Appalachian Trail

Cloudy skies Killington Mountain

.View from Appalachian Trail, Vermont. Photo by Dennis Wilkinson/Flickr

The Appalachian Trail is one of America’s great success stories and an amazing outdoor legacy. The 2,179-mile trail runs the length of the country, from Georgia to Maine, crossing through some of the country’s most scenic landscapes—from mountains to forests to untouched wilderness. Conceived and created by private citizens, the trail is a privately managed part of the national park system and is still maintained by volunteers.

The Conservation Fund has worked to conserve land in several states to protect public access to the trail and to ensure that future generations will be able to experience the trail as we do today.

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