T he Appalachian Trail is renowned as the longest hiking trail in the world, and around 78 of the trail's 2,200 miles are in the state of Georgia. Thru-hikers have been testing their skills on ...

Each spring, people from around the country descend on Springer Mountain, one hour north of metro Atlanta, to start a very long walk. About 3,000 hikers a year attempt the Appalachian Trail—the ...

Rusty Foster, a writer in Maine, recently started a planned six-month hike of the Appalachian Trail from his home state south to Georgia with his 19-year-old son, Mica.

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 78-mile northbound walk—section by section, from Springer Mountain ...

Stretching from Georgia to Maine, the most widely known hiking trail in the U.S. has nearly 90 miles of path a short drive away in the Palisades and Hudson Valley.