If it's your first time visiting the New River Gorge National Park in West Virginia, use this guide to help plan your trip.

Appalachian Trail thru-hiker Zeke Meddock, trail name Petroglyph, attempts the half-gallon ice cream challenge at Pine Grove Furnace State Park in Pennsylvania on Tuesday, June 10, 2025.

Midway up the Appalachian Trail, a little country store in Gardners, Pennsylvania, invites hikers to take on an additional challenge: eating a half-gallon of ice cream in one sitting. So ...

Dreaming about the American Dream and looking for some adventurous vacations to do with your family? Need to ditch the ...

Midway up the Appalachian Trail, a little country store in Gardners, Pennsylvania, invites hikers to take on an additional challenge: eating a half-gallon of ice cream in one sitting.

HURRICANE, W.Va. — Those in Putnam County who fought to steer Appalachian Power Company’s plans for new transmission lines away from the beloved Meeks Mountain Trails can now take a breath.

Trail experts say hikers can need up to 6,000 calories a day, a practical challenge when food needs to be carried up and down rocky terrain. The slender Berens figures he's lost about 20 pounds (9 ...

GARDNERS, Pa. — Sam Cooper had just trekked 7 miles through a rain-sodden stretch of the Appalachian Trail when he sat down outside a little country store in Pennsylvania to take on its ice ...

A new three-mile loop trail will open on Tom Ball Mountain in Berkshire County next weekend. It also marks a major milestone. For over 20 years, the Berkshire Natural Resources Council has been ...

Appalachian Trail thru-hiker Sam Cooper, trail name Pie Top, attempts the half-gallon ice cream challenge at Pine Grove Furnace State Park in Pennsylvania on June 10. (AP Photo/Mingson Lau) ...

GARDNERS, Pa. (AP) — Sam Cooper had just trekked 7 miles through a rain-sodden stretch of the Appalachian Trail when he sat down outside a little country store in Pennsylvania to take on its ice ...

Tom Ball was the last major mountain ridge in the county to not have any public access or trails, according to Hansell. In the next three-plus years, a 9-mile-long trail on the mountain that goes ...