Just Curious- How far do you live from the AT?

[HikerMom58]

I'll start... I live 5 miles from the trail crossing in Daleville VA. :banana

Some others already answered this question in the Hikerboy Cafe (great place to chat- btw) I found their answers interesting- soooo how bout y'all? How far do you have to travel to step your foot on the AT? If you already answered in the Cafe feel free to post again here....

[FarmerChef]

You got it, HM.

As the crow flies I'm really only about 5 miles from the trail but thanks to a mountain and a river (the Potomac) it takes me 15 minutes to get to Weverton Cliffs from my house.

[tf bear]

47 miles. Only one hour from Port Clinton. A small sacrifice to get to where you really want to be

[T.S.Kobzol]

about 70 miles.

[Huber]

I live 180 miles southeast of Springer Mountain. It takes me 4 hours to get there.

[Deer Hunter]

Little over 5 miles.

[MDSection12]

I just rechecked and it turns out I'm about ten miles East of Gathland State Park, as the crow flies. I thought I was further than that... :D

[Lando11]

Closest, about 35-40 miles away in Southern Mass. But from Bear Mt, Ct to Bennington, Vt the AT is only about an hour drive for me.

[Slo-go'en]

Stright line, about 3.5 miles. By trail about 4.5. I have to climb up the side of Mt Adams to intersect the AT and it's about a 1/4 mile road walk to get to the trail head from here...

[DandT40]

7 hours to just about anywhere on the trail. :(

[ki0eh]

27.5 miles driving from the approach trailhead to my maintenance section, but longer in the event of artillery fire. A few other trailheads might be slighly closer.

[4Bears]

Too far, a hard days drive from Indiana.

[Lone Wolf]

about 60 yards or so

[T.S.Kobzol]

!@@#$%^&& :-)





about 60 yards or so

[FarmerChef]

about 60 yards or so

If you allow for the full road easement, you might even be closer ;)

[Kerosene]

Google Maps tells me that I live 1,054 miles from the closest point on the AT at the footbridge over I-70 near Hagerstown, MD. Drive time is 16 hours and 18 minutes.

I keep moving west, making it ever harder to get to central Maine and to finish my last two sections! My drive time to Rangeley is 23 hours to cover 1,459 miles; which is why I'm flying for these trips nowadays.

[atmilkman]

214 miles to Dicks Creek Gap. 3hrs. 40min. This is closest time wise. Springer is closer at 167mi. but it take 4hrs. 5min. We love the areas.

[tiptoe]

I'm about 25 miles from the AT at Hoyt's Road in Gaylordsville, CT, roughly 45 minutes by car.

[Cookerhiker]

Hiker Mom, you might enjoy browsing this old thread. (http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/showthread.php?1055-Do-you-live-near-the-trail)

The closest point for me in distance is 226 miles to Newfound Gap.

The closest in driving time is Davenport Gap at 234 miles.

[BCPete]

As the crow flies ... 2315 miles to Springer Mountain, and 2426 miles to Mount Katahdin.

2015 baby!

[ridingpa]

About 5 miles from Duncannon.

[johnnybgood]

94 miles to the exit @ Rockfish Gap.

[hikerboy57]

71 miles, but that includes switchbacks

[johnnybgood]

I'm even more curious how a thread can have 22 posts and 0 views.

[RED-DOG]

30 miles from Winding Stair Gap N.C, or 45 from N.O.C, 40 from stecoah Gap or 45 from Fontana Dam, 82 from Springer MT.

[OzJacko]

About half one of these.....
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[Teacher & Snacktime]

mileage varies as does road conditions, but it takes about 3 hours to reach the trail in either CT, MA, VT or NH. For being a state along which the Appalachians "brush", we're inconveniently located.

[Bearded Woods]

We’re ¾ of a mile from the AT.

[MDSection12]

about 60 yards or so

In 2003 you said:


I live about 50 yards from the AT here in Damascus.

So did you move ten yards further? Was the smell becoming an issue?

[A.T.Lt]

Im about 10 minutes from...but within 20 minutes from about a half dozen AT trail crossings in 2 states

[EllieMP]

About 2252 miles.. If I begin walking now, I could make it in time to start my 2014 hike in April with plenty of stops along the way. Ha. How's that for an "Approach" hike? Are any of you doing the Approach trail? I'm still debating that in my head. 605 stair steps isn't encouraging me.

[Kingbee]

50 miles from Falls Church to Linden, va.

[V Eight]

about 250miles 4 - 5 hours

[Seatbelt]

I'm about 350 miles from the closest point

[da fungo]

About 15 miles from Culvers Gap in NJ.

[Shutterbug]

You got it, HM.

As the crow flies I'm really only about 5 miles from the trail but thanks to a mountain and a river (the Potomac) it takes me 15 minutes to get to Weverton Cliffs from my house.

3,000 miles as the crow flies

[keepinitsimple]

55 mins to Port Clinton

[Feral Bill]

A couple of thousand miles. UPDATE: 2390 to Springer by car, as per Google Earth.

[Onedawg]

89 miles to Rockfish Gap.

[Drybones]

About 5-1/5 hours to Springer.

[coach lou]

8 hrs to Monson, 13 hrs to Damascus, 6 hrs to Pine Grove Furnace, 2.5 hrs to Harriman(NY), 2 hrs. to Kent, 2.15 to Mt. Everett, Ma.

[Berserker]

I don't know how far I am mileage wise, but I can access most points between Daleville, VA and Montebello, VA in about an hour or less.

[MkBibble]

752 miles straight line; 897 miles if I choose to follow the roads.

