Maine/AT

ME: 14Aug-3Sep2005/Days 107-127

Edited Sep2025 – attaching Chapter 14 Pages 91-104.

AT mileage:  261mi/452km
Days to hike:   19 days
Day 119: zero mile day

Elevation ranging from 400′ – 5,267′/149 – 1,606m
Difficulty rating: 3 – 10 (scale of 1 – 10)
Not recommended for novice hikers
Mahoosuc sections took an hour to hike 1 mile
Grabbing on to tree roots & limbs to ascent & decent
Dangerous when wet
Kennebec River – please take the free canoe service across
Plentiful of lakes, streams & bogs
Views – spectacularly breathtaking with serenity
Moose sighting
 
In wilderness is the perservation of the world – Henry David Thoreau

New Hampshire/AT

NH: 27Jul-13Aug2005/Days 95-106

Edited Sep2025 – attaching Chapter 13 Pages 83-90.

AT mileage:  161mi/256km
Days to hike:   10 days
Day 96:   zero mile day

Elevation ranging from 400′ – 6,288′/122 – 1,916m
Difficulty rating: 6 – 10 (scale of 1 – 10)
National Forest – White Mountains
Rugged & beautiful
Steep ascents & decents
Much above timber line – exposed
Trail town – Hanover/Dartmouth college
 
To get throught the hardest journey we need take only one step at a time, but we must keep on stepping – Chinese Proverb

VT: 27Jul-2Aug2005/Days 89-95

Edited Aug2025 – attaching Chapter 12 Pages 77-82.

AT mileage:  150mi/241km
Days to hike:   7 days

Elevation ranging from 400′ – 4,010′/122 – 1,222m
Difficulty rating: 5 – 6 (scale of 1 – 10)
National Forest – Green Mountains
Rugged & wooded hills
Overgrown farmlands
Can be muddy depending on the weather
Shares 100mi/161km with the Long Trail
 
Believing in yourself is an endless destination. Believing you have failed is the end of the journey – Sarah Meredith

MA: 22-26Jul2005/Days 84-88

Edited Aug2025 – attaching Chapter 11 Pages 71-76.

AT mileage:  90mi/145km
Days to hike:   4 days

Elevation ranging from 650′ – 3,491′/198 – 1,864m
Difficulty rating: 3 – 6 (scale of 1 – 10)
Wooded hills & valleys
Ascents, thought sometimes steep are seldom sustained
Caution – CXG Railroad crossing can take a while if caught by the freight train
Trail towns – Dalton & Cheshire

The secret of good old age is simply an honorable pact with solitude – Gabriel Garcia Marquez

CT: 19-21Jul2005/Days 81-83.

Edited Aug2025 – attaching Chapter 10 Pages 67-70.

AT mileage:  52mi/83km
Days to hike:   3 days

Elevation ranging from 260′ – 2,316′/80 – 706m
Difficulty rating: 4 – 5 (scale of 1 – 10)
Scenic with pastoral views
Section near Falls Village along riverbank is wheelchair accessible
Longest riverside walk
Trail town – Falls Village

Once bitten by a snake, you will feel suspicious even when you see a piece of rope – Dalai Lama

NY: 14-18Jul2005/Days 76-80.

Edited Aug2025 – attaching Chapter 9 Pages 61-66.

AT mileage:  88mi/141.6km
Days to hike:   5 days

Elevation ranging from 124′ – 1,433′/38 – 437m
Difficulty rating: 2 – 5 (scale of 1 – 10)
Less secluded but more wooded & removed from civilization than expected
NY Metro North train stops at AT Station if you waved at the train
Passes through the zoo
Crosses the oldest US suspension bridge
Trail town – Pawling

I have not told you even half of the things that I have seen – Marco Polo

NJ: 10-12Jul2005/Days 72-25

Edited Aug2025 – attaching Chapter 8 Pages 57-60.

AT mileage:  72mi/116km
Days to hike:   4 days

Elevation ranging from 350′ – 1,685′/106 – 514m
Difficulty rating: 2 – 5 (scale of 1 – 10)
National Parks – Delaware Water Gap Recreation
Rugged & remote
Abundant wildlife
Trail town – Unionville

A hungry man is an angry man – English Proverb

PA: 27Jun-9Jul2005/Days 59-71

Edited Aug2025 – attaching Chapter 7 Pages 49-56.

AT mileage:  229mi/368km
Days to hike:   13

Elevation ranging from 320′ – 2,080′/97 – 634m
Difficulty rating: 2 – 4 (scale of 1 – 10)
Long rocky ridges
Strenous climbs in and out of gaps
Crosses many roads
Southern section – gentle
After Lehigh River Bridge, rocky climb to the ‘Twlight Zone’ (where uncontrolled zinc-mining has done great injustice to the nature)
Trail towns – Boiling Springs, Duncannon & Port Clinton

The longest journey of any person is the journey inward – Dag Hammarskjold

WV: 25Jun2005/Day 57

Edited Aug2025 – attaching Chapter 5 Pages 45-46.

AT mileage:  4mi/6.4km
Days to hike:   some hours

Elevation ranging from 265′ – 1,200′/81 – 366m
Difficulty rating: 2 – 3 (scale of 1 – 10)
National Park – Harpes Ferry Historic
Most historical section – American Civil War
Shortest AT miles of the trail
Trail town – Harpes Ferry, ACT HQ

In the affluent society, no useful distinction can be made between luxuries and necessaries – JK Galbraith

MD: 25- 26Jun2005/Day 57-58

Edited Aug2025 – attaching Chapter 6 Pages 47-48.

AT mileage:  41mi/66km
Days to hike:   2

Elevation ranging from 230′ – 1,880′/70 – 573m
Difficulty rating: 2 – 3 (scale of 1 – 10)
National Park – Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Historic
Most historical section – American Civil War
First monument dedicated to the memory of George Washington

Civilzation, if it is not in man’s heart; well, then it is nowhere – George Duhamel