A 75-year-old was rescued Thursday evening after injuring his leg in a slip on a steep section of Twin Brook Trail in Franconia, authorities said. Douglas Lawrence of Hewitt, New Jersey, fell on wet ...

Just 75 miles outside of the Washington, DC metro area, Shenandoah National Park offers a forested escape. Running for 105 ...

Dick’s Creek Gap is 300 miles north, which means a nearly five-and-a-half-hour drive from Savannah. Getting there is a commitment.

GARDNERS, Pa. (AP) — Sam Cooper had just trekked 7 miles through a rain-sodden stretch of the Appalachian Trail when he sat ...

Ben Schuster was 25 years old when, on April 22, 2023, he took his first steps northbound from Georgia. Inspired in part by ...

Kingdom Come State Park in Cumberland, Kentucky, delivers that feeling in spades. Perched majestically atop Pine Mountain in Harlan County, this 1,283-acre slice of Appalachian heaven offers the kind ...

Kingdom Come State Park in Cumberland, Kentucky, is nature’s answer to your overwhelmed soul. Crowning the majestic Pine Mountain in Harlan County, this 1,283-acre sanctuary offers the kind of escape ...

For a blast-from-the-past experience, you can check out a heritage railroad. Some reader recommendations include the East ...

Midway up the Appalachian Trail, a little country store in Gardners, Pennsylvania, invites hikers to take on an additional ...

Turner credits his time in Boone as a student at Appalachian State University with sparking his interest in the outdoors. Though he graduated in the spring of 2005, his love for Boone burns hot. "God ...

The outdoor boom that began during the pandemic has had staying power. Since 2020, the number of people visiting state and ...