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.
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)