BALTIMORE (WJZ) -- There have been more than a dozen rescue calls at a popular Maryland trail recently, caused by an epidemic of injured and stranded hikers over the past few days in the extreme heat.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. — Two people were rescued by Montgomery County Fire and Rescue on separate occasions after becoming injured or trapped near the Billy Goat Trail on Sunday, according to ...

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (WJZ) -- The National Park Services said Saturday that Billy Goat Trail-A in Montgomery County will be closed Sunday and Monday due to extreme heat in Maryland. The National ...

FILE -- The Billy Goat Trail along the Potomac River is shown. A hiker at Great Falls Park in Montgomery County, Maryland, was injured Saturday while on the Billy Goat A trail — a notoriously ...

A woman has died after suffering a heat-related medical emergency while hiking in Maryland over the weekend, fire officials say. Rachel Parkerson, 32, of Severn, Maryland, died while hiking on Billy ...

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. — A snake bit a hiker walking on the Billy Goat Trail Monday afternoon in Montgomery County, Md. The public information officer confirmed one person was hurt on section C of the ...