HOT SPRINGS - In Hot Springs, things are starting to more closely resemble spring thru-hiking seasons of the past as the town rebuilds following Tropical Storm Helene. In a February news release, the ...

Did you catch the Google Doodle for Monday? It features a trail that hikers in the Knoxville area may be familiar with. The Monday Google Doodle featured the 2,190-mile Appalachian Trail that runs ...

This section of highway offers stunning views and easy access to several hiking trails, with peaks of wildflowers, mountain ...

Hiking the Appalachian Trail through the Blue Ridge Mountains takes people through thick forests and across grassy mountaintop balds. This year it also includes a short boat ride. Floodwaters from the ...

CLEVELAND, Tenn. (WATE) — A portion of the Appalachian Trail is closed as crews fight a blaze that broke out Thursday in North Carolina and spread into Cocke County, Tennessee. The trail is closed ...

“Aggressive” bears forced part of the Appalachian Trail to close to campers in Tennessee, officials said. Cherokee National Forest announced the shut down Wednesday, the same day a North Carolina ...

It was at 5,487 feet above sea level, somewhere on the North Carolina-Tennessee state line, when Tarzan walked past. That was not his real name, but the one he’d received when he began hiking the ...

A California man lost in heavy snow along the Appalachian Trail had to be rescued from a remote spot inside Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It happened Tuesday, Jan. 18, and the hiker was ...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. -- U.S. Forest Service officials in North Carolina said Thursday, May 11, that a section of the Appalachian Trail is temporarily closed to overnight camping due to "recent aggressive ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — An Appalachian Trail hiker was airlifted to UT Medical Center by the Tennessee National Guard after they began having chest pains. On Tuesday, Sept. 20, around 12:30 p.m., ...

There are still three sections of the Appalachian Trail that remain closed. More than 3 million people visit the Appalachian Trail each year, and more than 3,000 attempt to hike the entire trail.