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 to Georgia ... but I was forced to shelter off the trail for two days in Franklin, North Carolina. The saddest part was witnessing ...

Oliver Anthony, the singer who went viral for his "Rich Men North Of Richmond" song last year, went to Western North Carolina ...

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.

which supports hiking in Western North Carolina. “When you’ve got both wind and water, it’s just catastrophic to the trails.” No natural disaster has affected as much of the Appalachian ...

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 ...

NPCA reflects on the storm damage caused by Helene to national parks in the Southeast, including the Blue Ridge Parkway and ...

North Carolina’s Atlantic Coast beaches ... Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and the Appalachian Trail. In Asheville, there are hiking trails, waterfalls, scenic drives, art museums ...

The Carolina Mountain Club and the Tennessee Eastman Hiking & Canoeing Club, whose volunteers maintain the Appalachian Trail in the national forests north of the Smokies, have started some of the ...