NY/NJ Appalachian Trail Guide #104

Features

• This item is a paperback book with maps
• ATC Map & Guide set for Appalachian Trail in New Jersey and New York
• Easy to use and comprehensive - trail descriptions and mileage data for hiking North or South
• Multi color maps printed on waterproof, tear resistant paper
• Includes a ziploc bag to keep the maps and book clean and dry while hiking
• Includes - all sorts of other additional info, like side trails and more....
• This is a superb trail guide, an essential resource for anyone planning to hike on the Appalachian Trail, through New York and New Jersey.
• The publisher, the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference, maintains this section of the AT and was instrumental in creating the AT in 1922.
• Some facts: •160 miles of trail maintained by 138 Trail Conference volunteers and member groups.
• Difficulty: Easy to Strenuous
• Covers 174 miles from Kent, Connecticut, to Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area on the New Jersey-Pennsylvania line.
• Book and four 4-color topographic maps (two sheets) with elevation profiles; scale, 1:63,360. 280 pages.
• The Appalachian Trail, known by hikers as the AT, runs from Springer Mountain in Georgia to Mount Katahdin in Maine, a distance of about 2,160 miles.
• In the New York-New Jersey region, it runs more than 160 miles, from the Delaware Water Gap to Connecticut.
• The trail is uniformly marked with a 2" x 6" white-painted, vertical blaze.
• The first section of the AT was built by volunteers of the NY-NJ Trail Conference in 1922-23, from the Bear Mountain Bridge (it opened in 1924) to the Ramapo River south of Arden in Harriman-Bear Mountain State Parks.
• The AT was designated a National Scenic Trail by Congress in 1968.
• The AT and a protective corridor are managed cooperatively by the National Park Service and the nonprofit Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC).
• The ATC delegates maintenance responsibilities to member trail clubs, including the NY-NJ Trail Conference, along the length of the trail.
• The Appalachian Trail Guide to New York-New Jersey and similar guides for other states describe the trail in great detail, with comments about trail features every few tenths of a mile.
• These guides are revised every three to five years.
• The Appalachian Trail Data Book, published by the Appalachian Trail Conservancy, is revised yearly and covers the whole trail in fewer than 100 pages.

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