Appalachian Trail

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National Scenic Trail long-distance hiking trail protected area

The Appalachian Trail is a famous long-distance hiking footpath in the eastern United States that stretches over 2,000 miles from Georgia to Maine through diverse mountain and forest landscapes.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Appalachian National Scenic Trail 3
Appalachian Trail (segment) 2
Appalachian Trail (nearby/part in town limits) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf National Scenic Trail ⓘ
long-distance hiking trail ⓘ
protected area ⓘ
category hiking trails in the United States ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
creator Benton MacKaye ⓘ
designation National Trails System units ⓘ
surface form: National Scenic Trail
designationAct National Trails System Act ⓘ
designationYear 1968 ⓘ
endPoint Mount Katahdin ⓘ
surface form: Mount Katahdin, Maine
established 1937 ⓘ
follows Appalachian Mountains ⓘ
hasActivity section hiking ⓘ
thru-hiking ⓘ
hasRouteType continuous footpath ⓘ
highestPoint Clingmans Dome ⓘ
highestPointElevation 6,643 feet ⓘ
length about 2,190 miles ⓘ
about 3,524 kilometers ⓘ
locatedIn eastern United States ⓘ
lowestPoint Bear Mountain State Park ⓘ
surface form: Bear Mountain State Park, New York
maintainedBy volunteer trail clubs ⓘ
managedBy Appalachian Trail Conservancy headquarters ⓘ
surface form: Appalachian Trail Conservancy

National Park Service ⓘ
U.S. Forest Service ⓘ
notableFeature shelters and lean-tos along route ⓘ
white blaze trail markers ⓘ
partOf National Trails System units ⓘ
surface form: U.S. National Trails System
passesThrough Connecticut ⓘ
Georgia ⓘ
Maine ⓘ
Maryland ⓘ
Massachusetts ⓘ
New Hampshire ⓘ
New Jersey, United States ⓘ
surface form: New Jersey

New York ⓘ
North Carolina ⓘ
Pennsylvania ⓘ
Tennessee ⓘ
Vermont ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
West Virginia ⓘ
planningBegan 1921 ⓘ
startPoint Springer Mountain, Georgia ⓘ
terrainType forest ⓘ
mountainous ⓘ
typicalSeason spring to fall ⓘ
use backpacking ⓘ
hiking ⓘ

Referenced by (43)

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Lumpkin County, Georgia → contains → Appalachian Trail ⓘ
this entity surface form: Appalachian Trail southern approach area
Orange County, New York → contains → Appalachian Trail ⓘ
this entity surface form: Appalachian Trail (segment)
Orange County → contains → Appalachian Trail ⓘ
subject surface form: Orange County, New York
this entity surface form: Appalachian Trail (segment)
The Berkshires → contains → Appalachian Trail ⓘ
White Mountain National Forest → contains → Appalachian Trail ⓘ
Berks County, Pennsylvania → containsTrail → Appalachian Trail ⓘ
Harriman State Park (part) → containsTrail → Appalachian Trail ⓘ
subject surface form: Harriman State Park (New York)
Town of Yorktown → containsTrail → Appalachian Trail ⓘ
this entity surface form: Appalachian Trail (nearby/part in town limits)
Bear Mountain State Park → crossedBy → Appalachian Trail ⓘ
Blue Ridge Mountains → crossedBy → Appalachian Trail ⓘ
Housatonic River valley → crossedBy → Appalachian Trail ⓘ
Mount Greylock → crossedBy → Appalachian Trail ⓘ
White Mountains → crossedBy → Appalachian Trail ⓘ
National Trails System Act → designates → Appalachian Trail ⓘ
this entity surface form: Appalachian National Scenic Trail
Litchfield County, Connecticut → hasFeature → Appalachian Trail ⓘ
Pawling → hasNaturalFeature → Appalachian Trail ⓘ
Rangeley, Maine → hasNearbyAttraction → Appalachian Trail ⓘ
subject surface form: Harlem Line
subject surface form: Hanover, New Hampshire
Mount Greylock → hasTrail → Appalachian Trail ⓘ
Shenandoah National Park → hasTrail → Appalachian Trail ⓘ
Mahoosuc Range → hasTrailSection → Appalachian Trail ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mahoosuc Notch section of the Appalachian Trail
Ktaadn → isNorthernTerminusOf → Appalachian Trail ⓘ
Mount Katahdin → isNorthernTerminusOf → Appalachian Trail ⓘ
Clingmans Dome → isOn → Appalachian Trail ⓘ
subject surface form: Kent, Connecticut
Salisbury, Connecticut → locatedNear → Appalachian Trail ⓘ
this entity surface form: Appalachian National Scenic Trail
Round Hill, Virginia → near → Appalachian Trail ⓘ
St. John’s Episcopal Church (ruins) → near → Appalachian Trail ⓘ
this entity surface form: Appalachian Trail through Harpers Ferry
Clingmans Dome → oneOfHighestPointsOf → Appalachian Trail ⓘ
this entity surface form: Appalachian National Scenic Trail
Springer Mountain, Georgia → trailTerminusOf → Appalachian Trail ⓘ
Appalachian Mountains → traversedBy → Appalachian Trail ⓘ
Cherokee National Forest → traversedBy → Appalachian Trail ⓘ
Clarence Fahnestock State Park → traversedBy → Appalachian Trail ⓘ
Grafton Notch State Park → traversedBy → Appalachian Trail ⓘ
Mahoosuc Range → traversedBy → Appalachian Trail ⓘ
Maine → traversedBy → Appalachian Trail ⓘ
Nelson County, Virginia → traversedBy → Appalachian Trail ⓘ