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Appalachian Trail Complete Map Set. This set includes all of the maps listed below, plus the Maine guidebook (Maine maps are not available separately). Includes a 10% set discount.
A.T. Guide to Maine. Covers 281 miles from Katahdin in Baxter State Park to the New Hampshire state line. Includes planning guide and seven four-color, 1:62,500-scale topographic maps with elevation profiles and Trail descriptions. Published by the Maine Appalachian Trail Club. 172 pages.
A.T. Guide to New Hampshire-Vermont. Covers 322 miles from Grafton Notch, Maine to North Adams, Massachusetts, including the White Mountains and the southern 100 miles of the Long Trail. Eight four-color topographic maps with elevation profiles; scale 1:62,500. 250 pages. ISBN 0-917953-51-7.
A.T. Guide to Massachusetts - Connecticut. Covers 142 miles from the Vermont line to the Connecticut-New York line near Kent, Connecticut. It includes side trails in the northern Berkshires. Five four-color topographic maps with elevation profiles; scale 1:38,750. 148 pages. ISBN 0-917953-75-4.
A.T. Guide to New York - New Jersey. Covers 162 miles from Kent, Connecticut to the Delaware Water Gap national Recreation Area, Pennsylvania. Six four-color topographic maps with elevation profiles; scale 1:36,000. 205 pages. ISBN 0-917953-49-5.
A.T. Guide to Pennsylvania. Covers 232 miles from Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area to the town of Pen Mar on the Maryland border. Twelve black-and-white topographic strip maps with elevation profiles; scale 1:95,040. Published by the Keystone Trails Association. 216 pages.
A.T. Guide to Maryland - Northern Virginia. Covers Maryland, the eastern panhandle of West Virginia, and norther Virginia - 95 miles from Pen Mar on the Pennsylvania border to the entrance to Shenandoah National Park near Front Royal, Virginia. Includes three five-color topographic maps with elevation profiles; scale 1:62,500. Published by the Potomac Appalachian Trail Club. 198 pages. ISBN 0-915746-48-4.
A.T. Guide to Shenandoah National Park. Covers 107 miles through the park and 400 miles of side trails, from near Front Royal, Virginia to near Waynesboro, Virginia. Includes three five-color topographic maps with elevation profiles; scale 1:63,360. Published by the Potomac Appalachian Trail Club. 366 pages.
A.T. Guide to Central Virginia. Covers 220 miles from near Waynesboro, Virginia to Pearisburg, Virginia, including parts of the George Washington and Jefferson National Forests and the North Mountain Trail. Includes six five-color USFS/ATC topographic maps with elevation profiles; scale 1:63,360. 300 pages.
A.T. Guide to Southwest Virginia. Covers 162 miles from Pearisburg, Virginia to the Tennessee border south of Damascus, Virginia, including parts of the Jefferson National Forest. Also includes the Mt. Rogers National Recreation Area and the Iron Mountain Trail. The guide/map set includes two maps covering the trail section covered in the guide. 148 pages.
A.T. Guide to Tennessee - North Carolina. Covers 286 miles from teh Tennessee line near Damascus, Virginia to the southern end of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park at Fontana Dam, North Carolina. It includes part of the Cherokee and Pisgah National Forests and Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Includes three four-color topographic maps with elevation profiles (scale 1:100,000) plus the five-color topographic map of the park published by Trails Illustrated (1:62,500). 275 pages.
A.T. Guide to North Carolina - Georgia. Covers 234 miles from the eastern end of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park through the Nantahala and Chattahoochee National Forests to Springer Mountain, Georgia. Includes two new five-color topographic maps with elevation profiles (scale 1:63,360). Seventy miles of this guide overlap with 63-51837 above. 204 pages. ISBN 0-917953-78-9.
Appalachian Trail Poster. A handsome four-color National park Service map of the Appalachian Trail on sturdy stock. The map shows the entire Trail, with the poster bordered in forest green. Size is 9-1/2" x 48".
Original Appalachian Trail Poster. The original (1981), 32" x 48" National Park Service map of the entire Trail and the eastern U.S. from the Atlantic Ocean to Indiana--for reference, trip-planning, keeping track of hikers, decoration; updated with major relocations.
Appalachian Trail Planning GuidebooksAs one of the most popular trails in the USA, the Appalachian Trail has been the subject of numerous trail guides. The best and most popular guides are listed below. These guides will help you plan a short trip or a thru-hike, or help you while away the hours in front of the fire in the wintertime.
Appalachian Trail Thru-hikers' Companion. Appalachian Long Distance Hikers Association. The Appalachian Trail Conference and a group of the A.T. thru-hikers collaborate on a guide especially designed for new thru-hikers who want the basic information for a five- to six-month trek in the woods, at a reasonable price, but want the adventure of finding out the extras for themselves. 4" x 9" spiral-bound, 130 pages with maps and illustrations. ISBN 0-917953-77-0.
Appalachian Trail Thru-Hike Planner. Completely updated in 2005 to reflect current trends and new advice, this is a rip-out-the-pages workbook of checklists, mail drops, etc. Based on experiences of more than a dozen first-time thru-hikers. Food, equipment, money, weather, shelters, towns are all covered in less than 100 easy-to-read pages.
