If tourism officials in Alabama had their way, the southern end of the Appalachian Trail would be in their state. Their hopes are bound up in a natural path that connects the famous trail where it now ...

Charles Hosch, 67, hiked up Georgia's Blood Mountain on the Appalachian Trail a month ago. Despite massive searches, the Texas lawyer and professor hasn't been seen since.

One month after SMU law professor Charles Hosch disappeared while hiking, his family was joined by dozens of volunteers who ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is asking for the public’s help to identify the man found dead on the Appalachian Trail. The man was found on Jan. 21 off of the Benton ...

Like many young people planning a thru-hike on the Appalachian Trail, from its southern terminus in Georgia to its northern end in Maine, Henry Wilber expected an idyllic experience. Instead, he found ...

FAMILY AFTER SHE GOT HOME. I DECIDED I WAS UNHAPPY WORK AND I WAS JUST KIND OF IN A STAGNANT PLACE. I WASN’T LOVING, FULFILLED AND I REALLY NEEDED A CHANGE. SO I DECIDED TO PUT JOB AND GO HIKE THE ...

I had a hard time snapping a selfie because I was crying with joy. I was on the Appalachian Trail, standing next to a sign nailed to a walnut tree on the border of Georgia and North Carolina. My ...

About 20 percent more people are storing their food in their tent with them than in the recommended bear cans.

GEORGIA (KGO) -- A Bay Area family made history, and they almost did it in time for the start of the school year. The Malones spent the months of February through August, hiking the entire Appalachian ...

A Pennsylvania woman had her two daughters drive her to Georgia and let her off on a trail. She willingly solo-hiked all the way back to the Keystone State, and then kept on going north into Maine. It ...

The Appalachian Trail stretches from Maine to Georgia, totaling more than 2,100 miles through 14 states. Shenandoah National Park's stretch of the trail predates the park and originally ran the same ...