A northbound Appalachian Trail thru-hike starts at Springer Mountain in northern Georgia and ends on Mount Katahdin, the highest mountain in the state of Maine. The trail runs up most of the East ...

SCOTT HUNTER is retiring as fire chief in Bedford at the end of March. To the surprise of probably no one who knows him, though, his idea of taking it easy involves hiking more than 2,190 miles from ...

Hiking in Georgia can be even better in the winter when you take the trail amidst the northern peaks up to Blood Mountian for a cold weather adventure.

Nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains of northern Georgia ... state's most popular hiking destinations, Springer Mountain is the starting point of the Appalachian Trail – or the endpoint ...

Emma Rowena Gatewood, “Grandma Gatewood,” walked out of her house one fine day in 1957 at age 69 and hiked the entire Appalachian Trail — 2,180 miles, from Springer Mountain, Ga., to Mount Katahdin, ...

a 335-mile hiking trail that connects to Georgia's Springer Mountain, the official beginning of the Appalachian Trail. The trail winds about 2,190 miles through 14 states from Georgia to Baxter ...

To date, the US Forest Service has surveyed and cleared nearly 240 miles of roads (nearly 76% of roads) across the ...