THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL

About 1,000 hikers get the right to call them selves end-to-enders.

They do so by hiking the entire Appalachia trail ,a wilderness foot path 2,000 miles (3,472 clomiters).

Untitled Slide

Untitled Slide

• Each year more than 3 million people hike
• at least partial of the trail.

Untitled Slide

• It follows the ranges that make up
• the Appalachian mountains.

Untitled Slide

• The Appalachian trail was the idea of
• a Massachusetts forester MacKaye:-)

Untitled Slide

• The trail was built in 1922 to 1937.

Untitled Slide

• The trail crosses 14 states

Untitled Slide

• The national park serves owns a narrow corridor of
• land along much of the trails.

Untitled Slide

• The trail crosses through several
• national parks.