Looking for a weekend getaway? We asked for your favorite small cities and towns to visit in North Carolina and South ...

“Thirty of the 50 are still out there,” said Jones. “Some have been lost to development. The one rededicated today was lost ...

Hot Springs is located along the Tennessee-North Carolina border. Hikers know it well because the Appalachian Trail goes ...

NPCA works to preserve landscapes and wildlife in the East’s last fully connected wilderness with its Safe Passage ...

U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann introduced the bipartisan Benton MacKaye National Scenic Trail Feasibility Study Act, which would authorize a study to designate a 287-mile trail linking Georgia, Tennessee ...

Democrats and Republicans from three states are supporting a 287-mile trail that would include Georgia, Tennessee and North ...

Iowa veteran Joedy VanVelzen has been hiking the Appalachian Trail for one month. He is making his way to Virginia with the veteran group he’s a part of called Warrior ...

Conservationists and supporters of Southern Appalachia's Benton MacKaye Trail hope the third time's a charm for a bipartisan ...

As visitors consider spring and summer travel, NPCA offers updates on national parks recovering from damage caused by ...

After Hurricane Helene tore through the Appalachian region last fall, a resilient community came together to bring it back to ...

Cameron McWhirter covers national affairs for The Wall Street Journal from Atlanta. Before joining the Journal, he reported ...

Conservationists from Georgia to Maine spent this week strategizing in Roanoke about how to preserve the natural environment that gives the Appalachian Trail its world-renowned outdoor appeal.