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Major Inter sections Listed from south to north.

Southern Terminus: Springer Mountain, Georgia

U.S. Highway 76 in northeast Georgia
U.S. Highway 64 near Nantahala River, North Carolina
U.S. Highway 19/U.S. Highway 74 near Fontana Lake, NorthCarolina
U.S. Highway 441 at North Carolina/Tennessee border
Interstate 40 at North Carolina/Tennessee border
U.S. Highway 25/U.S. Highway 70 in Hot Springs, NorthCarolina
Interstate 26/U.S. ...

The state line is also the western boundary of a 480 acre(190 ha) Connecticut reservation inhabited by Schaghticoke Indians. Inside it,the AT roughly parallels its northern boundary, crossing back outside it after2,000 feet (640 m). The trail proceeds northward through the Housatonic Rivervalley and hills to its west, veering northwesterly and, at Salisbury,ascending the southern Taconic mountains, at Lion's Head affording a viewnortheasterly towards Mt. Greylock and other points in Massachusetts, ...

Tennessee has 71 miles (114 km) of the trail, not includingmore than 200 miles (325 km) along or near the North Carolina Border. Thesection that runs just below the summit of Clingmans Dome in Great Smoky MountainsNational Park is along the North Carolina and Tennessee border and is thehighest point on the trail at 6,643 feet (2019 m). The Smoky Mountains HikingClub (Knoxville, TN) maintains the trail throughout the Great Smoky MountainsNational Park to Davenport Gap. North of Davenport Gap, the ...

HazardsThe Appalachian Trail is relatively safe. Mostinjuries or incidents are consistent with comparable outdoor activities. Mosthazards are related to weather conditions, human error, plants, animals,diseases, and fellow humans encountered along the trail.

Many animals live around the trail, with bears, snakes, andwild boars posing the greatest threat to human safety. Several rodent- andbug-borne illnesses are also a potential hazard. In scattered instances, foxes,raccoons, and other ...

There is a drastic change between the lowland and subalpine, evergreen forest, as well as another, higher break, at tree line, above which only hardy alpine plants grow. The sub-alpine region is far more prevalent along the trail than true alpine conditions. While it mainly exists in the north, a few mountains in the south have subalpine environments, which are typically coated in an ecosystem known as the Southern Appalachian spruce-fir forest. Southern ranges and mountains where sub-alpine environments ...