Mileages

  • 2/18: Amicalola Falls SPVC to mile 5.0 of approach trail; 5.0 miles.
  • 2/19: Hightower Gap +; AT mile 9.9; 12.9 miles.
  • 2/20: Dockery Lake Trail -; AT mile 23.0; 10.1 miles.
  • 2/21: Cowrock Mt. -; AT mile 35.6; 12.6 miles.
  • 2/22: Former Rocky Knob Shelter;  AT mile 49.2; 13.6 miles.
  • 2/23: Swag of the Blue Ridge; AT mile 61.9; 12.7 miles.
  • 2/24: Dicks Creek Gap (Hostel); AT mile 69.3; 7.4 miles.
  • 2/25: spring;  AT mile 76.0; 6.7 miles.
  • 2/26: Standing Indian Mt.; AT mile 87.5; 11.5 miles.
  • 2/27: Long Branch Shelter;  AT mile 102.3; 14.8 miles.
  • 2/28: Wayah Bald Shelter; AT mile 120.5; 18.2 miles.
  • 3/1: Nantahala Outdoor Center;  AT mile 137.0; 16.5 miles.
  • 3/3:  Swim Bald; AT mile 142.8; 5.8 miles.
  • 3/4:  Hogback Gap -; AT mile 154.0; 11.2 miles.
  • 3/5:  Throne-shaped rock +; AT mile 168.0; 14.0 miles.
  • 3/6:  Spence Field Shelter; AT mile 182.9; 14.9 miles.
  • 3/7:  Silers Bald Shelter; AT mile 194.7; 11.8 miles.
  • 3/8:  Newfound Gap; AT mile 206.8; 12.1 miles.
  • 3/18:  Ridge top @ 5,500 ft. elevation; AT mile 213.0; 6.2 miles.
  • 3/19:  Cosby Knob Shelter; AT mile 229.6; 16.6 miles.
  • 3/20:  Painter Branch; AT mile 242.4; 12.8 miles.
  • 3/21:  Stream; AT mile 255.9; 13.5 miles.
  • 3/22:  Ridge top @ 2,900 ft. elevation; AT mile 268.5; 12.6 miles.
  • 3/23:  Hot Springs North Carolina; AT mile 273.4; 4.9 miles.
  • 3/24:  Rich Mountain; AT mile 281.7; 8.3 miles.
  • 3/25:  Little Laurel Shelter +; AT mile 293.5; 11.8 miles.
  • 3/26:  Flint Gap; AT mile 306.3; 12.8 miles.
  • 3/27:  Meadow; AT mile 320.0; 13.7 miles.
  • 3/28:  Stream; AT mile 336.1; 16.1 miles.
  • 3/29:  Erwin TN; AT mile 342.7; 6.6 miles.
  • 3/30 – 4/13: Recovering from broken collar bone.
  • 4/14:  Curley Maple Gap; AT mile 347.0; 4.3 miles.
  • 4/15:  Unaka Mountain; AT mile 356.5; 9.5 miles.
  • 4/16:  Clyde Smith Shelter; AT mile 368.9; 12.4 miles.
  • 4/17:  Campsite; AT mile 381.9; 12.2 miles.
  • 4/18:  US 19E (Roan Mtn, TN); AT mile 393.7; 11.8 miles.
  • 4/20:  Bench; AT mile 406.0; 12.7 miles.
  • 4/21:  Dennis Cove Rd; AT mile 418.2; 12.2 miles.
  • 4/22:  US 321; AT mile 427.0; 8.8 miles.
  • 4/24:  Old apple orchard (Black Bear Inn); AT mile 441.0; 14 miles.
  • 4/25:  Locust Knob; AT mile 452.1; 11.1 miles.
  • 4/26:  Knoll; AT mile 467.5; 15.4 miles.
  • 4/27:  Saunders Shelter; AT mile 478.5; 11 miles.
  • 4/28:  VA 600; AT mile 493.2; 14.7 miles.
  • 4/29:  Old Orchard Shelter; AT mile 509.2; 16.0 miles.
  • 4/30:  Stream; AT mile 525.7; 16.5 miles.
  • 5/1:  Mt. Rogers Visitor Center (Marion, VA); AT mile 532.6; 6.9 miles.
  • 5/3:  VA 683 (Relax Inn); AT mile 544.0; 11.4 miles.
  • 5/4:  Lynn Camp Creek; AT mile 560.1; 16.1 miles.
  • 5/5:  Davis Farm; AT mile 575.3; 15.2 miles.
  • 5/6:  Laurel Creek; AT mile 583.2; 6.9 miles.
