How fair do you live from the trail

[mdjeeper]

from where I am in MA it takes me between 3 and 7 hours to get to the trail depending on where I want to get on at

[Doctari]

The closest the trail comes to me is about 200+ miles, I have almost hiked to that point :-)

Cincinnati is too damn far from the trail.

SIGH.

Doctari.

[Chip]

I am 30 to 45 minutes from the AT. Just depends where I start the trail. I am a member of Carolina Mtn. Club and help maintain 3.5 miles of the 92 mile section of the AT that the club is responsible for. I really enjoy working on &
hiking on the trail. My wife and I are section hikers.

[Mini-Mosey]

Presently, I live quite close to a number of AT trailheads in Maryland, West Virginia, and Northern Virginia. I will be moving at the end of the month to Carroll County, Maryland, but I'll still be pretty close to Maryland and West Virginia trailheads(approximately an hour).

[Texas Dreamer]

The problem around here are the hours involved just getting across Texas!
As to the interest in the AT over the others, I suppose the fame brought it to my awareness at a younger age--more time to form daydreams.

[zammy]

I'm in Israel, let me see now: 2 hours to get to the airport, 3 hours security check,12 hours flight to NY, 2 hours delay, 2(?) hours to Atlanta, 2 (?) hours to the approach trail=23 hours at least , I don't know know exactly how many thousands of miles.

[BlackCloud]

40 minutes from Harper's Ferry, one of the coolest towns around..........But I have several hours of driving to get to a stretch of AT I've not done yet...

[MisterSweetie]

I live probably 7 hours from the nearest point on the AT, but I'm interviewing for a job on Monday that would put me much MUCH closer.

[fishinfred]

I'm definetly too far away here in Mi. but hope to be based in Damascus next fall,I love it around there but its going to be hard to beat you L.Wolf ,60 yrds? Must be nice
Fishinfred

[PROFILE]

Lone Wolf has me beat but every morning I can wake up and see it from the back porch.

[Flash Hand]

2,000 miles from Arizona to Georgia. I made Southwest Airline hundred bucks richer.

Flash Hand

[Sarge]

I live 300 miles away and a 6 hour drive and I LIVE in Georgia!!! I'm about the same distance from Florida as Springer is from North Carolina. It's almost depressing to be in the same state as the trail starts in and still be so far away.

[Magic City]

I'm in Millinocket, Maine; about 20 minutes from Baxter State Park.

[Askus3]

My location states exactly how far. The nearest road crossing/trailhead is the AT crossing of NY 17A between Warwick & Greenwood Lake.

[SGT Rock]

I was a few states away, now I live about 3 miles straight line distance from Smoky Mountain National Park. I can be at Newfound Gap in about 1-1.5 hours depending on tourist traffic.

[smokymtnsteve]

as soon as I get moved to healy ak I'll be over 4,400 road miles away from springer.

[Toolshed]

I used to live 16 miles as the crow flies and 18 miles by car from Wind Gap. The great thing was from the hill we lived on I could see the Entire Blue Mountain from the Lehigh Gap to the DWG and wonder who was hiking along it every day. It also made it easy to stop along the trail after work with my little on and bring in some cold sodas to Leroy Smith and the Kirkridge shelters.

Now we live 70 miles away from it in the Berkshires and 100 miles from it where it crosses Mount Mondadnock. On the bright side, I a only a few minutes from the Midstate Trail and Mt Wachusett!!!!

[c.coyle]

A 20 minute drive to 501 Shelter or Swatara Gap. Never far from the rocks.

[Nameless]

I have to cross the PCT and CDT to get to the AT. If I was hiking on the southern end of the trail I would cross the ADT as well.

Seattle is much too far away from the AT.

Try living in Alaska... Thats pretty far...

But then we have a million and two other GREAT trails, and all the ones you make yourself (some areas like Denali National Park you are not allowed to make or use defined trails, you must find your own, and it is wonderful)

Pink

[saimyoji]

Good GOD! How can the govt expect you to make your OWN trails in life?