Appalachian Trail
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The Appalachian Trail, also called the A.T., is a hiking trail in the Eastern United States, extending almost 2,200 miles between Springer Mountain in Georgia and Mount Katahdin in Maine, and passing
Marker on the trail near Sugarloaf Mountain in Maine
Panoramic image of the Catawba Valley from the McAfee Knob overlook
Original 1930 ATC copper marker from a tree in New Jersey
An old metal diamond marker beside the trail in Maine
Thru-hiking
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Thru-hiking, or through-hiking, is the continuous end-to-end hiking of an established long-distance trail. The term is used especially in North America in reference to trails such as the Appalachian T
Appalachian Trail
…Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine. Thru-hikers walk the entire trail within a 12-month period. The number of thru-hikes per year has increased steadily since 2010, with 715 northbound and 133…
A hiker completes the Appalachian Trail