I love hiking, it has so many health benefits
I've always wanted to go hiking! What health benefits does it provide?
Well hiking on a trail or off a trail can be good for your heart and also good for your mental health.
That sounds like a lovely way to spend the day! Unfortunately I don't have any suitable places to hike near my home. What are some popular hiking spots?
The Appalachian Trail supposedly has 2 million people hiking various parts of the trail at least once per year.
I think I've heard of the Appalachian Trail! Where does the trail begin and end?
Appalachian Trail
The Appalachian National Scenic Trail, generally known as the Appalachian Trail or simply the A.T., is a marked hiking trail in the Eastern United States extending between Springer Mountain in Georgia and Mount Katahdin in Maine. The trail is about long, though the exact length changes over time as parts are modified or rerouted. The Appalachian Trail Conservancy describes the Appalachian Trail as the longest hiking-only trail in the world. More than 2 million people are said to take a hike on part of the trail at least once
use of its visitors. Many cottages were also built at the resort for visitor use.
There were four main springs found on the property – Black Sulphur, White Sulphur, Soda and Lithia, which were claimed to have health benefits for drinkers. By the 1920s advertisements for Gilman's were calling it "the ALL YEAR RESORT where the sick can be won back to health and where those in health can keep that way." Other visitor activities included walks within the resort, hiking in the nearby hills, mud bathing