Along the Appalachian Trail by Leonard M Adkins

Along the Appalachian Trail by Leonard M Adkins

200 images from the archives of the Appalachian Trail Conservancy and the National Park Service that tell the history of the Appalachian Trail in NY, NJ and CT.

Crossing through 14 states from Maine to Georgia, the Appalachian Trail enters New Jersey through the Delaware Water Gap, crosses New York's Hudson River, and rises over Connecticut's Lion's Head. The area is considered by some to be the pathways birthplace, for in 1923, just two years after Benton MacKaye originally proposed the trail, the first few miles specifically constructed for the Appalachian Trail were built by volunteers in New York's Harriman and Bear Mountain State Parks. These photographs and the corresponding narrative present a historical perspective on what it took to create the trail, including the thousands of volunteers and the arduous tasks they performed, those who lived along the trail before and during its creation, the many people who have enjoyed the trail through the years, and the original routes that are no longer part of the present-day Appalachian Trail.

Adkins, Leonard M.: - Author Leonard M. Adkins has hiked the entire Appalachian Trail five times and is the author of 15 books about the outdoors and travel, including four concerning the trail. He has aided the Appalachian Trail Conservancy in identifying and protecting rare and endangered plants by being a natural heritage monitor and a ridge runner. He has also been on the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club's board of directors and a volunteer maintainer of a trail section near McAfee Knob. The Appalachian Trail Conservancy is a volunteer-based nonprofit organization that manages the 2,178-mile Appalachian National Scenic Trail, a 250,000-acre greenway extending from Maine to Georgia, so that future generations can enjoy clean air and water, scenic vistas, wildlife, and opportunities for backcountry recreation, education, and renewal.

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ISBN 13	9781467121514
ISBN 10	1467121517
Title	Along the Appalachian Trail
Author	Leonard M Adkins
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Arcadia Publishing
Year published	2014-06-02
Number of pages	127
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.