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Because of an increased amount of "social trails" alongside established trails, Shenandoah National Park has imposed a limit on the number of hikers at Old Rag Mountain.

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NETHERS, Va. (AP) — In the early 1980s at what was then the Old Rag trailhead, there...

Old Rag is getting so popular that the National Park Service has proposed a pilot program that would require tickets, in addition to entrance fees.

NETHERS, Va. (AP) — In the early 1980s at what was then the Old Rag trailhead, there...

A proposed pilot program would limit trail traffic at Old Rag to 800 hikers a day. If implemented, the program would run from next March through November.

A proposed pilot program would limit trail traffic at Old Rag to 800 hikers a day. If implemented, the program would run from next March through November.

Tectonic movements have shaped the region’s mountains, valleys and coastal plain and influenced the locations of its cities, while the last ice age resulted in the Chesapeake Bay.

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Hiking Is an Ideal Structure for Friendship Julie Beck ’s Julie Beck and two or more friends, exploring the history and significance of their relationship. This week she talks with a group of friends who have been going on monthly hikes for 25 years. They discuss why the hike organizer has absolute authority, how they’ve shown up for one another through tragedies, and why hiking together has bonded them more deeply than other ways of keeping in touch. The Friends: Rodney FO...