[Angle]

I live an hour to an hour and a half from from the trail here in PA. If I leave from work I can be in the Duncannon area in 45 mins. I would have liked to have met you and your family when you were here a few weeks ago. I spent sometime recently down in SNP and was surprised to meet Chin Music and B-Rocket who I thought were farther North.

Iceman

[drifter]

7-8 hours from northwest OHIO

[beaudetious]

It's 20 minutes to Hot Springs, NC for me.

[Mrs Baggins]

20 min southeast of South Mountain State Park, MD

[BuckeyeBill]

401.8 miles to Harpers Ferry WV 6 hours 53 minutes.

[PD230SOI]

Bah! 5098 miles, give or take a couple dozen.... Soon however only about 40.....

[HikerMom58]

Hiker Mom, you might enjoy browsing this old thread. (http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/showthread.php?1055-Do-you-live-near-the-trail)

The closest point for me in distance is 226 miles to Newfound Gap.

The closest in driving time is Davenport Gap at 234 miles.

OMGosh... that old thread was interesting!! The thread started in 2004? and the last post was like 2009? That's interesting. I saw many in there I've never seen (interesting user names) but then again saw many that I know. LOVE IT! Did you see where TOW said he lived so far away- he now lives in Damascus along with Lone Wolf, Gypsy and others.

I like the responses now too... :) This is :cool:!

[HikerMom58]

I live an hour to an hour and a half from from the trail here in PA. If I leave from work I can be in the Duncannon area in 45 mins. I would have liked to have met you and your family when you were here a few weeks ago. I spent sometime recently down in SNP and was surprised to meet Chin Music and B-Rocket who I thought were farther North.

Iceman

Thanks Iceman.. I would have liked to meet you as well.. We'll be back up there again.. we left off at the 501 shelter.. So cool that you got to meet Chin Music and B-Rocket! :)

[HikerMom58]

I don't know how far I am mileage wise, but I can access most points between Daleville, VA and Montebello, VA in about an hour or less.

Sweet ... Hey neighbor!! :)

[HikerMom58]

A couple of thousand miles. UPDATE: 2390 to Springer by car, as per Google Earth.

OMGosh.. I never realized you were that far! It's plain, as day, to see that now, Feral Bill! :) Spokane Washington!!!

[Sarcasm the elf]

About 45 minutes to the closest point on the A.T.. Two and a half to three hours in either direction to get to a section I haven't hiked yet...

[BZ853]

180.81 miles to Approach

[litefoot2000]

I am 86 miles from Dick's Creek Gap, the closest access.

[litefoot2000]

20 min southeast of South Mountain State Park, MD
Will you be going to Gettysburg for the 150th anniversary in July?

[coach lou]

Will you be going to Gettysburg for the 150th anniversary in July?


I was there in April....they expect 10,000 reinactors alone........all lodging in the area is full and I was told they expect 3 million visitors that week!

[Teacher & Snacktime]

8 hrs to Monson, 13 hrs to Damascus, 6 hrs to Pine Grove Furnace, 2.5 hrs to Harriman(NY), 2 hrs. to Kent, 2.15 to Mt. Everett, Ma.

But only minutes from Kate Hepburn's house.....

[illabelle]

Hiker Mom, you might enjoy browsing this old thread. (http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/showthread.php?1055-Do-you-live-near-the-trail)

The closest point for me in distance is 226 miles to Newfound Gap.

The closest in driving time is Davenport Gap at 234 miles.

And for me it's 65 to Newfound Gap - 100 minutes, 73 to Davenport Gap - 83 minutes.
I love that the so much of the trail is within a half-day's drive!

[coach lou]

But only minutes from Kate Hepburn's house.....
10 minutes on my bike, 5 walking to The Kate........(cultural arts center)

[Coffee]

About 55 road miles to Snickers Gap. Or about 55 trail miles to where C&O and AT shares a path near Harpers Ferry.

[FarmerChef]

About 55 road miles to Snickers Gap. Or about 55 trail miles to where C&O and AT shares a path near Harpers Ferry.

Of course, you can do the C&O "approach trail" to the AT and then do a flip flop from there :D

[joiejojo]

I live 24mi from The Bake Oven Knob in North East Pa. I will start at Katahdin though when I set out, which is 638mi.. Looks like a plane ride for me in 2016!
I suggest we learn to love ourselves before it's made illegal..

[rocketsocks]

about 70 miles...or an hour and 45 mins drive.....it's a jersey thing, lots of traffic, two lane road with few passing zones.

[MkBibble]

... feeling a little jealous

[Odd Man Out]

I started a thread like this last year when I found out that much of the trail is the same distance from home.

http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/showthread.php?83813-How-close-are-you-to-the-AT-Fun-with-Google-Maps&p=1284840&viewfull=1#post1284840

[fcoulter]

According to Google Maps, 503 miles, 8 hours 27 minutes by car, and 471 miles, 155 hours on foot.

[Trebor66]

Just under a hour away from Springer.

[atbackpacker]

15 minutes north to wind gap, 30 to dwg...45 minutes west to port clinton. i love it!

[Ewok11]

Currently, I'm roughly 340 miles from Franklin. Home is about 18 miles from Neels Gap.

[Scout-NOVA]

I'm about 22 miles from Snickers Gap... and 25 miles from Harper's Ferry.

[imscotty]

114 miles. I used Google Maps to calculate some different driving distances. I was surprised that the AT in Hanover NH was closer to North Reading, MA than the AT crossings in Massachusetts were.

[Alleghanian Orogeny]

About 220 miles from US 19E at Elk Park, NC. A shade closer to Troutville, VA, I guess. Each access point can be reached by one of several lousy roads from my Raleigh, NC home.

AO

[S'more]

85 miles to Grayson Highlands, I think is the closest point for me.

