When Harvey Sutton was four, before he started kindergarten, his parents decided that they wanted to take him on a trip.

Set in the forests of East Tennessee, Chattanooga has been named the first National Park City in the US thanks to its ...

A new counting method reveals millions more visitors to the iconic route than previously recorded. Evie Carrick is a writer and editor who’s lived in five countries and visited well over 50. She now ...

Rescue crews responded to an injured hiker who was found near the shelter at Springer Mountain, the southern terminus of the Appalachian Trail. The hiker, who had begun his journey on Sunday and had ...

FANNIN COUNTY, Ga. — Emergency crews rescued an injured hiker Monday from the Appalachian Trail near Springer Mountain amid a dramatic temperature swing, Fannin County emergency management officials ...

Author Steve Carpenter with his sister-in-law, Gayle Alderfer Fisher, on the AT along the Blue Ridge Parkway. A Harrisonburg man has released a book that takes readers to the Appalachian Trail where ...

(WHTM) — Pennsylvania’s stretch of the Appalachian Trail had more than 2.7 million visitors last year, according to numbers from the Appalachian Trail Conservancy. The Keystone State’s 230-mile ...

The Appalachian Trail drew 16.9 million recreation visits in 2025, according to new data released by the Appalachian Trail Conservancy that marks the first time the trail’s visitation has been ...

This story was originally produced by the Concord Monitor. NHPR is republishing it in partnership with the Granite State News Collaborative. New Hampshire’s 161-mile section of the Appalachian Trail ...

The Appalachian Trail received 16.9 million visitors in 2025 according to new data from the the Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC) and National Park Service (NPS) released this week, landing it in ...

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