  • 5/7:  Spring; AT mile 594.8; 11.6 miles.
  • 5/8:  Dismal Creek; AT mile 614.2; 19.4 miles.
  • 5/9:  Spring; AT mile 628.8; 14.6 miles.
  • 5/10:  Cross Ave (Pearisburg, VA); AT mile 634.3; 5.5 miles.
  • 5/13:  Symms Gap; AT mile 647.0; 12.7 miles.
  • 5/14:  VA 613; AT mile 662.3; 15.3 miles.
  • 5/15:  Keffer Oak; AT mile 676.8; 14.5 miles.
  • 5/16:  Audie Murphy Monument; AT mile 692.0; 15.2 miles.
  • 5/17:  Catawba Creek; AT mile 705.3; 13.3 miles.
  • 5/18:  Lamberts Meadow; AT mile 718.7; 13.4 miles.
  • 5/19:  US 220 (Daleville, VA); AT mile 728.1; 9.4 miles.
  • 5/21:  Wilson Creek Shelter; AT mile 739.3; 11.2 miles.
  • 5/22:  Cove Mountain Shelter; AT mile 753.1; 13.8 miles.
  • 5/23:  Cornelius Creek Shelter; AT mile 765.0; 11.9 miles.
  • 5/24:  Big Cove Branch; AT mile 782.0; 17.0 miles.
  • 5/25: Matts Creek (not fordable); AT mile 782.7; 0.7 miles (plus 6-mile backtrack).
  • 5/26:  Punchbowl Shelter; AT mile 795.4; 12.7 miles (plus 3-mile backtrack).
  • 5/27:  Cow Camp Gap Shelter; AT mile 810.5; 15.1 miles.
  • 5/28:  Spy Rock Road; AT mile 823.0; 12.5 miles.
  • 5/29:  Roadbed; AT mile 833.3; 10.3 miles.
  • 5/30:  Laurel Springs Gap; AT mile 848.5; 15.2 miles.
  • 5/31:  Rockfish Gap (Waynesboro, VA); AT mile 861.9; 13.4 miles.
  • 6/2:  Calf Mountain Shelter; AT mile 869.6; 7.7 miles.
  • 6/3:  Blackrock; AT mile 883.1; 13.5 miles.
  • 6/4:  Weaver Mountain; AT mile 896.8; 13.7 miles.
  • 6/5:  Baldface Mountain; AT mile 912.0; 15.2 miles.
  • 6/6:  Rock Spring Hut; AT mile 927.9; 15.9 miles.
  • 6/7:  Pass Mountain Hut; AT mile 943.2; 15.3 miles.
  • 6/8:  North Marshall Mountain; AT mile 959.2; 16.0 miles.
  • 6/9:  US 522 (Front Royal, VA); AT mile 970.0; 10.8 miles.
  • 6/11:  Dicks Dome Shelter; AT mile 984.9; 14.9 miles.
  • 6/12:  Sam Moore Shelter; AT mile 1,000.2; 15.3 miles.
  • 6/13:  Roadbed; AT mile 1,015.7; 15.4 miles.
  • 6/14:  Harpers Ferry, WV; AT mile 1,023.7; 8.0 miles.
  • 6/15:  Rocky Run Shelters, MD; AT mile 1,039.1; 15.4 miles.
  • 6/16:  Ensign Cowall Shelter; AT mile 1,054.8; 15.7 miles.
  • 6/17:  Falls Creek Campsite, PA; AT mile 1,065.2; 10.4 miles (plus 3.0 resupply).
  • 6/18:  Rocky Mt. Shelters; AT mile 1,080.5; 15.3 miles.
  • 6/19:  Dead Woman’s Hollow Road; AT mile 1,095.2; 14.7 miles.
  • 6/20:  AT Museum, Pine Grove Furnace State Park; AT mile 1,102.3; 7.1 miles

We “flipped” to Mt. Katahdin to begin hiking the second half of our journey south bound.

 

  • 7/4:  Katahdin Stream Campground (climbed Mt. Katahdin); AT mile 5.2; 10.4 miles.
  • 7/5:  Abol Pines Campground; AT mile 15.9; 10.7 miles.
  • 7/6:  Rainbow Stream Lean-to; AT mile 30.1; 14.2 miles.
  • 7/7:  Nahmakanta Lake; AT mile 38.6; 8.5 miles.
  • 7/8:  Antlers Campsite; AT mile 51.8; 13.2 miles.
  • 7/9:  East Branch Lean-to; AT mile 67.8; 16.0 miles.
  • 7/10:  Carl A. Newhall Lean-to; AT mile 79.0; 12.2 miles.
