CLEVELAND, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina has added land along the South Saluda River it plans to let people use for fishing, hunting and hiking.

The Department of Natural Resources said the 2.7 square-mile (711-hectare) parcel of land in northern Greenville County was bought for $4 million ...

BUSHKILL, Pa. (AP) — Officials say a hiker in Pennsylvania’s Poconos Mountains was attacked by a rabid raccoon and defended by his dog, who pulled the varmint off.

A spokeswoman for the Delaware Water Gap Recreation Center says the raccoon “came out of nowhere” and lunged at the ...

EAST LYME, Conn. (AP) — It will take Marine Corps veteran Steven Lesage of Plainfield about 18 months to hike The American Discovery Trail. Organized as a system of recreational trails and roads that collectively form a coast-to-coast hiking route, the American Discovery Trail extends 6,800 ...

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A new report by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department calls for more funding for hiking and walking trails in urban centers.

The Statesman Journal

SEVEN SPRINGS, N.C. (AP) — Quinn Sigman and her sister Peighton Sigman raced through the woods, leaped over tree roots and trudged up steep hills at Cliffs of the Neuse State Park on the afternoon of Jan. 1 — all while wearing tutus, spotted leggings and a pair of shiny cat ears on their ...

DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — Police in Duluth say a man has been rescued after being stranded for days in a remote area near the Superior Hiking Trail.

Officials were called Monday afternoon to an area near the trail and the Lake Superior Zoo about a person needing medical assistance.

Fire ...

MANDAN, N.D. (AP) — Hikers are set to welcome the New Year in Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park south of Mandan.

The state park launches its fourth annual 12-for-12 hiking challenge on Jan. 1.

Seventy-five-year-old Berny Schuh of Bismarck says she’ll be there when the challenge starts ...

BOLTON, Vt. (AP) — The Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation says it will improve a state forest access road in Camel’s Humpy State Park with the help of state funding.

The road hosts a portion of the Catamount Trail and serves as a part of a popular hiking and skiing loop. ...

EUGENE, Mo. (AP) — Missouri parks officials will soon have to decide whether or not to accept a planned donation of a rail line and turn the corridor into a biking and hiking trail.

The state parks division will have until Feb. 21 to make a decision on Ameren’s donation of the 144-mile ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Nineteen of the 26 Kansas state parks are offering guided New Year’s Day hikes as part of a nationwide initiative.

The Topeka Capital-Journal

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Mary Fond Daughtridge knew her husband was whip-smart, quick-witted and physically fit. Still, each time Bob DeBrecht came home from a hike over the past two years, Daughtridge checked him over for places that might be oozing blood, banged up or broken.

DeBrecht, a ...

PHOENIX (AP) — The federal government’s shutdown presents visitors with a mixed bag at national parks and monuments in the US Southwest, home to some of the parks system’s crown jewels.

Hikers who already have backcountry permits can still hike down into the Grand Canyon in northern ...

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Pat Jones, who along with her husband provided the initial donation that led to development of Missouri’s popular Katy Trail State Park hiking and biking path, has died.

The Missouri Department of Natural Resources says Jones died Monday. A cause of death was not ...

HONOLULU (AP) — A 27-year-old man has died after falling from near the top of a waterfall in a popular hiking area on Oahu, authorities said.

The man was found in the pool at the bottom of Manoa Falls on Monday morning after he fell more than 75 feet (23 meters).

Ailish Rincon, who ...

RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Authorities in Morocco say the bodies of two Scandinavian women have been found in the Atlas Mountains, a popular hiking destination.

According to a statement from the Interior Ministry, the women from Denmark and Norway were discovered on Monday with “evidence of ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee is offering free guided hikes at 55 state parks to kick off 2019.

The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation announced the free offering as part of its annual First Day Hike program, part of America’s State Parks First Day Hikes in all 50 ...

DEL MAR, Calif. (AP) — Train service was briefly interrupted when part of a seaside bluff collapsed near tracks just north of San Diego.

Officials in the city of Del Mar say nobody was hurt when the rain-saturated cliff came tumbling down shortly before 9 a.m. Monday.

Train traffic ...

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service is planning to implement a new permit system to limit the number of hikers in three of Oregon’s most popular wilderness areas.

The Statesman Journal

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Need to walk off your Thanksgiving Day meal? Tennessee’s state parks are offering free hikes the day after the holiday later this month.

Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation officials say all 56 state parks will be offering free guided hikes on Nov. ...

PERU, Ind. (AP) — Members of a Boy Scout troop are winning praise for helping save two brothers whose kayaks capsized on northern Indiana’s Mississinewa (mis-ih-SIHN’-uh-wah) Lake.

The Miami County Sheriff’s Office says the scouts and two fishermen who found the brothers “undoubtedly saved ...

MILLINOCKET, Maine (AP) — Authorities say a hiker who fractured her ankle hiking a trail on Mount Katahdin has been airlifted to safety.

Baxter State Park officials say a team of volunteers and staff carried the unidentified 57-year-old woman down the slope to a campground early Thursday. ...

ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — Zion National Park has reopened the trail to one of its most popular hiking destinations for the first time since flood waters ravaged the southwestern Utah canyon in July.

The (St. George) Spectrum reports the West Rim ...

