A new class in the History and Art History Department at George Mason University combines the beauty and deep history of the Appalachian Trail with digital media. History of the Appalachian Trail was ...

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History opens “Earl Shaffer and the Appalachian Trail,” a new exhibition in its Albert H. Small Documents Gallery, July 10. The exhibition focuses on the ...

The little trail we are hiking in the North Georgia woods belongs to us and the bears. The hardwoods overhead are as diverse as any in the Eastern United States. The ferns, Galax, poison ivy and other ...

The longest, continuous, marked, foot-only trail in the world spans about 90 miles in Berkshire County. The Appalachian Trail spans 2,198 miles, giving hikers the serenity and unknown of what nature ...

As America's 250th anniversary approaches, the Appalachian Trail remains an enduring symbol of the nation's history, ...

The Appalachian Trail crosses 14 states, six national parks and eight national forests. Marc Muench / Corbis At 2,178 miles, the Appalachian Trail is the nation’s longest marked footpath. Starting at ...

He wanted to “walk off the war,” so the 29-year-old crammed his rucksack with old military gear and headed south from his Pennsylvania home to a remote mountain in Georgia. It was April 4, 1948, and ...

CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Pa. — The 2,197-mile Appalachian Trail, which runs from Georgia to Maine, celebrated its centennial in March. FOX43 featured the history of the trail and how hikers and other ...

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It’s a curious sight to come upon while walking the Appalachian Trail in Cumberland County: a tiny, ancient cemetery, nearly consumed by trees, brush and earth. Many a hiker has surely stepped inside ...