My Hiking Itinerary

Obviously, that is a map of the Appalachian Trail. As I mentioned earlier, I do have a day-by-day, mile-by-mile itinerary, but in all reality, I will likely veer from that schedule within the first week. I do still have a general idea of when I would like to be in certain areas:

• NC/TN - I will cross the GA-NC border after a week or so on the trail, after about 80 miles in GA. The trail comes into NC near Franklin. I will be in and out of NC (along the TN border) for the next month or so.
• VA - The trail goes directly through only a few towns along the way. One of them, arguably the most popular, is Damascus, VA. I plan to be there after 5-6 weeks of hiking, sometime in late May. I will be in VA for a whopping 550 miles, over a quarter of the trail, the most for any state on the AT.
• WV - Another important stop on the AT is Harpers Ferry, WV. Similar to Damascus, the trail goes directly through Harpers Ferry, which is considered the unofficial halfway point of the AT. It is also the location of the Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC) Headquarters. The ATC is the not-for-profit corporation that maintains the AT. I will be there sometime in late June. Also, Harpers Ferry is only a short hour and 15 minute drive or an hour and 45 minute train ride to Washington, DC.
• ME - Hopefully, I will be hiking into Maine around mid- or late-August, and finishing atop Mt. Katahdin sometime in early or mid-September.

Those are the main locations that a lot of people were wondering about, but for those of you who might be a tad too lazy to read the above, here is a short breakdown:

• GA - 76 miles - Mid April
• NC/TN - 383 miles - Late April
• VA - 550 miles - Late May
• WV - 4 miles (aww, poor West Virginia) - Late June
• MD - 41 miles - Late June
• PA - 230 miles - Early July
• NJ - 72 miles - Mid July
• NY - 88 miles - Mid July
• CT - 52 miles - Late July
• MA - 90 miles - Late July
• VT - 150 miles - Early August
• NH - 161 miles - Mid August
• ME - 281 miles - Late August

Again, these aren't going to be exactly correct. 

Adam

PS. Sorry for these posts being so long, I'm just really ready to get started and have way too much free time.