The Appalachian Trail is one of the many places I want to see before 30. It extends from the state of Georgia all the way to Maine
Me too! Doesn't it go through Tennessee as well?
Yep, I think it cuts through a lot of the southeastern states. I love Tennessee, I used to have family there
I used to live in TN myself! It sounds like such a long trail. Do you know how many miles the Appalachian Trail covers?
It's around 2200 miles long, even doing 50 miles walking a day (a full day of walking) it would easily take one person months. There are towns especially intended as pit stops for trail walkers.
Interesting! Is it longer or shorter than the Pacific Crest Trail?
Pacific Crest Trail
The Pacific Crest Trail, officially designated as the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail (PCT) is a long-distance hiking and equestrian trail closely aligned with the highest portion of the Sierra Nevada and Cascade mountain ranges, which lie east of the U.S. Pacific coast. The trail's southern terminus is on the U.S. border with Mexico, just south of Campo, California, and its northern terminus on the Canada–US border on the edge of Manning Park in British Columbia; its corridor through the U.S. is
Appalachian Trail by state
The Appalachian National Scenic Trail spans fourteen U.S. states during its roughly -long journey: Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine. It begins at Springer Mountain, Georgia, and follows the ridgeline of the Appalachian Mountains, crossing many of its highest peaks and running with only a few exceptions almost continuously through wilderness before ending at Mount Katahdin, Maine.
The trail is