In addition to Damascus, VA and Hot Springs, NC, what are some other towns that the A.T. goes right through the town?
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In addition to Damascus, VA and Hot Springs, NC, what are some other towns that the A.T. goes right through the town?
Harper's Ferry, Duncannon
Boiling Springs and Port Clinton, PA; Hanover, NH
Dalton, MA
Delaware Water Gap,PA
Daleville VA
I would add Pearisburg, Va. to the list. The trail may not go right down Main Street, but it does go through the town limits, crosses several of the town's streets, and hikers can access many of the town's resources with minimal or no deviation from the AT.
cheshire, ma
and does crossing one fairly major road where there are services within sight of the trail count as "through town"? if so theres oodles more.
This is the list of towns for which there is a map in The A.T. Guide, listed south to north. These might be considered the “primary” trail towns, though there’s more than any one thru-hiker would visit. I put a * in front of the ones that the trail goes right through. The trail skirts Wind Gap, PA and Salisbury, CT. It goes between Elk Park/Roan Mtn, Bear Mtn/Fort Montgomery, and Williamstown/N. Adams and some “stuff” is very near the trailhead. An even longer list of trail towns would be the list of POs: http://theatguide.com/PostOffices.html
Hiawassee, GA
Franklin, NC
Fontana Village, NC
Gatlinburg, TN
*Hot Springs, NC
Erwin, TN
Roan Mtn, TN
Elk Park, TN
Hampton, TN
*Damascus, VA
Marion, VA / Troutdale, VA (area map)
*Atkins, VA
*Pearisburg, VA
*Daleville, VA
Buena Vista, VA
Waynesboro, VA
Luray, VA
Front Royal, VA
*Harpers Ferry, WV
Waynesboro, PA / Blue Ridge Summit, PA / Cascade, MD (area map)
*Boiling Springs, PA
*Duncannon, PA
Lickdale, PA
Pine Grove / Bethel, PA (area)
*Port Clinton, PA
Hamburg, PA
Slatington / Walnutport, PA
Palmerton, PA
Wind Gap, PA
*Delaware Water Gap, PA
*Branchville, NJ
Unionville, NY
Greenwood Lake, NY
Fort Montgomery & Bear Mtn, NY
Kent, CT
Falls Village, CT
Salisbury, CT
Great Barrington, MA
*Dalton, MA
*Cheshire, MA
Williamstown, MA
North Adams, MA
Bennington, VT
Manchester Center, VT
Rutland, VT
Killington, VT (area)
*Hanover, NH
North Woodstock & Lincoln, NH
Gorham, NH
Rangeley, ME
Stratton, ME
Monson, ME
Millinocket, ME
Carlisle, PA with the great bridge over Hwy 11.
West Hartford, VT--was it omitted intentionally because of Irene damage last fall? Nothing was open when we hiked through last October--is that still the case?
Laurie P.
The West Hartford PO and Library are closed and I was told (just a couple weeks ago) that neither would be open this summer. The Village store *is* open and, since the PO is closed, they've added maildrops to their list of services.
Good to know, AWOL.