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John Wiley Appalachian Trail Lantern Slides and Maps

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Collection includes ten maps of areas along the Appalachian Trail, some issued by clubs and trail conferences, and 26 lantern slides of views of ...
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Graffiti along the Appalachian Trail deemed a massive problem

ROANOKE, Va. – Step by step, Massachusetts native Paul Erhard is making the nearly 2,200-mile trek along the Appalachian Trail. “One foot in front of the other,” said Erhard, who passed through ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

One step at a time on the Appalachian Trail

In 1955 at age 67, Emma “Grandma” Gatewood hiked through 14 states and logged 5 million steps in five months. Considered the matriarch of the Georgia-to-Maine’s Appalachian Trail (AT), she wore Keds ...
NPR

On The Appalachian Trail, Combat Veterans Learn To Let Things Go

World War II veteran Earl Shaffer is believed to be the first American to walk the Appalachian Trail in one season, and his diary details the 124-day south-to-north trek. Back in 1948 Shaffer said he ...
Down East Magazine

End of the Trail

As summer wound to a close, The New York Times reported some surprising news about Maine’s highest peak. In a letter addressed to officials from the Appalachian Trail Conservancy — which manages the 2 ...
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

Oldest woman to hike the entire Appalachian Trail reflects on her journey

Each year, only about one out of every four hikers who set out to complete the Appalachian Trail reaches that goal. A thru-hike means traversing nearly 2,200 miles, across 14 states, in a single ...