formed in 1925 that ...

Wildfires have returned to the Carolinas, prompting another state of emergency, according to officials.

It’s right here in the U.S., passing through the eastern Appalachian ... trail runs up most of the East Coast and southeastern U.S. It passes through 14 states in total – Georgia, North ...

More than 3 million people visit the Appalachian Trail each year, and more than 3,000 attempt to hike the entire trail. Roughly 159 million people use national forests annually. The U.S. Forest ...

All Appalachian Trail trails in North Carolina are now open. Pictured here is a portion of the trail along Lover's Leap Loop Trail in Hot Springs. But it's not all good news for the Appalachian ...