Appalachian Trail
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| Type: | Articles |
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| Creator: | Inscoe, John C. |
| Title: | Appalachian Trail |
| Description: | Encyclopedia article about the Appalachian Trail. The Appalachian Trail is the world's longest continuous hiking trail that is maintained and marked. It spans much of the length of the Appalachian mountain chain, running 2,167 miles through fourteen states from Georgia to Maine. Its route in Georgia follows the crest of the Blue Ridge Mountains, covering approximately 77 miles from its beginning at Springer Mountain to Bly Gap at the North Carolina border. |
| Subjects: | Appalachian Trail | Trails--United States |
| Contributors: | New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project) | Georgia Humanities Council | University of Georgia. Press | Merrill-Hall New Media | GALILEO (Georgia statewide project) |
| Online Publisher: | [Athens, Ga.] : Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press, 2002-10-02 |
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| Related Materials: | Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia. |
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| Related Institutions: | New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project) |
| Collection Information: | New Georgia Encyclopedia |