jREST's AT - Katahdin Coin

Maine - Mount Katahdin Coin

I enjoy camping, hiking and backpacking. But it has been a long time since I have done any serious backpacking. Last trip of that sort and I ended up on the top of Mount Whitney, in California.

Now I will try to live vicariously through the mover of this coin, SO - Get me out, get me about... Keep me moving and pictures along the trail (any trail) would be appreciated.

The Appalachian National Scenic Trail is a 2,174-mile footpath along the ridgecrests and across the major valleys of the Appalachian Mountains from Katahdin in Maine to Springer Mountain in northern Georgia. The trail traverses Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina and Georgia. The Appalachian Trail (A.T.) is used by day, weekend and other short-term hikers, section-hikers and thru-hikers. Thru-hikers hike the entire length of the Trail in one season.

The A.T. began as a vision of forester Benton MacKaye and was developed by volunteers and opened as a continuous trail in 1937. It was designated as the first National Scenic Trail by the National Trails System Act of 1968. The Trail is currently protected along more than 99 percent of its course by federal or state ownership of the land or by rights-of-way. Annually, more than 4,000 volunteers contribute more than 185,000 hours of effort on the Appalachian Trail.

See if you can get me from here (Mount Katahdin, Maine)

To Here (Springer Mountain, Georgia)

If you can move me along the AT that is great, if not, no worries, just keep me moving. Pictures along the trails and on the hunt would be most appreciated.