Skip the crowds of the Appalachian Trail and explore the scenic Bartram Trail in Georgia. From mountain views to peaceful waterfalls, this hidden gem offers a quieter, equally stunning hiking ...

All Appalachian Trail trails in North Carolina are now open. Pictured here is a portion of the trail along Lover's Leap Loop ...

This list includes the Blue Ridge Parkway, Appalachian Trail, Historic Sites, National Forest lands, and State Parks.

Hiking the Appalachian Trail through the Blue Ridge Mountains ... (An alternative route takes hikers around a closed section along the North Carolina-Tennessee state line in Mitchell County.) ...

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 ...

He knew he needed something else, so, in desperation, he grabbed a pair of waterproof trail runners from a North Carolina hiker box. Not long after he entered Virginia, the fever and cramps began ...

Of the nearly 800,000 acres of trees that Helene downed, about 187,000 lie in national forests. Salvage logging — a practice ...

Earl Shaffer / Earl Shaffer Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History One of Earl Shaffer’s slides shows the crestline boundary between North Carolina and Tennessee.

Here are our favorite places to frolic through fields of flowers, from the Pacific Northwest to the Appalachian ... Trail is a 13.5-mile hike along the Blue Ridge Parkway near Boone, North Carolina.

A full closure of a 10-mile section of the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia will take effect on Monday to allow for road ...