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The Appalachian Trail can be traced directly to Benton MacKaye. The first sections of the Trail were cut on May 21, 1921, and dedicated in 1922. By 1933 the development of the Trail was well underway in most areas except in Northern New England. The entire Trail was completed on August 8, 1937.
In 1948 Earl Shaffer was the first person to hike the Trail from end to end in one continuous journey. Emma Caldwell Gatewood, better know along the Trail as Grandma Gatewood, was the first women to hike the entire Trail in one continuous trip, and all alone, in 1956 and seven months later completed another thru-hike.
Today, the Appalachian National Scenic Trail stretches over 2,176 miles from Springer Mountain in Georgia to Katahdin in Baxter State Park, Maine. The Trail and its shelters are overseen by the National Park Service and the U.S. Forest Service, and maintained by thirty-one volunteer organizations overseen by the Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC) in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.
The Trail passes through fourteen states which include Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine. You will walk through a succession of ever delightful forests, lakes, and over many magnificent mountains in your journey from Georgia to Maine.
In 1948 Earl Shaffer was the first person to hike the Trail from end to end in one continuous journey. Emma Caldwell Gatewood, better know along the Trail as Grandma Gatewood, was the first women to hike the entire Trail in one continuous trip, and all alone, in 1956 and seven months later completed another thru-hike.
Today, the Appalachian National Scenic Trail stretches over 2,176 miles from Springer Mountain in Georgia to Katahdin in Baxter State Park, Maine. The Trail and its shelters are overseen by the National Park Service and the U.S. Forest Service, and maintained by thirty-one volunteer organizations overseen by the Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC) in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.
The Trail passes through fourteen states which include Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine. You will walk through a succession of ever delightful forests, lakes, and over many magnificent mountains in your journey from Georgia to Maine.
Georgia to Maine
The proceeds to the Appalachian Trail Conservancy from sales of maps and data books help support the protection, management, and maintenance of the Applachian Trail.
Proceeds are also used for the operation of public information and vistor services programs. The ATC is a private non-private organization.
Proceeds are also used for the operation of public information and vistor services programs. The ATC is a private non-private organization.
New threats to the Trail arise every day. These are threats to a hiking experience and the fragile web of life found on the AT.
ATC and its members have the opportunity to defend the Trail by working to resolve issues such as eminent domain for National Interest Electric Transmission Corridor, the expansion of highways and roads, and planning for appropriate development around the Trail corridor. ATC and its members can also protect the Trail by voicing support for state and federal conservation funding, and other legislation to protect the Trail.
Your help is needed in defending America's greatest Trail. If you would like more information go to the ATC website and click on "Get Involved."
ATC and its members have the opportunity to defend the Trail by working to resolve issues such as eminent domain for National Interest Electric Transmission Corridor, the expansion of highways and roads, and planning for appropriate development around the Trail corridor. ATC and its members can also protect the Trail by voicing support for state and federal conservation funding, and other legislation to protect the Trail.
Your help is needed in defending America's greatest Trail. If you would like more information go to the ATC website and click on "Get Involved."
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An Appalachian Trail Hiking Book
An Appalachian Trail Hiking Book
