Most photographed location on the AT??

[Jeff]

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]

Newfound Gap, millions of people in cars.

[Tinker]

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]

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.

[Reid]

I think McAfee is on the WB homepage

[MintakaCat]

My vote is the NC/GA state line.

[flemdawg1]

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]

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]

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]

McAfee. No contest.

[jersey joe]

Yeah, McAfee is the first thing that popped into my head too.

[2rjs]

My vote is McAfee

[paddler]

springer summit where most hikers start and are most exsited

[Blissful]

McAfee for sure but we tried to get a picture at every state line.

[Kirby]

Springer
McAfee's Knob
Katahdin

[Ghosthiker]

What about the tree at Bly Gap? I have seen it many times because it's the first state line crossed.

[The Old Fhart]

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]

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.

[snowhoe]

I think the hog pen gap rock. Everyone has that picture, even me

[MOWGLI]

Delaware Bay.