Content tagged with “Appalachian Trail”
The Appalachian Trail is a hiking trail in the Appalachian Mountains, stretching roughly 2200 miles through fourteen states, from Maine to Georgia. The AT is managed by the Appalachian Trail Conservancy.
In 2016, I thru-hiked the Appalachian Trail, hiking the entire trail from March 21 through September 13, keeping a trail journal along the way. To start at the beginning of my journey, see “Why the Appalachian Trail?”. You can also skip directly to Springer Mountain, or see the Map.
Appalachian Trail, 2016
- Why The Appalachian Trail? (2/12/2016 7:42 am)
- Trip Planning Class (2/12/2016 11:47 pm)
- When Last I was on the AT (2/13/2016 12:19 pm)
- Because Mom Needs to Know First (2/13/2016 11:06 pm)
- Announcements (2/16/2016 8:16 pm)
- Food & Gear class (2/17/2016 10:00 pm)
- Sleep, stop running away! Come back! Come back! (2/18/2016 1:28 am)
- Gear Shopping (2/19/2016 9:31 am)
- More Gear (2/19/2016 11:40 pm)
- Test Hike #1: Carderock and Great Falls (2/20/2016 9:40 pm)
- New Shoes (2/22/2016 11:44 pm)
- Test Hike #2: Sugarloaf Mountain (2/28/2016 11:01 pm)
- Test Hike #3: Not Really a Test Hike (3/2/2016 3:21 pm)
- Confirmed Transportation to Amicalola Falls SP (3/4/2016 10:27 am)
- Even More Gear (3/9/2016 12:00 pm)
- More Stuff (3/11/2016 12:00 pm)
- Pack Packed (3/14/2016 12:14 am)
- Some Goodbyes (3/15/2016 12:32 am)
- Sack Shuffling (3/18/2016 5:58 pm)
- Leaving Home... (3/20/2016 12:54 pm)
- Off to the Train Station (3/20/2016 5:16 pm)
- Union Station, DC (3/20/2016 6:02 pm)
- Culpeper, VA (3/20/2016 8:22 pm)
- Lynchburg, VA (3/20/2016 10:25 pm)
- 15 Minutes from Gainesville (3/21/2016 6:47 am)
- Getting Close (3/21/2016 8:24 am)
- Springer Summit (3/21/2016 2:43 pm)
- Stover Creek Shelter (3/21/2016 6:00 pm)
- Stover Creek Shelter (3/22/2016 9:25 am)
- Hawk Mountain Shelter (3/22/2016 1:10 pm)
- Gooch Mountain Shelter (3/22/2016 8:43 pm)
- Gooch Mountain Shelter (3/23/2016 8:40 am)
- Woody Gap (3/23/2016 12:38 pm)
- Neel Gap / Mountain Crossings (3/23/2016 8:54 pm)
- First Tenting (3/24/2016 8:06 am)
- Good Log (3/24/2016 1:07 pm)
- Whitley Gap Shelter (3/24/2016 6:45 pm)
- Blue Mountain Shelter (3/25/2016 6:21 pm)
- Deep Gap Shelter (3/26/2016 7:23 pm)
- Dicks Creek Gap / Hiawassee (3/27/2016 11:04 pm)
- Georgia - North Carolina Border (3/28/2016 3:21 pm)
- Muskrat Creek Shelter (3/28/2016 8:02 pm)
- Betty Creek Gap Campsite (3/29/2016 8:42 pm)
- 100 Miles! (3/30/2016 10:56 am)
- Winding Stair Gap / Franklin NC (3/30/2016 9:00 pm)
- Franklin, NC (4/1/2016 9:00 am)
- Wayah Bald Shelter (4/1/2016 8:40 pm)
- Burningtown Gap (4/2/2016 10:35 am)
- Wesser Bald Shelter (4/2/2016 8:30 pm)
- Nantahala Outdoor Center / Dogwood Cabin (4/3/2016 7:29 pm)
- Locust Cove Gap campsite (4/4/2016 7:15 pm)
