Hiking, driving Appalachian Trail end to end

From: The Record (Bergen County, NJ) | Date: July 28, 2002| Author: ALAN SOLOMON, SPECIAL FROM THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE | Copyright information


The Record (Bergen County, NJ)

07-28-2002


Hiking, driving Appalachian Trail end to end
By ALAN SOLOMON, SPECIAL FROM THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE
Date: 07-28-2002, Sunday
Section: TRAVEL
Edtion: All Editions.=.Sunday


It begins above the tree line in Maine, and it ends 2,168 miles later at Springer Mountain, a Georgia peak trimmed in oak, maple, poplar, hickory, hemlock, and even a few magnolias.

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