[The Cleaner]

About 17 miles to Allen Gap,14 miles north of Hot Springs NC.A few trailheads which go up to the AT only 15-20 miles......

[kzab77]

1456 km to Springer from Hamilton Ontario! Nine months to go before that 15 hour drive.

[coach lou]

1456 km to Springer from Hamilton Ontario! Nine months to go before that 15 hour drive.

15 hrs from Hamilton.................in your Maserati???

[The Greenman]

I live in downstate NY, so it's not the "miles" but the time it takes to get there! But I can utilize public transit and arrive at the AT train stop in Pawling NY in 2 1/2 hrs. give or take.

[HikerMom58]

I started a thread like this last year when I found out that much of the trail is the same distance from home.

http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/showthread.php?83813-How-close-are-you-to-the-AT-Fun-with-Google-Maps&p=1284840&viewfull=1#post1284840

That's interesting too. Are you still hoping to hike some this year?

[Grey Ghost]

I live about 120 miles from Springer Mountain. Cannot wait to get back on the trail!

[kzab77]

15 hrs from Hamilton.................in your Maserati???

Well if google maps supposes everyone has maserati's lol 15 hours and 36 minutes to be exacact :)

[Odd Man Out]

That's interesting too. Are you still hoping to hike some this year?

Not sure I can get the time off this summer. My sisters went and scheduled a family reunion in August at my house.

[Odd Man Out]

15 hrs from Hamilton.................in your Maserati???

That's only 97 km/hr - Not really that fast - you just need a big bladder.

[earlyriser26]

Ohio is about 6 hours to the nearest part, but I once drove to Virginia, hiked 15 miles, and drove back the same day. Now I am building a house outside of Richmond so it will be about an hour away in the future. I can even join a trail club.

[HikerMom58]

Not sure I can get the time off this summer. My sisters went and scheduled a family reunion in August at my house.


Oh- I'm thinking you are OK with that although I didn't see any "face" to go along with the statement. ;) The trail will be here waiting on ya! :)

[HikerMom58]

Ohio is about 6 hours to the nearest part, but I once drove to Virginia, hiked 15 miles, and drove back the same day. Now I am building a house outside of Richmond so it will be about an hour away in the future. I can even join a trail club.

Sounds like a plan!! :)

[The Snowman]

about 35 miles now a days to the closes trial head.

[Wise Old Owl]

Its between 4-1 1/2 hours drive

[tawa]

How fortunate u are to live so close to the trail. Its an 8-10 hr drive for me to get to the trail. The wife and i just spend 3 days down around Springer Mt on the Approach and AT trail. It was so great being out on the trail again but took us a day to get there and a day to get home.
Gas is now up to $4 a gallon so it equates into both time and $'s.
There are so many times I would love to be able to go a week/half week trip but not easy due to the above.
Be grateful u are so close!

[Tri-Pod Bob]

114 miles. I used Google Maps to calculate some different driving distances. I was surprised that the AT in Hanover NH was closer to North Reading, MA than the AT crossings in Massachusetts were.

Greetings! Fairly new to WB & enjoying the site greatly. I'm in Western Mass between Worcester & Spfld. Google Maps gives me 75-80 miles to Mt. Greylock in No. Adams. I don't use the 3 options they listed, I drive the local shortcuts/ backroads & it's 57 miles with awesome scenery & small towns. Takes a bit longer, but more often than not I'm on the motorcycle for a day trip. Getting a ride at the end of the month for a 3 day NOBO. Starting my conditioning for a planned SOBO Thru in 2014. Will be out quite a bit between now & next June. Thinking about a Long Trail Thru in Sept. Hope to meet some of the WB family in the process. BTW, I'm all for the separate forum suggestion I read........ for Go Slow Hikers, like me!!!! I'm into the nature around me when I get out, so 15 miles is a BIG day for me......I'm more inclined to "stroll" 8-10 & be happy with it. As a recently retired firefighter in a pretty good sized & busy city, it's time for me to pedal back some. Peace all!

[danil411]

Two miles from trail in Vernon, NJ

[HikerMom58]

How fortunate u are to live so close to the trail. Its an 8-10 hr drive for me to get to the trail. The wife and i just spend 3 days down around Springer Mt on the Approach and AT trail. It was so great being out on the trail again but took us a day to get there and a day to get home.
Gas is now up to $4 a gallon so it equates into both time and $'s.
There are so many times I would love to be able to go a week/half week trip but not easy due to the above.
Be grateful u are so close!

I'm very grateful I'm so close, tawa. If you or anyone is in my area and need anything just PM me on here. I"ll be here for ya. :) Of course, I'd love to meet & greet my fellow Wber's as they pass through.

Myself, and my friend Deer Hunter (he's near Glascow/Buena Vista VA--- Whiteblaze member) can help hikers out since we live so close to the trail. :)

I hear ya on the gas prices. It's not $4 a gallon in VA but it's still high enough.

[HikerMom58]

Two miles from trail in Vernon, NJ

Wow- you got me beat! :)

[R1ma]

114 miles. I used Google Maps to calculate some different driving distances. I was surprised that the AT in Hanover NH was closer to North Reading, MA than the AT crossings in Massachusetts were.

I had to check.
I'm 71 miles as the crow flies from where the AT crosses US-20 and over the Mass Pike, and less that 1 degree from due west from me.
81 miles from Stratton Mountain, VT.

It's 90 miles driving to the US-20/AT parking lot, and 115 miles to the closest road crossing to Stratton. However, I'm 90 minutes to the US-20 lot, but 3 hours to Stratton...

[Waynesboro]

Two miles from Waynesboro to Rockfish Gap.

