The numbers encompass the entire National Park System, which includes everything from national rivers to national monuments. The Park Service calls them all parks even though only 63 have national ...

The Appalachian Trail is the longest hiking-only footpath in the world, ranging from Maine to Georgia. The trail spans nearly ...

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 ...

This underrated river in the Mid-Atlantic is one of the oldest rivers on Earth—and a superb outdoor destination right in the US.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park covers 522,427 acres evenly split between Tennessee and North Carolina, the National Park ...

When the days get longer and the temperatures get warmer, thousands of Virginians prepare to get outside. One of the best ...

Appalachian Trail hikers coming through and visiting the town of Erwin in Tennessee now have a safe way to cross the Nolichucky River this spring. The Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC) is providing ...

Six months is a reasonable amount of time to complete the 2,181-mile-long Appalachian Trail, which stretches from Maine to Georgia and is part of the National Park System, but Jennifer Pharr Davis has ...

Depending on your perspective, Forillon marks either the beginning or the end of the Canadian portion of the International Appalachian ... Petals Forillon National Park protects a range of varied ...

Conceived in 1921, built by private citizens, and completed in 1937, the trail is managed by the National Park Service, U.S. Forest Service, Appalachian Trail Conservancy, numerous state agencies ...