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Throughout the southern Appalachians the hiker sees 

 the naked trunks of the once great American chestnut trees 

 which succumbed to blight. In this country, too, are the 

 balds — rolling mountains with grassy tops, green and rest- 

 ful to a footweary traveler. 



Thus the trail winds over Roan Mountain on the bound- 

 ary between the Pisgah National Forest in North Carolina 

 and the Cherokee National Forest in Tennessee, where 

 rhododendrons grow in great profusion. Through the 

 Great Smoky Mountain National Park and into the Nan- 

 tahala National Forest the Trail continues, ending finally 

 on Springer Mountain in the Chattahoochee National 

 Forest, near Mt. Oglethorpe. 



Marking, Maintenance, and Protection 



The hiker can identify the Appalachian Trail by the 

 following symbol, usually painted in black on a diamond 

 shaped piece of galvanized iron which is attached to a 







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