SPEARFISH, S.D. (AP) — U.S. Forest Service officials are considering a proposal to turn a little-known hiking trail in the Black Hills National Forest into a recognized attraction.

Northern Hills District Ranger Steve Kozel is looking into the project to make Devil’s Bathtub a designated ...

DENVER (AP) — The Latest on a woman who reported being attacked by a black bear in a Colorado state park (all times local):

9:20 p.m.

Colorado wildlife officials say evidence does not support a woman’s claim that she was attacked by a black bear while hiking with her dog at a state ...

DENVER (AP) — Colorado wildlife officials say a woman hiking with her dog reported being attacked by a black bear at a state park northwest of Denver.

KMGH-TV in Denver reports Colorado Parks and Wildlife is investigating the incident at Golden Gate Canyon State Park on Wednesday ...

FALMOUTH, Maine (AP) — An estate dating back to the Gilded Age of the U.S. built off the coast of Maine has been sold for over $4 million.

Broker David Banks says the Clapboard Island estate features an 18-room mansion, five beaches, a helicopter landing pad, stone fireplaces, a guest ...

IDLEYLD PARK, Ore. (AP) — The body of a hiker from California who fell to his death last month while take a photo above Oregon’s Toketee Falls has been recovered.

Hikers spotted 23-year-old Brian Lewinstein’s body in the second pool of the waterfall on Thursday while hiking in southwestern ...

VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) — Fueled by a love of the outdoors and a desire to preserve it, a Mississippi man is on a solo trip paddling the length of the Mississippi River.

“I guess it would be fair to call me an adventurer, at least that’s how it all began as a young man,” said Matt Briggs of ...

PHOENIX (AP) — Authorities say a man fell to his death while hiking on Camelback Mountain in Phoenix.

Officials said the body of 54-year-old Marc Daus was found Friday on the mountain’s south side following a search after he was last heard from Thursday.

A Police Department ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — When Victoria Buitron ventured onto her first trail for a New Year’s Day hike a few years ago, she said the ever-changing terrain transformed her.

The treadmills she was used to didn’t stand a chance.

But Buitron, 29, noticed one aspect of the great outdoors that ...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A 71-year-old Boise man is recovering after two boulders fell on him while he was hiking in the Sawtooth Mountains in central Idaho.

The Idaho Statesman reports Dick Ross suffered two broken ...

ADAMS, Mass. (AP) — Mason Dunn and Ev Evnen have spent the past two weeks hiking across Massachusetts with a message: Trans rights are human rights.

After trekking up and over 13 mountains, encouraging fellow hikers to vote yes on Question 3 on the November ballot — it asks to stop the ...

ANSONIA, Conn. (AP) — A medical rescue crew used all-terrain vehicles to reach several hikers who were attacked and stung by a swarm of bees in the Connecticut woods.

Ansonia Rescue and Medical Services says one person stung while hiking in the Ansonia Nature Center on Thursday night ...

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A bear charged a family hiking in Yellowstone National Park on Thursday, knocking down and injuring a 10-year-old boy before his parents were able to drive the animal off with bear spray, park officials said.

The unidentified boy from Washington state was transferred ...

BRIDAL VEIL, Ore. (AP) — The Latest on a hiker who fell to his death at Bridal Veil Falls in Oregon (all times local):

5:15 p.m.

Authorities have identified a 64-year-old man who fell from a trail while hiking in the Columbia River Gorge as John Ferdinand Winther, of Mastic Beach, ...

BRIDAL VEIL, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say a 64-year-old man fell from a trail while hiking and died in the Columbia River Gorge.

Media outlets report that authorities were called Tuesday afternoon to help a man who had been hiking with family members when he fell along the Bridal Veil ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — At long last, Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument will soon have highway signs directing motorists to the federal recreation area, which boasts hiking, canoeing and camping, along with stunning views of Maine’s tallest mountain, Mount Katahdin.

The road signs ...

LINVILLE, N.C. (AP) — York Chester Middle School is helping its at-risk students to overcome challenges by hiking Grandfather Mountain in Linville.

Two cohorts of about 10 students each completed the outdoors adventure program known as the “Grandfather Mountain Challenge” last school year. ...

VERNON, Conn. (AP) — The death of a woman found unresponsive on a Connecticut hiking path has been ruled a suicide.

Police investigators tell the

DEADWOOD, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota officials are trying to alleviate parking problems at the trailhead to Devil’s Bathtub in the Black Hills.

Private landowners near the popular hiking destination in Spearfish Canyon are having problems getting in and out of their properties because of ...

RIDGELAND, Miss. (AP) — A charitable group is paying to improve some hiking-path bridges near the Natchez Trace Parkway in central Mississippi.

The National Park Foundation is providing $75,000 for the Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail.

The grant will pay to replace two 30-foot ...

VERNON, Conn. (AP) — A woman who was found unresponsive on a Connecticut hiking path has died.

Police say the woman was found on the Rails to Trails hiking area in Vernon on Tuesday morning.

First responders performed CPR, and the woman was transported to a hospital where she later ...

PHOENIX (AP) — Authorities have identified a man who died while hiking on a Phoenix mountain.

Phoenix police say it’s still unclear if the death of 47-year-old Kevin Lurito was heat-related.

The Maricopa County medical examiner will determine the cause of death.