How long would it take to walk the Appalachian Trail?
It seemed reasonable to start our trek by typing “appalachian trail.” We located an official site from the National Park Service. There, we rapidly discovered the pertinent facts required for an answer to your question. The trail is: a 2,167-mile (3,488 km) footpath along the ridge crests and across the major valleys of the Appalachian Mountains from Katahdin in Maine to Springer Mountain in north Georgia. [It] traverses Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina and Georgia… Thru-hikers hike the entire length of the Trail in one season. We wondered how many months there are in a trail season and if we could find more about strategies, time guidelines, or cost of planning a hike. We followed a link to the web home of Appalachian Trail Conference, a volunteer organiza