NASHVILLE, Ind. (AP) — Southern Indiana's popular Brown County State Park has partially reopened to the public although its overnight facilities will remain closed at least through Wednesday as...

MANITOU SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado man seeks to break a record for hiking a notoriously steep and difficult trail as many times as he can in a year.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Work can go forward on a trail crossing private land that connects the popular tourist destinations of Redfish Lake and Stanley, a judge has ruled.

SHELBURNE, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire Fish and Game officials say two people have died in two days while hiking trails in New Hampshire's White Mountains, while a third hiker rescued...

PINKHAM NOTCH, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire authorities say a woman attempting to hike up Mount Washington in below-freezing conditions suffered an unknown medical condition and died.

GIRDWOOD, Alaska (AP) — A man has died after falling from a platform on an Alaska hiking trail, officials said.

The Anchorage Daily News reported Sunday that 57-year-old Jeffrey Hummel of...

ALAMOGORDO, N.M. (AP) — Authorities say a visitor has died on a hiking trail at White Sands National Monument in New Mexico.

They say rangers responded to a call around 4 p.m. Saturday that...

RUTLAND, Vt. (AP) — People who maintain Vermont's hiking and biking trails say that many remain went following a rainy spring, but they are mostly serviceable.

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — The Mount Washburn trail and trailhead parking area at Dunraven Pass in Yellowstone National Park will be closed in August as work continues to improve the...

WATERBURY, Vt. (AP) — Some sections of hiking trails in a recreation area in Waterbury, Vermont, have been closed due to a landslide.

The Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Gov. Roy Cooper has signed into law altered rules on how student and government employee identification cards can qualify as voter IDs, which are required for casting ballots...

SHEFFIELD, Ala. (AP) — Saturday was clean-up day along the Muscle Shoals TVA Reservation trails.

The Tennessee Valley Authority sponsored a volunteer clean-up day as part of the American...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — National Trails Day is being celebrated with free guided hikes in West Virginia forests and parks.

The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports that National Trails Day...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities rescued four women who got stuck in a narrow slot canyon while hiking in southern Utah because of deep water levels they weren't expecting.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee's state parks are offering free hikes guided by a ranger next month, in honor of National Trails Day.

Tennessee's Department of Environment and Conservation...

WATERBURY, Vt. (AP) — Hikers looking to get out on trails across Vermont on Memorial Day Weekend, the traditional opening of the season, can expect to find some debris on the trails because the...

ASHLAND, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say a man fell from a hiking trail and died northeast of Ashland.

The Jackson County Sheriff's Office says authorities received a call at 8:08 p.m. Wednesday...

BAR HARBOR, Maine (AP) — The National Park Service says numerous improvements are taking place at Acadia National Park in Maine over the coming months.

JIM THORPE, Pa. (AP) — One of Pennsylvania's most beloved and scenic hiking trails will remain closed to the public unless lawmakers pass Gov. Tom Wolf's $4.5 billion infrastructure plan,...

LOVELAND, Colo. (AP) — Colorado has a new free web and mobile application for hikers, mountain bikers and others who use the state's public trails.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Officials say a German tourist hiking in Zion National Park has died after collapsing on a popular trail.

Park spokeswoman Eleanor Siebers told The Salt Lake Tribune...

EUGENE, Mo. (AP) — The first section of new biking and hiking trail created on an abandoned rail line has opened in the Kansas City area.

A ribbon-cutting ceremony that's planned for June 1...

PHOENIX (AP) — Authorities say a hiker found unresponsive on a trail in Phoenix's South Mountain Recreational Park last week has died at a hospital.

ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK, Colo. (AP) — Rocky Mountain National Park says seven people have been caught in avalanches in the park but none have significant injuries.

GADSDEN, Ala. (AP) — Authorities have identified a Georgia teenager who died in a fall into a creek at an Alabama waterfall.

Etowah County Coroner London Pearce tells the Gadsden Times that...

CLAY, W.Va. (AP) — A new rail trail is set to be built in West Virginia.

Gov. Jim Justice announced Wednesday that the state has signed a letter of intent to purchase land for the...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — One of the most exclusive and dramatic hiking spots in the southwestern United States could see bigger crowds under a new proposal unveiled Wednesday.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A planned trail connecting the popular central Idaho tourist destinations of Redfish Lake and Stanley is being challenged in federal court by the owners of Sawtooth Mountain...

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) — New York officials are warning hikers that high-elevation trails in the Adirondacks are muddy and possibly dangerous.

PHOENIX (AP) — The family of a 16-year-old Boy Scout who collapsed and died while on a troop hiking trip in the southern Arizona desert says he loved scouting and that he and fellow scouts and...

PHOENIX (AP) — No charges are expected after a 16-year-old Boy Scout died while on a troop hiking trip in the Arizona desert, authorities said Friday.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Part of a nearly $1.3 million state grant will go toward converting an old railroad bridge into pedestrian use along a northern Indiana city's recreational trail where two...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities have rescued a woman who became wedged in a narrow slot canyon while hiking in southern Utah.

The Deseret News reports that Garfield County spokeswoman...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Lawyers for a woman left paralyzed after being struck by falling rocks at a state park say New York officials have agreed to pay $9 million to settle the woman's...

PONCA, Ark. (AP) — Authorities say a 15-year-old Texas boy was seriously hurt after falling from a bluff in Arkansas' Ozark Mountains, one week after an Iowa college student fell to her death in...

BIG PRAIRIE TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A new trail in western Michigan that developers believe could become a national attraction is set to break ground this year.

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — It's mud season in Vermont and officials are urging hikers to abide by trail closures.

The Green Mountain Club, the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation...

ZION NATIONAL PARK, Utah (AP) — A man found dead at the bottom of a popular narrow trail bordered by steep drops at Zion National Park has been identified as a hiker from Salt Lake City.

The Pennsylvania Game Commission said Wednesday that it would cost $1.7 million to make a beloved, well-known hiking trail safe for the public — which is why the agency plans to close it...

JIM THORPE, Pa. (AP) — Jacqueline Zito spends as much time as she can on the Glen Onoko Falls Trail — one of the most scenic and well-known hiking paths in all of Pennsylvania — and was eager to...

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The New Mexico State Land Office has given a coalition the OK to issue hiking and horseback riding permits to cross state land on the Continental Divide Trail.

BELLOWS FALLS, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont community has agreed to contribute a piece of land to a proposed network of hiking and mountain biking trails.

LOUISVILLE, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission has scheduled at outdoors day for women at a park along the Platte River.

It's a Beyond Becoming an Outdoors-Woman program...

BOULDER CITY, Nev. (AP) — Boulder City officials have asked state lawmakers to provide funding to expand the Nevada Southern Railroad Museum and build an urban park.

LANCASTER, Calif. (AP) — California officials have a message for people eager to see a rare wildflower bloom: please don't land your helicopter on our poppy fields.

CATSKILL, N.Y. (AP) — New York state has acquired a tract in the Catskills that includes remnants of a historic hotel and provides increased access to a popular network of hiking and cross-country...

CUTLER, Maine (AP) — Maine game wardens say they rescued two hikers stranded on a trail overnight.

Authorities say the 53-year old and the 73-year old began hiking the Bold Coast Trail in...

CAMPTON, N.H. (AP) — The caretakers of the White Mountain National Forest count among their 2018 accomplishments a land addition, investment in roads and trails and support from...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Rangers at all 56 state parks in Tennessee are offering free guided hikes later this month.

Tennessee State Parks said in a news release Monday that free hikes are...