Discover 20 miles of backcountry trails, towering quartzite cliffs, and primitive camping in Tennessee's most diverse under-the-radar mountain paradise.

Maryland's second largest state forest is a lush, gorgeous area that's perfect for camping year-round, including primitive sites and developed campgrounds.

The Appalachian Trail was the brainchild of Benton MacKaye. MacKaye was born in 1879 and spent his childhood in the mountain community of Shirley Center, Massachusetts.

Our favorite hiking trails are usually the result of back-breaking physical labor. In the White Mountains, Appalachian Mountain Club trail crews do most of this work with hand tools and sheer effort.

Lots of folks in the Mid-Atlantic looked forward to a beautiful Tuesday afternoon only to encounter gloomy skies and frigid temperatures—and the Appalachian Mountains are to blame.

Let’s repeat that phrase, “cut off the tops of Appalachian mountains” — as in the tops of more than 500 mountains for over a half-century, literally clear-cutting deciduous forests and the ...

While the mountains and foothills are not located along an active tectonic plate boundary, the region still has minor earthquakes linked to old fault lines along the Appalachian Mountains.

Carolina Mountain Club volunteers help clear downed trees along the French Broad River near Hot Springs in November 2024. The town relies on tourism, especially hikers along the Appalachian Trail.

CASA of the Appalachian Mountains currently has five volunteers to represent the seven counties it serves. We spoke to the staff who have been hard at work looking for new volunteers.

A waterfall flows in the Cullasaja River basin in the southern Appalachian Mountains, which were uplifted geologically recently according to a February 2013 study in Geological Society of America ...

Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. “Hill Women: Finding Family and a Way Forward in the Appalachian Mountains,” Ballantine Books, by Cassie Chambers ...