The trail runs along the Tennessee/North Carolina border for approximately 220 additional miles, according to The Appalachian Trail Conservancy, a nonprofit organization formed in 1925 that ...

Floodwaters from the remnants of Hurricane Helene took out a bridge over the Nolichucky River, severing two sections of the ...

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

Volunteers, scientists, and hikers are asking for transparency in a process they say could prioritize profit over ecosystems.

including 226.6 miles along the Tennessee border. The North Carolina section offers many of the Appalachian Trail's highest peaks, several above 6,000 feet. Hiking enthusiasts can set out on a ...

In 2025, the Appalachian Trail, the longest hiking-only footpath in the world, celebrates 100 years of measuring the skills, endurance and heart of thousands of intrepid adventurers.

All Appalachian Trail trails in North Carolina are now open. Pictured here is a portion ... of U.S. 129 known as the Tail of ...

If you're looking to explore the Appalachian Trail while in Asheville ... at 5,720 feet – affords views of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee on a clear day.

A gathering storm near Lehigh Gap, Pennsylvania Earl Shaffer / Earl Shaffer Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History “Followed nice trail all morn—to sight of James River ...

In Tennessee and North Carolina, the fund-raising goal was ... He and George Masa threw themselves into creating the Appalachian Trail, a hiking route that would start in the Smokies and go ...