- Fontana Dam Shelter (4/5/2016 8:33 pm)
- Fontana Village (4/6/2016 9:59 pm)
- Mollies Ridge Shelter (4/7/2016 7:14 pm)
- Derrick Knob Shelter (4/8/2016 7:40 pm)
- Clingmans Dome / Gatlinburg, TN (4/9/2016 11:53 pm)
- Gatlinburg (4/10/2016 9:07 pm)
- Icewater Spring Shelter (4/11/2016 10:16 pm)
- Tri-corner Knob Shelter (4/12/2016 8:55 pm)
- Green Corner Rd (4/14/2016 9:17 am)
- Brown Gap (4/14/2016 10:02 pm)
- Garenflo Cascade (4/15/2016 9:03 pm)
- Hot Springs, NC / Laughing Heart Hostel (4/16/2016 10:27 pm)
- Hot Springs, NC / Laughing Heart Hostel (4/17/2016 9:11 pm)
- On Shelter Locations (4/18/2016 6:36 am)
- Allen Gap (4/18/2016 10:11 pm)
- Jerry Cabin Shelter (4/19/2016 7:32 pm)
- Hogback Ridge Shelter (4/20/2016 9:01 pm)
- No Business Knob Shelter (4/21/2016 9:00 pm)
- Erwin, TN / Uncle Johnny's Hostel (4/22/2016 11:12 pm)
- Deep Gap (4/23/2016 9:39 pm)
- Clyde Smith Shelter (4/24/2016 7:13 pm)
- Little Hump Mountain (4/25/2016 9:00 pm)
- US 19E / Mountain Harbour Hostel (4/26/2016 9:56 pm)
- Moreland Gap Shelter (4/27/2016 8:48 pm)
- Shook Branch Rd / Black Bear Hostel (4/28/2016 9:44 pm)
- TN 91 / Black Bear Hostel (4/29/2016 10:38 pm)
- Damascus, VA / Woodchuck Hostel (4/30/2016 10:45 pm)
- Damascus, VA / Woodchuck Hostel (5/1/2016 8:10 pm)
- Lost Mountain Shelter (5/2/2016 7:18 pm)
- Thomas Knob Shelter (5/3/2016 7:48 pm)
- Trimpi Shelter (5/4/2016 8:57 pm)
- VA 601 / Marion, VA (5/5/2016 10:30 pm)
- VA 601 / Marion, VA (5/6/2016 10:30 pm)
- US 11 / Atkins, VA (5/7/2016 9:41 pm)
- 547.2: One Quarter (5/8/2016 12:22 pm)
- O'Lystery Pavilion Campsite (5/8/2016 10:03 pm)
- Chestnut Knob Shelter (5/9/2016 8:55 pm)
- Laurel Creek Campsites (5/10/2016 8:30 pm)
- Jenny Knob Shelter (5/11/2016 9:24 pm)
- Sugar Run Gap / Woods Hole Hostel (5/12/2016 11:07 pm)
- Narrows Rd / Pearisburg / Plaza Motel (5/13/2016 10:53 pm)
- Campsite at 643.1 (5/14/2016 6:55 pm)
- Mountain Lake Road / Mountain Lake Hotel (5/15/2016 10:50 pm)
- Laurel Creek Shelter (5/16/2016 7:13 pm)
- Niday Shelter (5/17/2016 7:50 pm)
- VA 621 (5/18/2016 11:40 pm)
- VA 620 (5/19/2016 8:35 pm)
- VA 311 (5/20/2016 11:39 pm)
- US 220 / Daleville (5/21/2016 9:39 pm)
- US 220 / Daleville (5/22/2016 11:41 pm)
- Wilson Creek Shelter (5/23/2016 6:44 pm)
- Jennings Creek (5/24/2016 11:30 pm)
- Marble Spring Campsite (5/25/2016 10:14 pm)
- Johns Hollow Shelter (5/26/2016 9:04 pm)
- Blue Ridge Parkway 51.7 / Punchbowl Mountain Overlook / Buena Vista (5/27/2016 10:57 pm)
- US 60 (5/28/2016 10:15 pm)
- Seeley-Woodworth Shelter (5/29/2016 8:43 pm)
- Harpers Creek Shelter (5/30/2016 9:02 pm)
- Paul C. Wolfe Shelter (5/31/2016 8:52 pm)
- Calf Mountain Shelter (6/1/2016 9:06 pm)
- Loft Mountain Campground (6/2/2016 6:44 pm)
- Hightop Mountain (6/3/2016 9:16 pm)
- Lewis Mountain Campground / Big Meadows Cabin (6/4/2016 10:30 pm)
