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#153703 - 08/14/11 06:16 PM Figuring Trail Distance
rodwha Offline
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Registered: 06/25/11
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Loc: Texas...for now
I have family spread along the east coast from New Jersey down to Virginia, and am trying to organize a family Appalachian Trail hike.
It seems to me, looking at the map,that maybe hiking from Charlottesville, VA to Frederick, MD would be great, but cannot seem to find a way to accurately measure the distance so that a time frame can be made as we'd all have to coordinate time off, and it needs to be reasonable as half of us have small children.
Can anyone direct me to a site to best measure the distance/time for the AT? I'm assuming about 7-10 miles a day ought to be fairly reasonable giving us plenty of time for smelling flowers, checking out lizards, and, oh yea, checking out the scenery and taking pictures.
Thanks in advance!
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#153705 - 08/14/11 08:01 PM Re: Figuring Trail Distance [Re: rodwha]
rodwha Offline
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My GF found MapMyHike.com.
I'm so lucky to have her! I feel like half of the time I search for things that I am a part of a Bing commercial! mad
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#153712 - 08/15/11 12:06 AM Re: Figuring Trail Distance [Re: rodwha]
JPete Offline
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Loc: Eastern Ontario
Rodwha,

My first reaction is that the trail doesn't go through (or even real close to) either of those towns. But the nearest obvious points of entry/exit are Rockfish Gap/Waynesboro, VA and Harper's Ferry, WV. The distance is 161 miles (per my old Wingfoot). Best, jcp

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