HARPERS FERRY, W.Va. (AP) — A freight train derailed as it crossed the Potomac River near Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, sending two cars into the water and damaging a footbridge that is part of the ...

Each year, only about one out of every four hikers who set out to complete the Appalachian Trail reaches that goal. A thru-hike means traversing nearly 2,200 miles, across 14 states, in a single ...

HARPERS FERRY, W.Va. — Preliminary plans for a 12-mile greenway trail connecting the upper and lower towns of Harpers Ferry first were studied in 2004. A trail proposal popped up in 2007 in a ...

West Virginia's national parks sites include scenic trails, national recreation areas, and a national park and preserve.

"The passage of the Patowmac through the Blue Ridge is perhaps one of the most stupendous scenes in Nature," Thomas Jefferson wrote of the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers in 1783.

The following is a chronicle of retired Mansfield police Lt. Roy Bain’s journey along the 2,190-mile Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine. #BaintoMaine, #LTontheAT, #appalachiantrail2021 The ...