Jaded tourists and transplants might insist there’s no good hiking in Florida, that the only trails worth traversing are further north in the Appalachians or west in the majestic Sierras. Try telling ...
Grayson Haver Currin is a longtime music journalist and former newspaper editor from North Carolina. Undeterred, I set out last month with my wife, Tina, from the trailhead due west of Miami, at the ...
Scott Benerofe bailed on his first overnight backpacking trip because he was too cold. It was mid-March 2016. Benerofe—then a 20-year-old sophomore studying mechanical engineering at Boston’s ...
A group of friends begin a three-day hike on the Appalachian Trail, starting in Grayson Highlands State Park at Elk Garden, on Highway 600. The first night will be spent near Mount Rogers. Getty ...
The number of hikers who have registered plans to attempt the Appalachian Trail in 2025 is down nearly 30% compared with last ...