[dink]

Just too darn far, just 30 miles from the atlantic ocean, eastern shore of maryland!! I do get to take a short hike the first week in july, caledonia state park heading north.

[kolokolo]

I'm about 5 hours from the closest point, where the A.T. crosses I-70 near Frederick, MD. But, I'm within about 7 hours of any point from Damascus, VA to Vernon, NJ. (OK, maybe with a little speeding).

[Energizer Bunny]

About 1/2 hr from Woody's Gap

[tawa]

Thank you Hikermom for the offer. Except for hiking from Woods Hole Hostel --North about 49 miles I have all of Virginia to hike.
Made to Damascus--Nobo--from the Approach Trial before coming home. So looking forward to getting back and doing Virginia in 2-3 sections. Hike some in Hoosier National Forest and Shawnee National Park but not the same as the AT.
So maybe late Summer or early Fall. Make it a great weekend.

[MuddyWaters]

Unless you want to keep hiking the same part near you over, and over, and over, eventually, you may need to travel at least 1000 miles in each direction to hike toward each end. Even if you live 100 ft from it.

[Odd Man Out]

Oh- I'm thinking you are OK with that although I didn't see any "face" to go along with the statement. ;) The trail will be here waiting on ya! :)

It's OK :)
Will be car camping in July at Lake Michigan Rec Area (NF Campground) for a long weekend. It's right on the boarder of the Nordhouse Dunes Wilderness with miles of empty Lake Michigan Beaches. No possibility for long hikes, but the walks are amazing.

[Odd Man Out]

Just too darn far, just 30 miles from the atlantic ocean, eastern shore of maryland!! I do get to take a short hike the first week in july, caledonia state park heading north.

I grew up in the MD suburbs for DC. I love the eastern shore! It's got a unique vibe to it that is hard to describe.

[shelb]

11 hours for me! =(

[Deer Hunter]

I'm very grateful I'm so close, tawa. If you or anyone is in my area and need anything just PM me on here. I"ll be here for ya. :) Of course, I'd love to meet & greet my fellow Wber's as they pass through.

Myself, and my friend Deer Hunter (he's near Glascow/Buena Vista VA--- Whiteblaze member) can help hikers out since we live so close to the trail. :)

I hear ya on the gas prices. It's not $4 a gallon in VA but it's still high enough.

I help out when I can. :)

[NCMedic]

About sixty miles to I77 at the Bland exit. A few more to your neck of the trail HM but not by much. :)

[BirdBrain]

Just over 2 hours to Grafton Notch. Too far.

[prain4u]

Best as I can calculate--the closest point is roughly 685 miles from my home (give or take 5 miles).

[Edro]

the closest place along the AT to where I live would be Roan Mountain. 77 miles

[peakbagger]

About 4 miles as the crow flies to top of Mt Madison in NH, about 6 miles to the intersection of the Centennial trail and the Mahoosuc Trail.

[mhurley]

Hour and a half to Springer.

[fiddlehead]

12 time zones away.
Why do you think I usually post when most of you are sleeping.
Don't know how many miles but it's about a 22 hour flight(s).
Sometimes I go by way of Europe, sometimes by way of CA.
This year I'll be stopping at Tahoe and do some hiking on the Tahoe Rim trail on my way back.

[HikerMom58]

12 time zones away.
Why do you think I usually post when most of you are sleeping.
Don't know how many miles but it's about a 22 hour flight(s).
Sometimes I go by way of Europe, sometimes by way of CA.
This year I'll be stopping at Tahoe and do some hiking on the Tahoe Rim trail on my way back.

I don't know where in the world you are fiddlehead but it says ur location is Sch. Haven PA... humm.... Well, I'm jealous that you will be in Tahoe this year. I love it there!!

[Dahoyt]

10 miles to Killington Pass, i"m lucky.

[Starchild]

11 miles to the AT and I would guess 20-25 minutes to about two trailheads

[jimmyjam]

Just under 100 miles for me to Rockfish Gap.

[Deacon]

7-8 hours from northwest OHIO

I'm with you drifter, from Port Clinton Ohio on Lake Erie.

[fiddlehead]

I don't know where in the world you are fiddlehead but it says ur location is Sch. Haven PA... humm.... Well, I'm jealous that you will be in Tahoe this year. I love it there!!

Yeah, I'm from Sch. Haven but have a family here in Phuket, Thailand.
It's an island in the south of Thailand.

Been working on designing a 100 mile hiking trail here for 8 years now.
I hope to finish it this year.
Been out on it a lot lately.
I guess you could say I miss hiking.

Gonna climb the highest peak in SE Asia in 2 weeks. Mt. Kinabalu in Borneo
The AT was my introduction to adventure.

I do still get out on the AT almost every year.
I get back there for my company's selling season every fall.
Usually make the gathering.

[rhjanes]

889 miles from my door to Springer.

[Odd Man Out]

Yeah, I'm from Sch. Haven but have a family here in Phuket, Thailand.
It's an island in the south of Thailand.

This is a job for Google Earth. Using the ruler function, it is 8646 mile from the clock tower in the center of Phuket city to the closest point on the AT (Katahdin summit).

So that got me thinking. Who lives the furthest from the AT? I found that this this house in Windy Harbour, Western Australia is 11,627 from the closest point of the AT (which is also Katahdin).

21946

[Odd Man Out]

Sorry, that should be 11,624 miles.

[HikerMom58]

Sorry, that should be 11,624 miles.

That's just awesome stuff right there Odd Man Out... OZ will particularly find this interesting. I would like to propose an announcement of the person(s) that lives the furthest from the trail and also the one that lives the closest to the trail. We could set a time on when this "announcement" will occur as to get everyone to post their miles/yards from the trail. I would like to put you in charge, Odd Man Out, if you are willing.