  • 7/11:  Chairback Gap Lean-to; AT mile 88.5; 11.5 miles.
  • 7/12:  Long Pond Stream Lean-to; AT mile 100.0; 11.5 miles.
  • 7/13:  North Pond outlet; AT mile 110.7; 10.7 miles.
  • 7/14:  ME 15 (Monson, ME); AT mile 114.5; 3.8 miles.
  • 7/16:  Horseshoe Canyon Lean-to; AT mile 124.5; 10.0 miles.
  • 7/17:  Moxie Bald Mountain Lean-to; AT mile 132.4; 7.9 miles.
  • 7/18:  Pleasant Pond Mountain; AT mile 143.5; 11.1 miles.
  • 7/19:  US 201 (Caratunk, ME); AT mile 151.2; 7.7 miles.
  • 7/20:  East Carry Pond; AT mile 161.5; 10.3 miles.
  • 7/21:  Little Bigelow Lean-to; AT mile 172.9; 11.4 miles.
  • 7/22:  Horns Pond Lean-to; AT mile 183.1; 10.2 miles.
  • 7/23:  ME 27 (Stratton, ME); AT mile 188.2; 5.1 miles.
  • 7/25:  South Branch Carrabassett River; AT mile 196.6; 8.4 miles.
  • 7/26:  Poplar Ridge; AT mile 207.5; 10.9 miles.
  • 7/27:  Piazza Rock Lean-to; AT mile 218.6; 11.1 miles.
  • 7/28:  ME 4 (Rangeley, ME); AT mile 220.4; 1.8 miles.
  • 7/29:  Sabbath Day Pond; AT mile 229.8; 9.4 miles.
  • 7/30:  Bemis Stream Trail; AT mile 240.8; 11.0 miles.
  • 7/31:  Hall Mountain Lean-to; AT mile 250.9; 10.1 miles.
  • 8/1:  East B Hill Rd (Andover, ME); AT mile 256.9; 6.0 miles.
  • 8/2:  Grafton Notch; AT mile 267.2; 10.3 miles (slacked northwards).
  • 8/3:  Mahoosuc Notch (north end); AT mile 274.2; 6.8 miles.
  • 8/4:  Carlo Col Campsite; AT mile 281.3; 7.1 miles.
  • 8/5:  Trident Col Campsite; AT mile 291.4; 10.1 miles.
  • 8/6:  US 2 (Gorham, NH); AT mile 298.3; 6.9 miles.
  • 8/7:  Imp Campsite; AT mile 306.3; 8.0 miles.
  • 8/8:  Spring; AT mile 312.8; 6.5 miles.
  • 8/9:  Pinkham Notch; AT mile 319.4; 6.6 miles.
  • 8/10:  Madison Spring VW tent site; AT mile 327.2; 7.8 miles.
  • 8/11:  Ravine near Lake of the Clouds Hut; AT mile 334.4; 7.2 miles.
  • 8/12:  Crawford Notch; AT mile 345.4; 11.0 miles.
  • 8/13:  Zeacliff Mtn.; AT mile 354.3; 8.9 miles.
  • 8/14:  Garfield Pond; AT mile 363.8; 9.5 miles.
  • 8/15:  Franconia Notch (Lincoln, NH); AT mile 373.1; 9.3 miles.
  • 8/17:  Eliza Brook Shelter; AT mile 381.9; 8.8 miles.
  • 8/18:  Beaver Brook; AT mile 389.6; 7.7 miles.
  • 8/19:  NH 25 (Glencliff, NH); AT mile 398.7; 9.1 miles.
  • 8/20:  Hexacuba Shelter; AT mile 413.5; 14.8 miles.
  • 8/21:  Holt’s Ledge; AT mile 426.1; 12.6 miles.
  • 8/22:  Trescott Rd; AT mile 438.0; 11.9 miles.
  • 8/23:  Hanover, NH; AT mile 442.1; 4.1 miles.
  • 8/26:  Podunk Rd; AT mile 450.6; 8.5 miles.
  • 8/27:  Pomfret Rd; AT mile 460.7; 10.1 miles.
  • 8/28:  Stream; AT mile 474.1; 13.4 miles.
  • 8/29:  Kent Pond (Killington, VT); AT mile 485.1; 11.0 miles.
  • 8/30:  Cooper Lodge Shelter; AT mile 495.3; 10.2 miles.
  • 8/31:  Clarendon Shelter; AT mile 505.7; 10.4 miles.
  • 9/1:  Old Job Shelter; AT mile 522.7; 17.0 miles.
