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The Appalachian Trail, extending 2,000 miles from Mt. 

 Katahdin in Maine to Springer Mountain in Georgia, 

 provides a unique opportunity for exploring the eastern 

 United States. Its symbol leads the hiker through 8 Na- 

 tional Forests, 2 National Parks, several State Forests 

 and Parks, and many miles of private land in 13 States. 



Envisioned first by Benton MacKaye, an early forester 

 with the Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

 and finally completed in 1937 by trail clubs which were 

 established to cut new sections linking already existing 

 trails, the Appalachian Trail is designed for foot travel. 

 Along its route a person can take an hour's walk, a full 

 day's hike, or an extended excursion. There are places 

 where the novice can enjoy himself without losing track 

 of familiar sights and sounds. There are mountains where 

 only the experienced should go. 



Highlights Along the Trail 



Along the Trail the hiker can relax in the cool spruce 

 and birch forests of New England. He can hike the steep 

 trails in the White Mountain National Forest in New 

 Hampshire, crossing the boulder-strewn Presidential 

 Range high above timberline and skirting the Great Gulf 

 Wild Area near Mt. Washington. 



In Vermont the Trail, after crossing the Connecticut 

 River Valley and low hills, joins the Long Trail at Route 

 U.S. 4. From there it twists and turns along the back- 

 bone of the State — the Green Mountains in a National 

 Forest of the same name — to the Massachusetts line. The 

 Long Trail, extending from Massachusetts to Canada, is 

 maintained by the Green Mountain Club, 108 Merchants 

 Row, Rutland, Vt. 



