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Other than the Springer plaque and Katahdin sign, what do you think is the most photographed location on the AT by hikers?
I'm thinking it's McAfee Knob !!!
Also, what trail personality is most sought out to get a photo taken? Baltimore Jack, Bob Peoples????
flemdawg1
05-19-2009, 09:58
Newfound Gap, millions of people in cars.
Other than the Springer plaque and Katahdin sign, what do you think is the most photographed location on the AT?
I'm thinking it's McAfee Knob !!!
By hikers? Mt Washington in NH comes to mind.
earlyriser26
05-19-2009, 10:32
Got to be McAfee knob (other than the big K). A funny story of when I hiked that section: One of the guys in our group was so tired that when he got to McAfee he did not even stop to look but just kept on going.... Now that is dark.
I think McAfee is on the WB homepage
MintakaCat
05-19-2009, 10:55
My vote is the NC/GA state line.
flemdawg1
05-19-2009, 11:05
Noun1.hiker - a foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure)
If the question is a location photographed by a person that got there by walking, then probably Clingmans Dome. Second would be another GSMNP location like Spence Field, Andrews Bald, or the Mt. Cammerer tower. We're talking the most visited National Park in the country, and some neat overlook in some Virginia National Forest or State Park will not get nearly the visitors.
Cookerhiker
05-19-2009, 11:24
If the OP's definition of "hiker" is anyone who casually walks to a point - any point - on the Trail, then I can understand the respondants who said Mt. Washington or Newfound Gap & Clingman's Dome. As pointed out, the latter lies in the most visited NP in the US.
So I would add Bear Mountain, NY because hordes of New Yorkers and New Jerseyites descend there in the summer for day trips and picnics. Also, many tourists come to Harpers Ferry and (likely inadvertently) take photos of the Trail.
Now if we're talking thru or long-distance or less-than-casual hikers, then my first instinct, as others have said, is McAfee Knob.
ShakeyLeggs
05-19-2009, 11:37
Damascus' Appalachian Trail sign is perhaps the most easily recognizable and most photographed man-made object along the entire 2,160 miles of the trail's length. Virtually every time a group of hikers pays Damascus a visit, you'll find a couple of them having their picture taken with this rustic sign!
http://www.rlrouse.com/appalachian-trail-sign.html
max patch
05-19-2009, 12:07
McAfee. No contest.
jersey joe
05-19-2009, 12:14
Yeah, McAfee is the first thing that popped into my head too.
springer summit where most hikers start and are most exsited
Blissful
05-19-2009, 13:13
McAfee for sure but we tried to get a picture at every state line.
Springer
McAfee's Knob
Katahdin
Ghosthiker
05-19-2009, 13:58
What about the tree at Bly Gap? I have seen it many times because it's the first state line crossed.
The Old Fhart
05-19-2009, 14:19
Although you could present a good case for other places being more photogenic, there are about 250,000 people who visit the summit of Mount Washington each year. Of that number about 60,000 are actual hikers and I'm willing to bet a lot of those hikers are snapping pictures. Unless you can show that any of the other spots mentioned gets anywhere near that sort of hiker traffic, Mount Washington would be way out in front for the most photographed spot by hikers.
If you want to restrict the meaning of "hiker" to only refer to thru-hikers (smacks of elitism ;)), the start and finish and possibly the ATC headquarters (just off the trail) would be right up there.
ChinMusic
05-19-2009, 14:36
McAfee. No contest.
By AT hikers I would agree. "On the AT", I would think NFG. Bus after bus after bus unload at Newfound Gap.
I think the hog pen gap rock. Everyone has that picture, even me:)
Mrs Baggins
05-19-2009, 15:35
Another vote for McAfee Knob. And I've got MY photo of Baltimore Jack! :banana6308
Monkeyboy
05-19-2009, 15:47
Mountain Crossings.
fredmugs
05-19-2009, 16:07
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/GfOk4QPHaQI6ffKT33OHzQ?feat=directlink
If this link works here's one of my favorite pictures I took at McAfee Knob last Oct.
springer summit where most hikers start and are most exsited
Thru hike wannabes make up only a tiny percentage of those that hike the mountains of northern Georgia and Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
max patch
05-19-2009, 17:16
Also, what trail personality is most sought out to get a photo taken? Baltimore Jack, Bob Peoples????
http://whiteblaze.net/forum/vbg/showimage.php?i=6924&catid=member&orderby=views&direction=DESC&imageuser=163&cutoffdate=-1
Chaco Taco
05-19-2009, 17:19
I agree McAfee, but Max Patch has to be in there somewhere
Jaybird62
05-19-2009, 17:22
Delaware Bay.