I think Fiddlehead and Oz would come in close to being the furthest away -out of the country. We could do a furthest from the trail within the USA too.

Slo and Peakbagger are lucky to live so close to the Whites. :)

I'm really enjoying reading everyone's post on here... thanks for sharing y'all. :banana If this were Facebook I would put a "like" on every single post letting y'all know I read it and I like it! :)

[Old graymare]

Max Patch is 12 1/2 miles as the crow flies, Lemon gap a little closer. If it is a clear day, I look through my birding scope and see little people walking the trail up there. Hot Springs is about 15 miles away, by car.

[Pedaling Fool]

I'll answer as soon as the number of replies match the number of miles from my house to Amicalola Falls State Park. ;)

[joshuasdad]

About 55 road miles to Snickers Gap. Or about 55 trail miles to where C&O and AT shares a path near Harpers Ferry.

About the same

[Nooga]

About 1 1/2 hours

[Deer Hunter]

I don't know where in the world you are fiddlehead but it says ur location is Sch. Haven PA... humm.... Well, I'm jealous that you will be in Tahoe this year. I love it there!!


+1............

[hobby]

Gainesville is< 1hr to most road crossings in Ga --- except Dicks Creek gap is about 1&1/2 hrs

[Trillium]

Yeah, I'm from Sch. Haven but have a family here in Phuket, Thailand.
It's an island in the south of Thailand.


I do still get out on the AT almost every year.
I get back there for my company's selling season every fall.
Usually make the gathering.
I bought a pair of silk boxer shorts from fiddlehead at the gathering in North Adams and wore them in camp, at hostels/hotels on my hike this spring. Loved them. Looked for you last year in WV but either you weren't there or I missed you.

[HikerMom58]

I bought a pair of silk boxer shorts from fiddlehead at the gathering in North Adams and wore them in camp, at hostels/hotels on my hike this spring. Loved them. Looked for you last year in WV but either you weren't there or I missed you.

You don't say.... ;)

[T.S.Kobzol]

Step 1: buy new boxers
Step 2: put on the boxers
Step 3: seek hikermomKD

sent from samsonite using tapioca 2

[rick2911]

about 15 minute drive to allen gap where it crosses the Ashville highway out of Greeneville TN.

[Tuckahoe]

Unless you want to keep hiking the same part near you over, and over, and over, eventually, you may need to travel at least 1000 miles in each direction to hike toward each end. Even if you live 100 ft from it.

Not necessarily true. But of course this only applies to me...

The nearest point of the AT to me would be about Waynesboro, Virginia at 150 miles and a 2 1/2 hour drive. Baxter State Park is 890 miles from where I live, and Springer Mt is 580 miles.

Damascus is 360 miles and is about 6 hours.
Daleville is 230 miles and 3 1/2 hours
Snickers Gap is 175 miles and 3 hours
Harpers Ferry is 200 miles and 3 1/2 hours
Pine Grove about 5 hours

[Tuckahoe]

I'll answer as soon as the number of replies match the number of miles from my house to Amicalola Falls State Park. ;)

Looks like you're a lil more than 25% there... :sun

[Smooth & Wasabi]

About 45 minutes to Clarendon Gorge on Rt 103 or the Inn at the Long Trail on Rt 4

[DavidDillow]

740 miles due north to Springer. Way to %$@%@% far!

[hikerboy57]

740 miles due north to Springer. Way to %$@%@% far!
i hate to bring this up but its even farther to katahdin

[AndrewR]

675 miles and 10 hours 5 minutes according to Google Maps to Amicalola Falls. A bit further of course to the nearest actual AT trailhead.

[Venchka]

This far:
We crossed the AT yesterday, Friday, on the NC-TN border at Hwy. 19E just west of Elk Park, NC around Noon:thirty pm - One'ish pm.
We pulled into the driveway at home about 7:45pm-8:00pm today, Saturday.
I am equi-distant from the AT @ Elk Park, NC and Durango, CO. Tough choice.

Wayne

[burk]

288 miles Wife going to let me send a week on it this July:banana

[fiddlehead]

I bought a pair of silk boxer shorts from fiddlehead at the gathering in North Adams and wore them in camp, at hostels/hotels on my hike this spring. Loved them. Looked for you last year in WV but either you weren't there or I missed you.
Thanks Trillium.
I knew I recognized the name, trying to put a face to it is harder.
I didn't make it last year to the gathering.
Was up in Maine at the time.
I'm always in the states for the fall.
Usually head back here to Phuket around Christmas.

[fiddlehead]

Sorry, that should be 11,624 miles.

Yeah, I figured it was probably somewhere around 12k miles as a time zone is usually about 1,000 miles.
Your way is a bit more accurate.

Ozzies and Kiwis definitely live further away than me.

[Mrs Baggins]

Will you be going to Gettysburg for the 150th anniversary in July?

Hoping to! Thing is there could be 50,000 or more people up there for the re-enactment, so traffic is a huge deal. We thought we'd take our trailer up so that we could just walk to it all from a local campground but the campgrounds nearest it were already booked up. We do take visitors up there and my outdoors group is going to bike the road around the battlefield in late July.

[Cherokee Bill]

About 15-mi or less in a straight-line!!!!!

[moytoy]

560 miles- That includes the 8.5 miles from the hiker parking lot to the plaque on Springer Mountain.

[FatMan]

My mountain home sits about 225 yards from the trail. But the foot path from my back door to the trail is a bit less than 400 yards. From the end of the driveway to Gooch Gap via FS42 is .8 miles. But the driveway is about 400 yards so when added in puts it just over a mile by car.

