MARS HILL - In January, the United States Forest Service and Appalachian Trail Conservancy presented a proposal to decommission and tear down the Overmountain Shelter barn, a once-popular Appalachian ...

CARTER COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) — Volunteers spent their Monday morning removing the former roof of an Appalachian Trail shelter after it burned down last week. The Laurel Fork Shelter in Hampton was ...

FRANKLIN - As the weather continues to warm up and hikers take to the Appalachian Trail in Western North Carolina, trail visitors passing through the region will have a new shelter to visit, ...

Whether you have spent a night or six months on the Appalachian Trail (A.T), every hiker eventually experiences one of the trail’s iconic lean-tos or huts. More than 250 such backcountry structures ...

When I arrived at the Priest on my thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail in 2015, I didn’t quite grasp the cultural significance ...

FRANKLIN, N.C. (AP) — Appalachian Trail hikers have a new place to rest in North Carolina. The U.S. Forest Service says the Long Branch Shelter in the Standing Indian Basin in the Nantahala National ...

HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) – The Maryland Department of Natural Resources says it’s temporarily closing eight overnight shelters and campgrounds on Maryland’s section of the Appalachian Trail after a hiker ...

A black bear tried to nose its way into a tent in Stokes State Forest on Wednesday night, prompting the park service to announce that it was closing the Brink Road shelter to hikers. Brink Road, a ...