Appalachian Trail thru-hikers trudge through 4-5 pairs of boots during their average 165 days on the 2,189-mile, Maine-to-Georgia trail. Pennsylvania’s 229 miles of the trail – or at least the ...

The Appalachian Trail, which runs through 14 eastern states, is 1.2 miles longer for 2022, including a half-mile increase in Pennsylvania. Hikers completing the entire trail this year will have ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Attention all leaf peepers! Southeastern Pennsylvania is nearing its peak for fall foliage. The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Nature Resources says the cooler ...

The Pinnacle. Many through-hikers claim that the 1,600-foot Pinnacle, near Hamburg, possesses the best views on the Pennsylvania segment of the Appalachian Trail.

The Appalachian Trail follows the ridge of Blue Mountain along the southern edge of Schuylkill County, offering panoramic vistas of farmland settled by the Pennsylvania Dutch in the 1700s.

If you smell smoke, it could be from wildfires burning in the Appalachian Mountains to our south. Fires in the Appalachian Mountains can be seen and smelled in Pa. and New York Skip Navigation ...

Escapes visits Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, a refuge for birds of prey in the Appalachian mountains of Pennsylvania. Accessibility statement Skip to main content. Democracy Dies in Darkness.

If you took a bird's-eye view of the Appalachian mountain chain, you could pretty much trace a 1,500-mile straight line from Newfoundland to Alabama, notes Nature World News.