isolated section hike!

[beachbunny]

folks, last summer I ran boats and backpacked all through glacier national park. This summer I'm running boats for the tourist season at the beach in ocean s##itty,md.
the season kicks of memorial day (ohjoy)
what is a good isolated section to walk between GA and MD before the then?
thanks,BB

[Oak88]

Smokys http://www.hikinginthesmokys.com/appalachiantrail.htm

[johnnybgood]

Isolation on the AT will be hard to find especially now that spring has arrived.
Not only do we have thru hikers on the trail but also section & weekend hikers.

[excuses]

Hot Springs to Damascus

[beachbunny]

now that is sounding better.
I know it's gonna be tough and glacier definitely spoiled me but I figure I have a month to burn

[Kingbee]

Check out the Tuscarora Trail. Starts from Shenandoah NP and goes west to WV then north into Pa. Great hiking on a much less traveled trail.

[fiddlehead]

Check out the Tuscarora Trail. Starts from Shenandoah NP and goes west to WV then north into Pa. Great hiking on a much less traveled trail.

That was my original thought^

Also, Loyalsock trail in PA (only a 3 day hike though)

You're too early for the really good stuff in the east: NH and ME

I hope you don't expect anything to compare to Glacier though.
That's as good as it gets.

[johnnybgood]

Check out the Tuscarora Trail. Starts from Shenandoah NP and goes west to WV then north into Pa. Great hiking on a much less traveled trail.

Strangely enough, the Tuscarora also came to mind but I wasn't sure if OP wanted isolation like this .
Maps for this trail can be bought at REI .
www.rei.com/product/648867/patc-map-k-tu...

[fredmugs]

Check out the American Discovery Trail.

[DavidNH]

for how long a period of time? how isolated? Off top of my head my votes would be for GSNP or for Shenandoah Natl Park (not isolated but quite beautiful.

[rafe]

I'm not sure I'd recommend either the Smokies or Shenandoah as "isolated" bits of the AT. Normally I'd recommend Maine for that honor. But in the southern AT.... hmmm. From relatively recent memory, I kinda enjoyed the stretch between Waynesboro and Cloverdale/Troutville. Had it pretty much to myself.

[Spirit Walker]

Or go to the Shenandoahs and make a loop using trails other than the AT as well as the AT. It isn't hard to do as there are a lot of trails that drop off the ridge.

If you're willing to go up into PA, the Quehanna or Susquehannock Trails are good loops, 60 and 80 miles long. They aren't generally very busy and the country they go through is really nice. I like the Donut Hole too, but it is a linear trail.

[beachbunny]

fiddlehead , I had wanted to go back up to glacier after the season but time is limited so I think i'll take ur idea and head up north to get away from the tourist madness but I did want to see the elk go into rut again the way I did last fall. that was way cool!
thanks for all the ideas folks,
any walkers have exprience in monngahela? I did not realize it wa milioacre spread, heck ,that is the size of glacier.
thanks again,BB

[beachbunny]

meant to say, million acre spread! BB

[flemdawg1]

For a month of isolation: BMT then MTS.

[Marmaduke]

fiddlehead , I had wanted to go back up to glacier after the season but time is limited so I think i'll take ur idea and head up north to get away from the tourist madness but I did want to see the elk go into rut again the way I did last fall. that was way cool!
thanks for all the ideas folks,
any walkers have exprience in monngahela? I did not realize it wa milioacre spread, heck ,that is the size of glacier.
thanks again,BB

Mon nat'l forest is fantastic. Try to incorporate the trails in the Spruce Knob area into something if you can, you won't regret it.