Imagine this: you're hiking through the San Juan Mountains in the Rockies, and you see an empty cabin as the sun starts to set. Night is going to fall soon, and the cabin is empty, well-equipped, and ...

Sixty years ago, Congress passed the Wilderness Act, establishing a National Wilderness Preservation System and defining wilderness as a place where “man himself is a visitor who does not remain.” ...

Thousands recreate each year at AWW, but less well known are the hiking trails to the fire towers atop Allagash Mountain and Round Pond Mountain. The Allagash Wilderness Waterway is one of Maine’s ...

DENNING, N.Y. — A hiker who lost his way in the Slide Mountain Wilderness was rescued by rangers, the state Department of Environmental Conservation said Wednesday. On Saturday, Sept. 20, Ulster ...

With its sheer cliff walls, emerald blue lakes and waterfalls, the East Rosebud Canyon in the Beartooth Mountains would probably be a national park if it were located anywhere else, Bill Schneider ...

Editor's Note: This article on the Black Fork Mountain Wilderness is the fifth in a series commemorating the 40th anniversary of the signing of federal legislation to create nine new federal ...

I grew up picnicking up and down the Blue Ridge Parkway, north and south of Asheville. In our family’s wood-paneled station wagon, my father at the helm, we sailed the sinuous path of the parkway, ...

Fancy a challenge? Hikers in Colorado can now embark on a 292-mile route through stunning Rocky Mountains wilderness. The new ‘Northern Colorado Trail’, connects hundreds of routes in the Rocky ...

I might get shade for this, but I’m going to say it anyway: I’m not much of an outdoorsy person. Don’t get me wrong, I love ...