787 Results for "tennessee"

Hiking Within the Guidelines: Reflections on an Appalachian Trail Weekend Hike in North Carolina/Tennessee

Hiking Within the Guidelines: Reflections on an Appalachian Trail Weekend Hike in North Carolina/Tennessee

A 33-Mile Weekend Hike from Standing Bear Farm, TN to Hot Springs, NC, focusing specifically on the experience of hiking within covid guidelines in 2020.

Aug 3, 2020 : Sarah Lesiecki
Forest Service Reopens AT Trailheads in Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia

Forest Service Reopens AT Trailheads in Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia

Appalachian Trail trailheads and access points in four national forests in Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia will reopen on May 22. In a statement here, the US Forest Service...

May 21, 2020 : Hugh Owen
AT SOBO 2019: Tennessee Vortex Is Strong

AT SOBO 2019: Tennessee Vortex Is Strong

I have officially walked home from Maine. I brought six of my smelly new friends with me. Leaving Damascus, I just had this feeling.  All of a sudden it hit...

Nov 18, 2019 : Logan Roark
AT Part Three: Back to Tennessee

AT Part Three: Back to Tennessee

Davenport Gap, TN, to Roan Mountain, TN Distance: 156.3 miles Total Distance: 395.2 miles The old man trudged into camp just before sunset. He was accompanied by a rotund pug...

Apr 25, 2019 : Brian Kavanagh
Shakedown Hike in Savage Gulf, Tennessee

Shakedown Hike in Savage Gulf, Tennessee

This month I've finally had time to get out and go on some "shakedown" hikes. I'd just call them backpacking trips, but evidently since I'm thru-hiking that's what it's called...

Dec 31, 2018 : Phoebe "Unicorn" Anderson
Happy Hiking In Tennessee and North Carolina

Happy Hiking In Tennessee and North Carolina

Tennessee/North Carolina (Oct. 21 to Nov. 10) 388 miles, 21 days  *The trail runs through this section in a complicated zig-zagging method between North Carolina and Tennessee as if only...

Nov 25, 2018 : Jenni Thompson
Having Type Two Fun in Tennessee

Having Type Two Fun in Tennessee

When I made my list for why I am hiking the AT, I included that I wanted to seek out type two fun. With the weather recently, this hasn’t been...

Nov 15, 2018 : Emma Rosenfield
Just Get Me Out of Tennessee

Just Get Me Out of Tennessee

I camped at Doll Flats at the edge of the Roan Highlands, looking across the meadow on the side of North Carolina. Two states down in a hike of 14....

Apr 24, 2018 : Ryne Tobar
Skirting the North Carolina and Tennessee Borders

Skirting the North Carolina and Tennessee Borders

I walked across Davenport Gap and out of the Smokies so I could both get away from the hiker-packed shelter and camp alone for a change. I found an old...

Apr 18, 2018 : Ryne Tobar
Appalachian Trail State Profile: North Carolina / Tennessee

Appalachian Trail State Profile: North Carolina / Tennessee

After leaving Georgia at Bly Gap (mile 78), the Appalachian Trail climbs and descends through North Carolina for 96 miles, hits the Tennessee state line at Doe Knob (mile 174), then...

Apr 3, 2018 : Maggie Slepian