Top 20 Visited Links

Trailjournals.com - Backpacking Journals

AT shelter data with URL's to topo/image/road maps along with most recent ATC GPS data.

Calculates the distance between major points along the AT.

DIY gear - hammocks, hiking gear, etc.

Great Site! If you haven't been here, they do the most extensive reviews around. This is a "must see" if you are planning your next big gear purchase.

On line gear test and review site. Gear is submitted for review by manufacturers and the testers keep the gear at the end of the test period.

Directions and descriptions for making 25+ different alcohol stoves.

Lodgings available to hikers along the AT. (Not of of these may be up to date)

clickable GSMNP trail map zoom/pan

General hiking and backpacking.

ray sells kits to make tarps,packs,quilts
really cool page

Appalachian Trail Conservancy
- the governing body for the Appalachian Trail. They publish maps, trail guides, and organize trail support activities.

TopoZone is the Web's center for professional and recreational map users. We've worked with the USGS to create the Web's first interactive topo map of the entire United States. And we've spent four years making our maps the best on the Web as well.

Look up Google maps of AT road crossings and shelters.

a great store.tin man is a great guy
excellent cook ware stoves,ect

Connie Dodson's Ultralightweight Backpacking pages.

Bozeman Mountain Works manufactures ultralight soft goods for ultralight backpacking, mountain trekking, and alpinism. Our design philosophy is simple and our vision is focused: ultralight gear with performance.

A Mail-Order warehouse where we stock 75 Green Pepper Patterns for active sportswear and outdoor gear, as well as the popular outdoor fabrics, hardware, zippers, webbing, and notions needed for making any of our patterns!

2005 AT hike

Kathy Bilton's original A.T. web page.