[JAK]

I'm about 180 miles east of Bangor Maine, which is about 100 miles downriver of Katahdin.

[SloHiker]

I would guess about 80 miles or so to Carver's Gap.

[HikerMom58]

My mountain home sits about 225 yards from the trail. But the foot path from my back door to the trail is a bit less than 400 yards. From the end of the driveway to Gooch Gap via FS42 is .8 miles. But the driveway is about 400 yards so when added in puts it just over a mile by car.

WOW!! That is really close. :D Another WBer said they were 3/4 of a mile by car from the trail. I can't even imagine being that close!

[Sarcasm the elf]

Quite a few "As the crow flies" responses, I hope you aren't all using the same crow, poor bird must be getting tired by now... :D

[susiecruise]

3/4 mile to Shay's Rebellion, MA. With the AT close I do hike the same sections and the various blue trails repeatedly but never get tired of them. I enjoy giving the thru hikers rides into town. Already had one NOBO on Memorial day weekend. He started the trail in Jan.

[horicon]

50 miles from the trail. New York State.

[Rasty]

337 Miles to Greyson Highlands or 407 Miles to Standing Bear Farms or 450 Miles to Fontana Dam

[OzJacko]

This is a job for Google Earth. Using the ruler function, it is 8646 mile from the clock tower in the center of Phuket city to the closest point on the AT (Katahdin summit).

So that got me thinking. Who lives the furthest from the AT? I found that this this house in Windy Harbour, Western Australia is 11,627 from the closest point of the AT (which is also Katahdin).

21946
I live just over 200 mile from Windy harbour.....

[HikerMom58]

I live just over 200 mile from Windy harbour.....

OZ... off topic but did Violet get all the messages about her lost phone?

[OzJacko]

OZ... off topic but did Violet get all the messages about her lost phone?

Yes
She is getting a lift back to Luray to get it.
Many thanks to all involved.
I nearly died trying to paddle over a mile upstream.
Gave up after about 500yds.

[HikerMom58]

Yes
She is getting a lift back to Luray to get it.
Many thanks to all involved.
I nearly died trying to paddle over a mile upstream.
Gave up after about 500yds.

THANK YOU...glad you didn't die! ;)

[mak1277]

Not sure about miles and too lazy right now to map it, but it took me 45 minutes yesterday to get to the Snickers Gap road crossing/trailhead just north of Bears Den.

[TEXMAN]

I live about $400 away ..at least that is how much it cost for gas to get to the trail 2 weeks ago ... as my section hikes go north I get farther and farther away and the cost to get to the trail keeps going up..Old Man River ..Plano Texas

[snorz]

I'm about 45 minutes away.

[Doctortom]

I live about 25 miles from the AT near Boiling Springs

[wornoutboots]

4 Hours to the Smokies (the closest access to the AT) from Northern Kentucky

[Odd Man Out]

I live just over 200 mile from Windy harbour.....

It seems my first calculations were slightly off. SW Australia is slightly closer to Springer Mt than Katahdin. So measuring from Springer, the town that is the furthest from the AT is Prevelly at 11,347 miles from Springer. Downtown Perth is almost as far at 11,272, so unless we have someone living a few miles further south, then Oz is definitely the winner. And here is another oddity for you. If your were standing on Springer Mtn and wanted to take the shortest great circle route straight towards Perth, you would have to head about 3 degrees north of due west.

[Magic_Mack]

Depends on the section as I am in NE TN, but the closest is 6.5 miles

[OzJacko]

It seems my first calculations were slightly off. SW Australia is slightly closer to Springer Mt than Katahdin. So measuring from Springer, the town that is the furthest from the AT is Prevelly at 11,347 miles from Springer. Downtown Perth is almost as far at 11,272, so unless we have someone living a few miles further south, then Oz is definitely the winner. And here is another oddity for you. If your were standing on Springer Mtn and wanted to take the shortest great circle route straight towards Perth, you would have to head about 3 degrees north of due west.

Prevelly is more a place name (a beach) than a town.
I do live on the south side of Perth....:D

[RockyRoo]

Loving how the Aussies win again!! :)

[lynn523]

Too far these days. I used to live about an hour away in Fairfax, VA but I'm now living about an hot west of Ft. Worth, TX and missing the AT.
TEXMAN, I can see why you spend your summers in Maine! We escaped the heat last summer by hiking from Katahdin to Caratunk and then visiting Acadia NP. We fell in love with Maine on that trip!

[lynn523]

Oops. Not "an hot west of Ft Worth, TX". Meant "an hour west..." Talk about a Freudian slip! Google maps tells me it's a little over 950 miles to springer mtn.

[Yukon]

16 miles as the crow flies, 23 miles by car...

[marti038]

230 miles from Springer.

51 miles from Rebecca Mountain (Pinhoti Trail).

[Northern Lights]

Approximately 6000 kms give or take a 1000

[AngryGerman]

About 90 miles to DWG from Binghamton, NY. When growing up in central PA I was about 20 minutes from the trail head on 183, PC, Eckville and so on. I loved visiting the Pinnacle often. OP, do you know who the Hickey family is? Stuart Hickey works at the outfitter there while they live in Troutdale on route 11. I initially thought that Paige Hickey was you when I met them last Dec. on my thru but was quickly informed to be incorrect.

[Josh Calhoun]

3 hrs but my family lives within 6 miles of the NOC. You can actually see the wesser fire tower

[HikerMom58]

About 90 miles to DWG from Binghamton, NY. When growing up in central PA I was about 20 minutes from the trail head on 183, PC, Eckville and so on. I loved visiting the Pinnacle often. OP, do you know who the Hickey family is? Stuart Hickey works at the outfitter there while they live in Troutdale on route 11. I initially thought that Paige Hickey was you when I met them last Dec. on my thru but was quickly informed to be incorrect.

