When writing a guidebook about hiking, there’s no substitute for getting out into the field and putting in the mileage. No one ever researched a helpful book about hikes in Maine by sitting in a ...

The Appalachian Trail stretches from Maine to Georgia, totaling more than 2,100 miles through 14 states. Shenandoah National Park's stretch of the trail predates the park and originally ran 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 ...

Earl Shaffer / Earl Shaffer Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History “In morn climbed Katahdin [Maine] in leisurely ... to walk the entire Appalachian Trail.

according to the Appalachian Trail Conservancy, the nonprofit that manages and protects the 2,200-mile trail from Georgia to Maine. After tens of thousands of hours of work by volunteers and the ...