The Appalachian Trail Hiker. By Frank and Victoria Logue. Menasha Ridge Press. A popular planning guide by two 1988 thru-hikers active in the Appalachian Long Distance Hikers Association, a suers' group. 6" x 9", 208 pages with illustrations. ISBN 0-89732-161-8.
The Appalachian Trail: How to Prepare for and Hike It. By Jan D. Curran. Well-organized advice on all important aspects from a hiker who regrets what he didn't know when he first stepped out at Springer. 194 pages.
The Best of the Appalachian Trail: Day Hikes. By Victoria and Frank Logue. Menasha Ridge Press, 1994. 208 pages. ISBN 0-89732-138-3.
The Best of the Appalachian Trail: Overnight Hikes. By Victoria and Frank Logue. Menasha Ridge Press, 1994. 224 pages. ISBN 0-89732-139-1.
Music for the Appalachian Trail. A seven-selection 75-minute collection of original and traditional concert music, folk tunes, and "a fantasy," produced by Rick Sowash and Gasparo Records. 1992.
Appalachian Trail Gift Items
These two replicas of the official USGS mountaintop benchmarks cover the starting point and the ending point of the Appalchian Trail.
Appalachian Trail Carabiner/key ring. This dark-green, three-inch carabiner carries our URL on the side and the A.T. logo on the attached keychain.
Appalachian Trail woven belt. An exclusive VisionTree pattern from Thomas Bates Belts that incorporates the A.T. monogram and motto (Maine to Georgia) in a moonlit forest scene. One size fits up to 42 inches, with a removable buckle that allows you to trim the one-and-a-quarter-inch fabric to your tinier waist.
A.T. Blubandoo. Soak this in water for five minutes and stay cool for hours! The Blubandoo contains nontoxic polymer crystals (just under the A.T. monogram on the right here) that evolve into a gel when soaked in cool water. It's reusable many timesin fact, it can be several days before one dries back into its original shape. In navy blue.
A.T. Bandannas. A.T. logo and bootprints adorn these all-cotton bandannas.
A.T. Original Buff Bandanna. Headband, neck band, ski mask, scarf, pirate cap-who knows the many uses of this seamless, rolled-up high-tech fabric, a sportswear sensation in Europe? Our model is olive, covered with the A.T. diamond and bootprints in greenish-yellow and black.
A.T. Cap. Stonewashed forest-green, embroidered A.T. monogram, soft cotton.
A.T. Mesh Cap. This tan cap with mesh sides has the A.T. symbol and legend embroidered above the hard brim.
A.T. Floppy Hat. In a grayish tan and made of cotton, this floppy hat bears the A.T. symbol and legend above the brim.
A.T. Water Bottle. Wide-mouthed, 32-ounce green Nalgene water bottle bearing the A.T. Conservancy logo.
A.T. Pendant & Earrings. This sterling-silver pendant is handcrafted exclusively for ATC with its Trail-marker trademark. Handcrafted, sterling-silver earrings are back by popular demand. Made exclusively for ATC; features the ATC Trail-marker trademark.
A.T. License Plate Frame. This green frame for standard license plates has imprinted in white: I'd Rather be Hiking the/Appalachian Trail." The frame has four holes and retaining clips to hold the plate firmly in place.
A.T. Magnets
A.T. Walking Stick Medallions. Tack-on brass-versions of the A.T. diamond, ATC's trademark; one with blue inlay and one with the words "2,000-Miler" added, with a green inlay on the AT.
A.T. Mugs
A.T. Sketches of the Trail notecards. 15 different pen-and-ink drawings of scenes along the Appalachian Trail in all states, with envelopes.
A.T. "Been there - done that" Map Postcards. A new map of the Trail states--easy to draw from "Been There" to let your correspondents know where you are in your hike. Set of 5.
A.T. Christmas Tree Ornaments.
A.T. Patch
A.T. Logo pin. The ATC's trademark--the A.T. diamond Trail marker--made into a substantial lapel (or cap) pin. The background color inside the diamond is sky blue.
A.T. Decals
Appalachian Region Geology Map & GuideAppalachian Region Metamorphic Map. 1:2,500,000. 1972. USGS. (I-724). Map size is 72 x 99 cm.
Underfoot: A Geologic Guide to the Appalachian Trail. By V. Collins Chew. The Appalachians that the A.T. crosses are America's classic mountains, featuring peices of almost every major geological event in Earth's history. This amateur geologist, who walked the entire Trail over a period of more than 10 years, gives a hiker's-eye tour of these features, with background information on the development of the ranges. 6" x 9", 268 pages with maps and photographs. Paperback. ISBN 0-917953-59-2.
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Appalachian Trail Data Book. Appalachian Trail Council. A consolidation of the most basic guidebook information into a lightweight table of distances between major Appalachian Trail shelters, road crossings, and features - divided according to the guidebook volumes above. The data book is updated each fall to account for Trail relocations, new (or removed) shelters, and other changes. Indispensible for long-distance hiking on the Appalachian Trail. 5" x 7", 88 pages, paperback.
Larger image of the Mt. Katahdin paperweight.
