Hiking is basically walking in the woods — putting one foot in front of the other while enjoying the beautiful scenery. You ...

Lucy Meigs stopped and stooped on the side of the Connecticut trail to pinch off a few leaves from a patch of trout lilies. She munched on one as she passed the rest out to willing hikers who had ...

ENUMCLAW, Wash. — Ralph Waldo Emerson famously said that it’s not the destination that matters, it’s the journey. He could very well have been talking about the Greenwater Lakes Trail. The lakes ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Environmentalists take note: A movie in praise of mother nature may be hazardous to her health. The Appalachian Trail gets its ...

Most visitors to Muir Woods take the level main trail, following Redwood Creek. For a less crowded hike try a 4.5-mile loop on the Deer Park, Dipsea, Ben Johnson and Hillside trails. Now that we’ve ...

When Doris Cowles donated 112 acres to East Granby in 1981, parks and recreation commission Chairwoman Judith Root believed the best use of the land was a park. “It will be basically a nature area,” ...

FALMOUTH -- This past summer I went walking in Beebe Woods in Falmouth by myself and eventually got lost. "I have to come back here on a guided hike with the Appalachian Mountain Club so I can learn ...