Wildfires in Virginia and North Carolina have shut down portions of the Blue Ridge Parkway and the Appalachian Trail, according to officials. A Friday release by the Forest Service in the George ...

An out-of-control wildfire in western Virginia has prompted closures on the Blue Ridge Parkway and Appalachian Trail near the North Carolina state line, according to federal officials. The Matts Creek ...

Let's set the scene: You're hiking beneath towering pine trees and past mossy rocks as you breath in that quintessentially earthy forest scent. You ascend to a meadow summit where you hear nothing but ...