- Big Meadows Campsites (6/5/2016 9:22 pm)
- The Nine Liters (6/6/2016 5:50 pm)
- Pass Mountain Hut (6/6/2016 8:44 pm)
- Terrapin Station Hostel (6/7/2016 10:46 pm)
- Trico Tower Trail / Front Royal Terrapin Station Hostel (6/8/2016 10:22 pm)
- Bears Den Hostel (6/9/2016 11:13 pm)
- US 340 / Harpers Ferry (6/10/2016 11:35 pm)
- US 340 / Harpers Ferry (6/11/2016 10:46 pm)
- US 340 / Harpers Ferry (6/12/2016 10:47 pm)
- Dahlgren Backpack Campground (6/13/2016 10:17 pm)
- Raven Rock Shelter (6/14/2016 8:56 pm)
- Deer Lick Shelters (6/15/2016 7:34 pm)
- Quarry Gap Shelters (6/16/2016 6:49 pm)
- Pine Grove Furnace SP / Ironmasters Mansion Hostel (6/17/2016 6:26 pm)
- Boiling Springs Backpackers Campsite (6/18/2016 8:40 pm)
- Campsite 1139.2 (6/19/2016 9:40 pm)
- Duncannon / Doyle Hotel (6/20/2016 9:01 pm)
- Peters Mountain Shelter (6/21/2016 9:58 pm)
- Rausch Gap Shelter (6/22/2016 8:42 pm)
- 501 Shelter (6/23/2016 9:37 pm)
- Eagles Nest Shelter (6/24/2016 3:41 pm)
- PA 61 / Hamburg / Microtel (6/25/2016 6:03 pm)
- Eckville Shelter (6/26/2016 8:55 pm)
- Bake Oven Knob Shelter (6/27/2016 6:32 pm)
- Little Gap Road / Filbert B&B (6/28/2016 9:02 pm)
- Kirkridge Shelter (6/29/2016 8:15 pm)
- Mohican Outdoor Center (6/30/2016 8:24 pm)
- Culver Gap / Jersey House (7/1/2016 10:22 pm)
- Culver Gap / Jersey House (7/2/2016 10:47 pm)
- Culver Gap / Jersey House (7/3/2016 11:55 pm)
- Culver Gap / Jersey House (7/4/2016 10:09 pm)
- High Point Shelter (7/5/2016 10:17 pm)
- Pochuck Mountain Shelter (7/6/2016 7:59 pm)
- NY 17A / New Continental Hotel (7/7/2016 10:12 pm)
- Little Dam Lake (7/8/2016 9:03 pm)
- Arden Valley Rd / Darien CT (7/9/2016 10:53 pm)
- Arden Valley Rd / Darien CT (7/10/2016 11:08 pm)
- Hemlock Springs Campsite (7/11/2016 8:59 pm)
- Clarence Fahnestock SP Campsite (7/12/2016 9:00 pm)
- RPH Shelter (7/13/2016 7:01 pm)
- Telephone Pioneers Shelter (7/14/2016 7:47 pm)
- Schaghticoke Mountain Campsite (7/15/2016 8:38 pm)
- Stony Brook Campsite (7/16/2016 9:05 pm)
- Belters Campsite (7/17/2016 9:09 pm)
- Brassie Brook Shelter (7/18/2016 6:14 pm)
- US 7 / Sheffield / Jess Treat's Hostel (7/19/2016 8:35 pm)
- Main Rd / Tyringham / Jess Treat's Hostel (7/20/2016 9:59 pm)
- Brookside By-the-Swamp Campsite (7/21/2016 10:14 pm)
- Dalton / Shamrock Village Inn (7/22/2016 11:21 pm)
- Mt Greylock / Bascom Lodge (7/23/2016 10:34 pm)
- VT 9 (gap between Greylock and MA 2) / Williamstown Motel (7/24/2016 11:23 pm)
- VT 9 (fill-in gap between Greylock and MA 2) / Vernon CT (7/25/2016 4:33 pm)
- VT 9 (7/26/2016 10:33 pm)
- Stratton-Arlington Rd (7/27/2016 10:20 pm)
- VT 11-VT 30 / Manchester Center / Red Sled Motel (7/28/2016 7:12 pm)
- Brooklyn Rd (7/29/2016 9:06 pm)
- VT 103 / Yellow Deli Hiker Hostel (7/30/2016 8:29 pm)
- VT 103 / Yellow Deli Hiker Hostel (7/31/2016 10:14 pm)
