The Great Dismal Swamp, a great family day trip
Examiner
Having a camera encourages young hikers to look at the hike from a different perspective, and is a gentle distraction from how long they have been walking. The best seasons to make a trip to the swamp are during spring or fall. During sprin...
Baxter Park announces new winter policies
Bangor Daily News
This year Baxter State Park made several significant rule changes to the park policies for winter visitors. The staff feels that the changes should give hikers with winter skills easier access to one of the best places in the state to exper...
Bio-fuel growth raises concerns about forests
Forbes
For centuries, forests have provided lumber to build cities, pulp for paper mills and a refuge for hunters, fishers and hikers. A flurry of new, green ventures is fueling demand for trees and the debris leftover when they are harvested, whi...
Hiker falls to death on NH's Mount Washington
Boston Globe
MOUNT WASHINGTON, N.H.— Officials say the body of a 62-year-old hiker has been found after he apparently fell to his death on New Hampshire's Mount Washington. Officials say hikers found the body of Wieslaw Walezak of Bedford, N.H., at 9:50...
Parks programs, warm temps get Great Lakes Bay Region folks outdoors
MLive.com
View full size Chris Fryer | The Saginaw News Saginaw County Parks volunteer Jeanne M. Armstrong, of St. Charles helps hikers identify different leaves during part of the Sunday Stroll at Price Nature Center in Bridgeport Township Sunday af...
The Appalachian Trail - one of three trails that form the Triple Crown
Examiner
This trail is famous for it's many hikers attempt to hike it in a single season. The trail passes through Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, Tenn...
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Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
State Department said it hopes Brazil raises the case of three American hikers being held in Iran after they crossed an unmarked border while hiking in Iraqi Kurdistan in July. Ahmadinejad didn't mention the hikers during his interview with...
Artifacts untouched at Ariz. bombing ranges
Air Force Times
The Air Force controls access to visitors, which eliminates factors that have destroyed so many other archaeological sites: bandits who steal, hikers who squash and off-roaders who crush. “Snake-eye, this is R-M-O Rankin. Request permission...
Iran prez offers little hope on US hikers' release
WFAA
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Iran's president says it's up to his nation's judicial system to determine whether three American hikers detained in his country will be released or punished. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says the hikers entered Ira...
Rediscovering Moab, 'the most beautiful place on Earth'
Seattle Times
Arches National Park, where Delicate Arch draws hikers and photographers, is the beautiful side of the Moab area. MOAB, Utah — Live long enough, travel enough, and sure enough, one day you will return to a favorite destination to find it .....