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?
each year.
The idea of the Appalachian Trail came about in 1921. The trail itself was completed in 1937 after more than a decade of work, although improvements and changes continue. It is maintained by 31 trail clubs and multiple partnerships, and managed by the National Park Service, United States Forest Service, and the nonprofit Appalachian Trail Conservancy. Most of the trail is in forest or wild lands, although some portions traverse towns, roads and farms. It passes through 14 states: Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee
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