  • 9/2:  VT 11 (Manchester Center, VT next morning); AT mile 539.1; 16.4 miles.
  • 9/4:  Stratton-Arlington Rd; AT mile 556.6; 17.5 miles (slacked northwards).
  • 9/6:  Glastenbury Mt; AT mile 568.8; 12.2 miles.
  • 9/7:  Harmon Hill; AT mile 581.0; 12.2 miles.
  • 9/8:  Petes Spring; AT mile 596.0; 15.0 miles.
  • 9/9:  Mt Greylock; AT mile 603.9; 7.9 miles.
  • 9/10:  Stream; AT mile 615.0; 11.1 miles.
  • 9/11:  Blotz Rd; AT mile 628.0; 13.0 miles.
  • 9/12:  Higley Brook; AT mile 642.3; 14.3 miles.
  • 9/13:  East Brook; AT mile 654.0; 11.7 miles.
  • 9/14:  Blue Hill Rd (Great Barrington, MA); AT mile 659.6; 5.6 miles.
  • 9/17:  US 7 ; AT mile 669.2; 9.6 miles.
  • 9/18:  Laurel Ridge Campsite; AT mile 682.1; 12.9 miles.
  • 9/19:  Giants Thumb; AT mile 693.6; 11.5 miles.
  • 9/20:  Caesar Rd; AT mile 708.8; 15.2 miles.
  • 9/21:  Numeral Rock Trail; AT mile 721.0; 12.2 miles.
  • 9/22:  Ten Mile River; AT mile 731.1; 10.1 miles.
  • 9/23:  West Mt; AT mile 744.3; 13.2 miles.
  • 9/24:  NY 52; AT mile 755.7; 11.4 miles.
  • 9/25:  Clarence Fahnestock SP; AT mile 765.8; 10.1 miles.
  • 9/26:  Graymoor Spiritual Life Center; AT mile 779.6; 13.8 miles.
  • 9/27:  Bear Mt Bridge (Fort Montgomery, NY); AT mile 786.0; 6.4 miles.
  • 10/3:  West Mountain; AT mile 792.3; 6.3 miles.
  • 10/4:  Surebridge Brook; AT mile 802.0; 9.7 miles.
  • 10/5:  Fitzgerald Falls; AT mile 812.5; 10.5 miles.
  • 10/6:  Prospect Rock; AT mile 823.4; 10.9 miles.
  • 10/7:  Pochuck Mountain; AT mile 838.6; 15.2 miles.
  • 10/8:  NJ 23 (Port Jervis, NY); AT mile 853.5; 14.9 miles.
  • 10/10:  Sunrise Mountain Rd; AT mile 866.5; 13.0 miles.
  • 10/11:  Rattlesnake Spring; AT mile 882.7; 16.2 miles.
  • 10/12:  PA 611 (Delaware Water Gap, PA); AT mile 896.2; 13.5 miles.
  • 10/14:  Private road; AT mile 906.0; 9.8 miles.
  • 10/15:  Leroy A. Smith Shelter; AT mile 916.3; 10.3 miles.
  • 10/16:  Power line tower; AT mile 927.7; 11.4 miles.
  • 10/17:  North Trail; AT mile 935.1; 7.4 miles.
  • 10/18:  Allentown Hiking Club Shelter; AT mile 949.9; 14.8 miles.
  • 10/19:  Pulpit Rock; AT mile 965.4; 15.5 miles.
  • 10/20:  Port Clinton, PA; AT mile 972.0; 6.6 miles.
  • 10/21:  Sand Spring Trail; AT mile 981.6; 9.6 miles.
  • 10/22:  Pilger Ruh; AT mile 995.6; 14.0 miles.
  • 10/23:  PA 443; AT mile 1,008.9; 13.3 miles.
  • 10/24:  Rattling Run; AT mile 1,021.1; 12.2 miles.
  • 10/25:  Powerline; AT mile 1,035.2; 14.1 miles.
  • 10/26:  Duncannon, PA; AT mile 1,042.6; 7.4 miles.
  • 10/28:  Sherwood Drive; AT mile 1,056.8; 14.2 miles (slacked northwards).
  • 10/30:  Boiling Springs, PA; AT mile 1,068.2; 12.6 miles.
  • 10/31:  Hunters Run Rd, AT mile 1,079.0; 10.8 miles.
  • 11/1:  AT Museum, Pine Grove Furnace State Park; AT mile 1,087.5; 8.5 miles.

We completed our flip-flop thru-hike.  We hiked 194 out of 256 days (76%).  Total mileage, including approaches but not side trips, was 2,203.  We averaged 12.8 miles per hiking day.