The Appalachian Trail extends nearly 2,200 miles between Georgia and Maine, passing through… Continue reading Everything You Need To Know About Hiking The Appalachian Trail ...

For 50 years, high school students in Rabun County have chronicled their region's disappearing traditions and mountain people, from blacksmiths to moonshiners, in publications and a living museum.

Hiking the Appalachian Trail can be done in about 5 million steps. Here's how long the trail is in miles and how many months it would take to hike.

This map shows rainfall from Helene and in the days preceding the storm that combined to create disastrous flooding.

Appalachian trail basics The southernmost trailhead of the Appalachian Trail begins at Springer Mountain in Fannin County and stretches 78.6 miles through North Georgia.

Tara Dower, a 31-year-old ultrarunner and long-distance hiker born in North Carolina and based in Virginia, reached Georgia’s Springer Mountain, the southern terminus of the Appalachian Trail ...

If it weren't for Pete Rodgers and his fellow Coosa County Cooperators, the historic fire tower and cabins high atop Flagg Mountain would likely be ruins. Or at least well on their way.

Tucked away in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, a small Georgia town hides an alluring secret: award-winning wineries and tasting rooms that offer local, regional, and international ...

For 50 years, high school students in Rabun County have chronicled their region's disappearing traditions and mountain people, from blacksmiths to moonshiners, in publications and a living museum.

He was a master of shape-note singing — a remarkable old style of music he learned from his elders, who learned it from their elders in the mountains of northern Georgia. The students wanted to ...