Hummm....I recently talked to a guy that works at the outfitter in Daleville. I didn't get his name. He lives in Troutville. When I was asking him if he ever got on WB (he doesn't) it came out that I was HikerMom. Right away said... "No way... so you're HikerMom! After my face turned 100 shades of red, and him assuring me that it was all good ... LOL! He said that someone had come in to the Outfitters asking about "Hikermom" in Nov./Dec. and told me that they thought that his mom or his wife was me. I bet that's the Hickey family, you are speaking of... they are planning on opening a hostel in Troutville. That's their plan and their dream. :) Does that ring a bell? That's really funny!! :)

[moytoy]

Loving how the Aussies win again!! :)
ummm... I think the winner is LW he is the closest. A couple of years ago there was someone on WB that lived and worked at mountain crossings. I think his pad was within a few feet of the trail. Maybe he is still there.

[Peakhunter]

An hour and a half to Newfound Gap/ Clingmans Dome crossing area.

[HikerMom58]

ummm... I think the winner is LW he is the closest. A couple of years ago there was someone on WB that lived and worked at mountain crossings. I think his pad was within a few feet of the trail. Maybe he is still there.

We will have to take a closer look for a final decision but LW sure is in the running for- closest to the trail. :) I need to get busy and do some work with percentages.

[AllenIsbell]

I'm about 2.5 hours from Springer.

[Bear Cables]

To the nearest trail he'd in GA....10 hrs drive....and worth it!

[Bucketfoot]

Roughly 250 from my house to Boiling Springs, PA. Wish I was closer.

[coach lou]

Roughly 250 from my house to Boiling Springs, PA. Wish I was closer.

Wow, is that on Lake Erie?

[1peanut]

Three hours to the nearest trail entrance is Newfoundland Gap. Not my favorite place to hike since there is so many people.

[OnlyJohn]

I live 15 minutes from Amicalola Falls and 35 minutes from Springer.

Location, Location, Location

OnlyJohn

[SawnieRobertson]

The closest trailhead from my house is 3.7. There are two additional ones like that. Then Mt. Rogers Headquarters (Partnership Shelter) is 5.1 miles, and Dickey Gap is 8.1.~~Kinnickinic

[lambsknoll]

About a half mile up the road to the nearest trailhead and probably a only quarter mile to the closest point on the trail if I bushwhack through the woods.

[Highway Man]

50 minutes driving along light controlled highways to Delaware Water Gap.

[DeerPath]

Use to live 100 yds from AT, now 548 miles

[bshow]

About 20 miles to Allen Gap TN/NC. Within 2hrs from anything between Newfound Gap and Damascus. Have hiked a bunch of it, but still have plenty so see.

[Dogwood]

Just Curious- How far do you live from the AT?

Most of the yr, about 7000 miles on Kauai. But, I do live about 20 miles from the Kalalau Trail. How far do you live from the KT?

[Dogwood]

Yeah, that's right, about 7000 miles.

[BobTheBuilder]

Google says 551 miles to Amicalola, 938 miles to the start of my next section.

[HikerMom58]

Still loving reading these posts.... :) Really interesting! :) Wow, DeerPath.. that's quite a change in distance for ya.

[Odd Man Out]

Yeah, that's right, about 7000 miles.

But Kauai to Springer is "only" about 4500 miles.;)

[Dogwood]

OMO, no cheating! That's the Blue Blazed Short cut route.

[topshelf]

3.9 miles to one trailhead, 5.2 and 5.5 to others. I run on the AT almost every day.

[Odd Man Out]

OMO, no cheating! That's the Blue Blazed Short cut route.

From Kauai you will have to aqua blaze. Via the Panama Canal is about 7000 miles :)

[Cherokee Bill]

Less than 45-min :)

[Lemni Skate]

30 minutes from SNP's entrance that divides the Southern and Central sections of the park.

[Trillium]

Do you folks that live within several hrs of the trail understand just how good you have it?

The closest to the trail for me appears to be Harpers Ferry at 8 hrs, haven't been there yet, then 8-1/2 hrs to either Pearisburg or Bland, about 12 to 12-1/2 hrs to Springer or North Adams or Lee, MA.

[Melrenee]

I'd say I'm about 10 miles from Dennis cove in Hampton Tn. Maybe 20 from cross roads in shady valley:)

[Gramps]

About 3 hours from home to Damascus.

[virginia jen]

About 3 miles from parents house to Simmon's Gap Ranger Station & AT crossing in SNP, sneak in by the fire road :) only an another 3 miles to Pinefield Hut

[rambunny]

10 minutes

[double d]

about 800 miles! hiking sections of the AT next summer for sure.

[Stink Bug]

I'm thru hiking right now (just passed Duncannon, PA), so technically zero miles - hey, I live 'here', right?

Less tongue in cheek answer, about 50 miles from my house to Pine Grove Furnace.

[Jeepocachers]

4.5 miles to Wind Rock, VA

[UnfamousK]

I live on the AT!!! Literally there is a white blaze on the telephone pole in front of my house....in Port Clinton, PA!!!!

[Pedaling Fool]

I'll answer as soon as the number of replies match the number of miles from my house to Amicalola Falls State Park. ;)Holy Crap! With the 207th post that is half-way to the number of miles from my house. Come on whiteblaze just another 207 posts and I'll let you all know how far I live from Amicalola falls SP. We can do it, yes we can :D

[jfarrell04]

301 miles from my front door to the point where the AT crosses I-77 just north of Bland, VA.