.....with a big ol' striper, or flounder......:):-?;)
max patch
05-19-2009, 17:38
but Max Patch has to be in there somewhere
I'm always somewhere; but I generally shy away from getting my picture taken.
Chaco Taco
05-19-2009, 17:41
I'm always somewhere; but I generally shy away from getting my picture taken.
Didnt see that comin:cool:
buff_jeff
05-19-2009, 20:59
The phallic tree:
file:///C:/Users/Jeff/AppData/Local/Temp/moz-screenshot-17.jpgfile:///C:/Users/Jeff/AppData/Local/Temp/moz-screenshot-18.jpghttp://www.flickr.com/photos/24947001@N06/2695766783/sizes/l/
buff_jeff
05-19-2009, 21:00
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3277/2695766783_8cf4c5f522_b.jpg
pknight212
05-19-2009, 22:30
might not be the most photographed, but the notch deserves some love!
http://www.swarpa.net/%7Edanforth/graphics/mahoosuc1.jpg
Damascus' Appalachian Trail sign is perhaps the most easily recognizable and most photographed man-made object along the entire 2,160 miles of the trail's length. Virtually every time a group of hikers pays Damascus a visit, you'll find a couple of them having their picture taken with this rustic sign!
http://www.rlrouse.com/appalachian-trail-sign.html
1.) Somebody has to put a blaze on that sign.
2.) Ok, here's a great purist argument. Which part of that walkway is the trail? The left side, or the right side? Or is it the right side for northbounders, and the left side for southbounders?:D
Blissful
05-19-2009, 22:31
Any rock with a rattlesnake on it.
:)
BitBucket
05-19-2009, 22:32
Springer
Blood Mountain
Mountain Crossings @ Walasi-Yi
that's about as far as the majority of NOBO's get before calling it quits
sticks&stones
05-19-2009, 22:45
McAffee Knob, maybe the halfway sign in PA
Bob
Most of my personal AT photos were taken in the Roan highlands, so that's a biased answer. I've got to at least say Carver's Gap; though by tourists, not hikers.
Czechtrecker
05-20-2009, 00:30
I have read that the most traveled portion of the AT is the CT section. If that is true my vote would have to be the pyramid at the summit of Bear Mountain.
TJ aka Teej
05-20-2009, 00:48
Two of the most photographed by thru-hikers, excluding the Springer and Katahdin summits, are probably the Kennebec canoe ferry and the view of Katahdin from Abol Bridge.
The Mechanical Man
05-20-2009, 01:45
Linda and John's, Blue Mountain Dome Home. ;)
And, "The Signs", at Uncle Johnnys.
Kerosene
05-20-2009, 10:19
People seem to take pictures of McAfee Knob even when there are no views to be had, unlike other viewpoints.
max patch
05-20-2009, 11:13
People seem to take pictures of McAfee Knob even when there are no views to be had, unlike other viewpoints.
Agree. I've always said the the view OF McAfee is better than the view FROM McAfee.
I think the most photographed thing along the AT is a 'whiteblaze' on a tree.
Tennessee Viking
05-21-2009, 12:08
Roan Highlands, Beauty Spot, Laurel Falls, TN/VA state line, Damascus archway...As for hikers, Balitmore Jack, Sgt Rock, Lonewolf, Miss Janet, Bob Peoples.
Or, that Pirate dude at Neel's Gap.
Lone Wolf
05-21-2009, 12:15
that Pirate dude just left Damascus with Wee Willie The Prince of Whales. they're headed to Rusty's. Trail Days is officially over
Tennessee Viking
05-21-2009, 14:06
that Pirate dude just left Damascus with Wee Willie The Prince of Whales. they're headed to Rusty's. Trail Days is officially over
Be sure to have someone leave out a box of baking soda to get rid of the hiker & hippie smell.
Sleepy the Arab
05-24-2009, 19:50
Also, what trail personality is most sought out to get a photo taken? Baltimore Jack, Bob Peoples????
I've never had my picture taken with Baltimore Jack, which begs the question: am I Baltimore Jack?
Cabin Fever
05-24-2009, 22:24
Non-hikers: Most visited National Park is GSMNP. Most visited spot on the ridgeline is Newfound Gap. Just to reiterate what others have said.
Hikers: I think it would be statistically more interesting to say "what spot is the most photographed by percentage of people that see it?" I have the answer - the ATC sign at HQ in Harper's Ferry. I arrest my case. At least 95% of thru hikers get their picture at ATC HQ.