How close are you to the AT? - Fun with Google Maps

[LilRedTX]

Well thank goodness I'm not from West Texas - and not just because it makes me further from the trail! If you've ever been to West Texas, well, no explaining necessary! Although Big bend is nice, I'm originally a Yankee so all of Texas feels like a barren wasteland to me.

[saralyn]

I'm about 86 miles to Lee, MA.

[topshelf]

about 5 miles to South Fork of the Holston crossing in SWVA.

[Cookerhiker]

Distance-wise - 222 miles to Newfound Gap
Time-wise - 232 miles to Davenport Gap - per Google Maps, 6 minutes closer but I think it's more than that with Pigeon Forge & Gatlinburg traffic.

[Minnitonka]

The nearest section for me is about 1 1/2 hours- Deleware Water Gap. I have not tried the NY section yet, it may be about 15 minutes closer, but not much...
Hey, anyone try the NY section near NJ? What are your favorite sections in that area?

[Odd Man Out]

Distance-wise - 222 miles to Newfound Gap
Time-wise - 232 miles to Davenport Gap - per Google Maps, 6 minutes closer but I think it's more than that with Pigeon Forge & Gatlinburg traffic.

Yea, but worth it just to see Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg - woo hoo!

[Kerosene]

1,462 miles (~26 hours) from my home in Minneapolis to the start of my third-to-last section, Pinkham Notch. I think I'll be flying into Manchester and catching the bus up to Mt. Washington.

[Cookerhiker]

...Hey, anyone try the NY section near NJ? What are your favorite sections in that area?

I grew up in Northern NJ (Bergen County) where the closest part of the AT was in NY, in Harriman Park. It's where I first saw the AT and hiked it along with the network of other trails in the Park. I liked it and still do. The large lichen-covered rocks are fun to walk across (they're not like the sharp, pointed rocks of PA and other places). Although the trail doesn't exceed 1,500', there's a lot of strenuous up-and-down. A thruhiking buddy of mine said the 16 miles he hiked from Rt. 17A near Greenwood Lake to Fingerboard Shelter was his hardest single day until he hit the Whites.

Harriman's network of trails allows you to do loops and see the lakes throughout the Park.

I think it was Blackrock Mountain where I was able to see the NYC skyline on a clear Fall day.

[BoiledPeanut]

406 miles to Springer Mtn

[born2weld]

644 for me from my home in the La. swamp.

[coach lou]

644 for me from my home in the La. swamp.

Beau Soleil will be in Old Saybrook in september! Can't wait

[JJJ]

By car it's about a half hour to DAM
By foot or bicycle, its about a half mile to the Va Creeper Trail and then just over 8 miles to the caboose in Damascus.
Or, I have taken back roads to the foot of Holston Mt. then taken a logging road to the north end of Abingdon Gap and hit the trail.

[Mountain Mojo]

Just down the mountain from MR & Partership...

[Patrickjd9]

About 52 road miles and 65 minutes from either the I-70 or US 340 road crossings in Maryland.

[Cookerhiker]

About 52 road miles and 65 minutes from either the I-70 or US 340 road crossings in Maryland.

Having lived in Silver Spring for 30 years, I knew that leaving home 4:30 on a Friday afternoon would take much more than 65 minutes to cover those 52 miles.

[10-K]

5 minutes to the AT at Nolichucky River / Uncle Johnny's.

Or I can get up off my sofa, walk down the sidewalk, walk up Martin Creek Rd to a side trail and be sitting in Curley Maple Gap shelter in about 1.5 hours.