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 ...

This national forest nestled in Idaho's mountains is a sprawling outdoor haven with gorgeous lakes, rivers, deep canyons, and ...

A remote, northern Colorado wilderness area offers visitors a chance to take in the splendor of the Centennial State's Rocky Mountains scenery, without having to deal with the throngs of tourists at ...

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 set off mid-afternoon into the Linville Gorge Wilderness near Morganton, North Carolina. Right from the trailhead I found dense groves of mountain laurel with bouquets of delicate pink flowers, as ...

On his three journeys into Maine’s north woods, Henry David Thoreau three times skirted the ragged chain of peaks that cuts a northeasterly course from the little town of Monson to the foot of ...

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'Since the beginning, one of our goals, academically, has been to rediscover Catholic education,' the college's dean, Kyle Washut said. Incoming students at Wyoming Catholic College in Lander, Wyoming ...

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OLIVE, N.Y.— A New York City resident who had bushwhacked almost to the summit of Samuel’s Point, a trailless peak in the Slide Mountain Wilderness, was rescued after becoming disoriented, the state ...