The Appalachian
Trail starts on the top of Springer Mountain,
Georgia and ends on Mount Katadhin, Maine, if
you're doing it in the northbound direction. Most
of the three thousand plus hikers who attempt
to do it in a single year walk it northbound.
There are a variety of resources
on the web to help you plan your AT hike. The
Appachian
Trail Conference, the Long
Distance Hikers Association, and Trailplace
have lots of information.
Some people are mileage junkies.
They like to know how far they've hiked each The
AT Data Book (from the ATC) is great for that
to use on the trail. .
I hiked the trail in sections from
1998 through 2003. Post hike I decided to determine
how far I hiked each day by using an Excel spreadsheet.
If you'd like to plan your hike or figure out
how far you traveled each day, you can download
a copy here. In the "Stayed At"
column, I've placed an x at each spot I spent
a night or got off the trail. To plan your hike,
simply erase my x's and fill in your own. If you
have a different spreadsheet which can't read
the Excel format, let me know and I can send you
a comma delimited file. It won't have the automatic
mileage calculations in it.
The actual distance of the footpath
varies each year due to trail relocations. In
2003, its length was 2068 miles.
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