Appalachian Trail
The Appalachian Trail travels 2,198.4 mi between Springer Mountain in Georgia and Mount Katahdin in Maine following the Appalachian Mountain Range. In total, it passes through 14 states. It was designated a United States National Scenic Trail in 1968.Photo: Paulbalegend, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Park
- Description: 2,198.4-mile (3,538 km) trail going through fourteen US states managed by the National Park Service
- Also known as: “APPA”, “Appalachian Hiking Trail”, “Appalachian National Scenic Trail”, and “AT”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Simmonsville and Captain.
Simmonsville
Hamlet
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Simmonsville is an unincorporated community in southwestern Craig County, Virginia, United States. It lies along State Route 42, 18 miles southwest of New Castle. Simmonsville is situated 2½ miles northeast of Appalachian Trail.
Captain
Hamlet
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Captain is an unincorporated community in western Craig County, Virginia, United States. It lies at the intersection of Johns Creek Road and Rocky Gap Trail. Captain is situated 5 miles northwest of Appalachian Trail.
Maggie
Hamlet
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Maggie is an unincorporated community in west-central Craig County, Virginia, United States. It lies along Dicks Creek Road. Maggie is situated 5 miles north of Appalachian Trail.
Appalachian Trail
- Categories: long-distance hiking trail and National Scenic Trail
- Location: Craig, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Ukrainian—“Appalachian Trail” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Appalachiese-staproete”
- Arabic: “درب الأبالاش”
- Basque: “Apalatxeetako bidezidorra”
- Bulgarian: “Пътека на апалачите”
- Catalan: “Appalachian Trail”
- Catalan: “Sender dels Apalatxes”
- Catalan: “Sender Paisatgístic Nacional dels Apalatxes”
- Cebuano: “Appalachian National Scenic Trail”
- Chinese: “阿帕拉契小徑”
- Croatian: “Apalački planinarski put”
- Czech: “Appalachian National Scenic Trail”
- Czech: “Appalachian Trail”
- Czech: “Appalačská stezka”
- Czech: “AT”
- Danish: “Appalachian Trail”
- Dutch: “Appalachian National Scenic Trail”
- Dutch: “Appalachian Trail”
- Finnish: “Appalakkien reitti”
- French: “Appalachian National Scenic Trail”
- French: “sentier des Appalaches”
- French: “Sentier des Appalaches”
- German: “Appalachian National Scenic Trail”
- German: “Appalachian Trail”
- Hebrew: “שביל האפלצ’ים”
- Italian: “Sentiero degli Appalachi”
- Japanese: “アパラチアン・トレイル”
- Japanese: “アパラチアントレイル”
- Japanese: “アパラチア自然歩道”
- Japanese: “インターナショナル・アパラチアン・トレイル”
- Latin: “Nationalis Trames Scaenicus Appalachianus”
- Latin: “Semita Appalachiana”
- Latin: “Trames Appalachianus Nationalis Scaenicus”
- Latin: “Trames Appalachianus”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Appalachian Trail”
- Norwegian: “Appalachian Trail”
- Persian: “مسیر آپالاش”
- Polish: “Szlak Appalachów”
- Portuguese: “Trilho dos Apalaches”
- Romanian: “Appalachian Trail”
- Russian: “Аппалачская тропа”
- Russian: “Тропа Аппалачей”
- Slovenian: “Apalaška pot”
- Spanish: “Appalachian National Scenic Trail”
- Spanish: “Sendero de los apalaches”
- Spanish: “Sendero de los Apalaches”
- Swedish: “Appalachian Hiking Trail”
- Swedish: “Appalachian National Scenic Trail”
- Swedish: “Appalachian Trail”
- Swedish: “AT”
- Tamil: “அப்பலாச்சியன் தடம்”
- Turkish: “Apalaş Yürüyüş Patikası”
- Ukrainian: “Аппалачська стежка”
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