- (1700.8 US 4 - 1706.4 River Rd) / Green Mountain House (8/1/2016 10:01 pm)
- (1706.4 River Rd - 1724.1 VT 12 / Woodstock) / Yellow Deli Hiker Hostel (8/2/2016 10:04 pm)
- (1724.1 VT 12 - 1737.1 VT 14) / Yellow Deli (8/3/2016 9:29 pm)
- VT 14 (1683.1 VT 103 - 1700.8 US 4 fillin) / Rodeway Inn (8/4/2016 9:46 pm)
- VT 14 / Rodeway Inn (8/5/2016 11:59 pm)
- Trescott Rd / Hart Family (8/6/2016 10:01 pm)
- Grafton Turnpike / Ackerly Residence (8/7/2016 9:30 pm)
- NH 25A / Mt. Cube Sugar Farm (8/8/2016 9:45 pm)
- NH 25 / Hikers Welcome Hostel (8/9/2016 9:37 pm)
- NH 25 / Dolly Copp Campsites (8/10/2016 9:00 pm)
- 1869.7 NH 16 / Pinkham Notch - 1875.6 Carter Notch Hut (8/11/2016 9:45 pm)
- (1875.6 Carter Notch Hut - 1890.8 US 2 / Gorham) / White Mountains Lodge and Hostel (8/12/2016 9:58 pm)
- (1890.8 US 2 - 1902.6 Gentian Pond Shelter) / White Birches Camping Park (8/13/2016 11:35 pm)
- Days Inn, Lincoln NH (8/14/2016 9:30 pm)
- (1799.7 Kinsman Notch - 1816.0 Franconia Notch) / Hikers Welcome (8/15/2016 10:55 pm)
- Franconia Notch (NH 25 - 1799.7 Kinsman Notch fill-in) / Chet's Place (8/16/2016 9:44 pm)
- Galehead Hut (1816 Franconia Notch - 1829 Galehead Hut fillin) (8/17/2016 10:28 pm)
- Crawford Notch parking lot (1829 Galehead Hut - 1843.4 Crawford Notch Parking lot fillin) / White Birches Camping Park (8/18/2016 9:21 pm)
- (1856.2 Mt. Washington - 1869.7 Pinkham Notch fillin) / AMC Highland Center (8/19/2016 11:43 pm)
- Gentian Pond Shelter (1843.4 Crawford Notch Parking lot - 1856.2 Mt. Washington fillin) / White Mountains Lodge and Hostel (8/20/2016 11:12 pm)
- Gentian Pond Shelter / White Mountains Lodge and Hostel (8/21/2016 10:14 pm)
- (1907.8 Carlo Col - 1921.9 Grafton Notch) / White Mountains Lodge and Hostel (8/22/2016 11:15 pm)
- Grafton Notch (1902.6 Gentian Pond - 1907.8 Carlo Col fillin) / Pine Ellis Lodging (8/23/2016 9:15 pm)
- Grafton Notch / Pine Ellis Lodging (8/24/2016 9:10 pm)
- East B Hill Rd / Pine Ellis Lodging (8/25/2016 9:56 pm)
- South Arm Rd / Pine Ellis Lodging (8/26/2016 8:20 pm)
- ME 17 / Pine Ellis Lodging (8/27/2016 8:41 pm)
- ME 4 / Rangeley / Farmhouse Inn (8/28/2016 10:23 pm)
- Barnjam Rd / Farmhouse Inn (8/29/2016 9:21 pm)
- ME 27 / Stratton / Stratton Motel (8/30/2016 9:27 pm)
- East Flagstaff Rd / Stratton Motel (8/31/2016 10:23 pm)
- East Flagstaff Rd / Stratton Motel (9/1/2016 8:55 pm)
- East Flagstaff Rd / Stratton Motel (9/2/2016 10:45 pm)
- Harrison's Pierce Pond Camps (9/3/2016 8:25 pm)
- Pleasant Pond Lean-to (9/4/2016 8:22 pm)
- Bald Mountain Stream (9/5/2016 7:33 pm)
- ME 15 / Monson / Shaw's (9/6/2016 9:22 pm)
- Otter Pond Parking Trail / Shaw's (9/7/2016 9:03 pm)
- Chairback Gap Lean-to (9/8/2016 8:08 pm)
- Logan Brook Lean-to (9/9/2016 8:02 pm)
- Antlers Campsite (9/10/2016 8:07 pm)
