Planning a big hike along the Appalachian trail
Appalachian Trail
The Appalachian National Scenic Trail, generally known as the Appalachian Trail or simply the A.T., is a marked hiking trail in the Eastern United States extending between Springer Mountain in Georgia and Mount Katahdin in Maine. The trail is about long, though the exact length changes over time as parts are modified or rerouted. The Appalachian Trail Conservancy describes the Appalachian Trail as the longest hiking-only trail in the world. More than 2 million people are said to take a hike on part of the trail at least once
Trail, a four-mile hike northbound from the intersection with VA-311 in Catawba, Virginia or a hike southbound from US-220 in Troutville, Virginia. 
The Appalachian Trail is a hiking trail following the Appalachian Mountains between Georgia and Maine, and is a unit of the National Park Service. The McAfee Knob hiking trail is along the Appalachian Trail and is managed by the Appalachian Trail Conservancy. This is a part of over of hiking trails in the Roanoke region, which are maintained by the volunteers of the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club