Conquering the Appalachian Trail isn’t just achieved by lacing up and hiking the 2,100 miles from Georgia to Maine over the course of several months. Growing in popularity with road trips is an ...

It was a weekday in mid-May on the Appalachian Trail ... it had proved difficult for trail leaders to visualize. They were forced to puzzle over topographic maps so old that some dated to the ...

Shenandoah National Park's stretch of the trail predates the park and originally ran the same route as Skyline Drive. During the construction of Skyline Drive from 1931 to 1939, the Appalachian ...

Rusty and Mica Foster after completing the 100-Mile Wilderness section of the Appalachian ... on the side of Route 15, a few miles by road from Monson. We’ve completed 114 trail miles, and ...

The first big site for hikers is the McAfee Knob, which juts out over the valley (much like Pride Rock in The Lion King) and is the most photographed spot on the Appalachian Trail. On a clear day ...

Damage from flooding, strong winds and tornadoes was present in many of the 14 states the route touches, the Appalachian ... known sight on the trail for 15 years, driving her sticker-covered ...

You can drive or hike the famed Appalachian Trail, but it's much easier to make a road trip out of it ... A popular roadside attraction along this route is the quirky Dinosaur Land in the town ...