- Rainbow Lake Campground (9/11/2016 8:33 pm)
- Katahdin Stream Campground (9/12/2016 7:41 pm)
- Katahdin, Baxter Peak, Northern Terminus of the Appalachian Trail (9/13/2016 11:11 am)
- The Appalachian Trail Lodge / Millinocket (9/13/2016 10:00 pm)
- Home (9/15/2016 4:00 am)
- Thoughts, Statistics, and Future Plans (10/14/2016 4:33 pm)
- Technology on the Trail: Part 1: Devices and Power (11/9/2016 2:11 pm)
- Technology on the Trail: Part 2: Apple Watch (11/11/2016 11:30 am)
- Technology on the Trail: Part 3: iPhone (12/7/2016 2:42 pm)
- Meals on the Appalachian Trail (12/13/2016 6:41 pm)
- Cost Analysis of an Appalachian Trail Thru-Hike (1/6/2017 12:48 pm)
- To All Prospective Appalachian Trail Thru-Hikers (1/19/2017 8:34 pm)
- One Year (2/8/2017 10:03 pm)
Gear
- Gear on the Appalachian Trail (10/27/2016 9:55 pm)
Day Hikes
- Revisiting the Appalachian Trail: Caledonia State Park and Quarry Gap Shelter (11/13/2016 11:39 pm)
- Shenandoah: Little Devils Stairs (12/3/2016 11:18 pm)
- Shenandoah: Timber Hollow Bushwhack (1/21/2017 10:30 pm)
- Sky Meadows State Park: Blue Ridge Backcountry (4/15/2017 8:40 pm)
- White Mountains: Imp Trail and North Carter Trail (6/23/2023 10:52 pm)
News
- Announcement: php[tek] 2017 Conference Talks (1/12/2017 4:11 pm)
- “Hiking and Hacking” Talk at DC PHP on 6/14/2017 (6/8/2017 4:30 pm)
Long Trail, 2017
- Day 1: Congdon Shelter (7/17/2017 8:15 pm)
- Day 2: Goddard Shelter (7/18/2017 8:58 pm)
- Day 3: Stratton-Arlington Road Campsite (7/19/2017 9:09 pm)
- Day 4: William B. Douglas Shelter (7/20/2017 9:00 pm)
- Day 5: VT 11/30 / Manchester Center / Green Mountain House (7/21/2017 10:01 pm)
- Day 6: Peru Peak Shelter (7/22/2017 7:49 pm)
- Day 7: Greenwall Shelter (7/23/2017 8:56 pm)
- Day 8: Cooper Lodge (7/24/2017 9:05 pm)
- Day 9: US 4 / Inn at Long Trail (7/25/2017 10:27 pm)
- Day 11: David Logan Shelter (7/27/2017 9:18 pm)
- The Hardest Trail (9/9/2017 7:11 pm)
Tuscarora Trail, 2020
- Day 1: Trail of the Deer (8/23/2020 9:45 pm)
- Day 2: Views and Trails Unseen and Forgotten (8/24/2020 6:33 pm)
- Day 3: Equipment Failure (8/25/2020 9:13 pm)
- Day 4: Attack of the Spiders (8/26/2020 1:45 pm)
- Day 5: A Soggy Return to the Trail (9/1/2020 9:00 pm)
- Day 6: The Shelter That Has Everything (9/2/2020 8:25 pm)
- Day 7: Hello to Big Blue (9/3/2020 10:03 pm)
- Day 26: Five Down, Many To Go (9/22/2020 10:19 pm)
- Day 27: A Dash Through the Cumberland Valley (9/23/2020 8:08 pm)
- Day 28: Let's Not Eat All The Ice Cream (9/24/2020 8:22 pm)
- Day 29: The Most Caretaken Shelter (9/25/2020 7:59 pm)
- Day 30: The Case of the Missing Shelter (9/26/2020 10:19 pm)
- Day 31: Return to Maryland (9/27/2020 10:35 pm)
- Day 32: Let’s Not Make a Stink About the Bugs (9/28/2020 7:26 pm)
- Day 33: A Race Against The Rain (9/29/2020 2:04 pm)