[ivylog]

10 miles to drive to Mountain Crossing at Neels Gap....not sure how far as "the crow hikes..." I'll check!

[Pottsalot]

I live about 2 hours from Grayson high lands state park and about 2.25 hours from Damascus

[HikerMom58]

I'm thru hiking right now (just passed Duncannon, PA), so technically zero miles - hey, I live 'here', right?

Less tongue in cheek answer, about 50 miles from my house to Pine Grove Furnace.

Hey Stink Bug... I remember talking to you... :) Love the name!!! Woo Hoo... just past Duncannon... WTG, SB!!! Get it!

[HikerMom58]

I live on the AT!!! Literally there is a white blaze on the telephone pole in front of my house....in Port Clinton, PA!!!!

Ok... UnfamousK... you are now famousK for living the closest to the trail.......that, my friend, is AWESOME!! When I do that section in PA, which is coming up next time (don't know when that will be, right now) I would LOVE to say Hi as I walk by.

[HikerMom58]

holy crap! With the 207th post that is half-way to the number of miles from my house. Come on whiteblaze just another 207 posts and i'll let you all know how far i live from amicalola falls sp. We can do it, yes we can :d

swa-eet!! :d

[Ezra]

About 4 miles from Cowall shelter area in Maryland.

[Bucketfoot]

Sorry Coach Lou, I didn't mean to ignore you, I haven't checked this thread for some time as you can see. Yep I am up by Lake Erie. PA is a fairly big state when going East to West. I drove to the trail at DWG a couple weeks ago and can't remember the miles but I think it was around 350.

[Feral Nature]

1,005 miles, I live in central Texas.

[hoffhiker]

191 miles from syracuse ny too the trail

[hobbs]

5 miles from Daleville

[fins1838]

75 minutes from I70 footbridge in MD.

[Carry-On]

Hi HikerMom!

I live about 2000 miles away, in Utah.

[MyName1sMud]

I don't know the exact mileage so i'll just give you the easy answer.

Too Far!

[DHiker]

About 40 miles from Queens NY

[Riocielo]

407 miles to Springer Mountain with an elevation gain from 25ft above sea level to 3780 feet above sea level. Obviously, no mountains where I live, but the kayaking is great!

[permagrin]

Back in about 1975, I grew up in Keys Gap, near Harpers Ferry, WVA. The AT ran right through our property, due to some confusion about property lines and survey markers. My father and I moved an old fence line back a hundred feet or so, so that the hikers would have full access to the trail and the spring (now long dried up) that was on "our" side. Dad was a big proponent of ecology, conservation and the outdoors generally. Heck, as an 8 or 9 year old, I was walking the trail before I knew where it started and ended, picking up trash from the (now long gone) shelter. Matter of fact, just a few hundred feet before you cross Route 9, at the WVA/VA line, look to your left, going NOBO and you will see a white house with a tennis court in the front yard. (Yes, a tennis court) That was my boyhood home, and pretty much the end of my NOBO hike in 2015. Goin' Home.

[saltysack]

440 miles........way to far....ocean but no mountains :(


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[Ricky&Jack]

62 miles from Springer (I'm near chattanooga)

[Dinendir]

I actually had to look it up, I live 4328.20 miles from Springer and 3213.08 miles from Katahdin

[rafe]

Too far. About a 2.5 hour drive heading either west or north. Wife and I are discussing where we want to live when we retire (hopefully soon!) and of course I'm arguing for a location much closer to the trail, maybe somewhere in the Berkshires.

[SawnieRobertson]

My home is 3.7 miles from 3 different trailheads in SW Virginia. There is talk of my putting it on the market within the next 18 months sometime.

[Yankytyke]

7 miles or 20 minutes from the RT 40 trailhead. Hence I hike the AT more than nothing else.

[RockDoc]

5 hrs by plane, but it hasn't stopped us from flying to Maine (twice), Atlanta, and BWI (many times) primarily to hike parts of the AT, often for the 2d or 3rd time. Coming again in Oct 2014 for two weeks.

[Gorgiewave]

It's 4,320 miles from Madrid to Atlanta so about that to Springer.

[Patrickjd9]

Pasted from a previous thread on the subject:

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

[misprof]

131 miles from Rock Fish Gap.

[Grampsb]

Live in Stoney Creek Tn about 10 miles from the AT and TN91, 15 from AT, 15 miles from 421 and AT (TN) and 30 miles from Dennis Cove Trail head (Hampton Tn)

["Macgyver"]

I'm a short 25 min. drive from the James River foot bridge in Big Island, VA

[dbright]

Even farther from Illinois

[Stash]

About 4 minute drive to ashby gap 10 minutes to linden trailhead

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[Traveler]

I am about 20 minutes from the Rt 4 crossing at Cornwall Bridge CT at the closest.

[Robb871]

Sadly...about 4 hours via back roads...ugh


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[mcgrabo]

We live about 3 miles from the LT/At where it crosses Route 140 in Wallingford, VT. I take a short walk on the trail about every day. Meet a Sobo today, Buckeye. He was doing great and in great spirits.

[jjozgrunt]

Direct line - about 9063 miles.

[Havana]

35 miles to the Route 55 trail crossing

[bronconite]

4 miles...

[Deacon]

800 miles to the nearest point

[dangerdave]

I'm jealous of those who live close to the AT...

I'm 400 miles from Harper's Ferry, WV.

[runt13]

80 miles from my mailbox to the PA / NJ boarder were the AT crosses RT 80.

RUNT ''13''

[runt13]

However if I close my eyes I would swear I could reach out and touch it!

RUNT ''13''

[CrumbSnatcher]

Too Damn far! thanks for reminding me