Data and Schedules (AT)

The new listing of 2016 Appalachian Trail shelters is now up.
http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/shelters-2016.php ...

I found an old outdated article on another web site that was three years out of date. There were places that were closed or no longer accepted mail drops. The article was in need of being updated. I thought it would be a good idea to put one together and post it here.

This resupply list was created, keeping a few things in mind.

1. It was based on 15 mile hiking days.
2. List places that you could either resupply by mail drops or at stores with good hiker supplies.
3. Wanted to list all resupply points where hikers ...

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By Jack “Baltimore Jack” Tarlin
Most recently Updated February 2007

Introduction:
A few comments about the information provided below: The purpose of this articles is to provide some suggestions and possibilities for prospective Appalachian Trail thru or long-distance hikers, and to provide advice on such things as Re-Supply of food and equipment; information on mileage and distances, and how long particular stretches of the Trail will take to hike; some lodging information, and some other suggestions, tips, and other ideas that hikers might find useful.
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AT Hiking Rates, Section by Section
(updated in February 2011)

by map man (Steve Shuman)

I often see anecdotal estimates of how long it takes to hike various sections of the AT, sometimes as miles per day estimates and sometimes as proportions (someone might say, "allow three days to hike in the White Mountains a distance that had taken two on other parts of the trail"), but since the advent of Trailjournals.com we now have access to hundreds of detailed accounts of AT thru-hikes, and since I'm a numbers nerd from way back I decided to see if I could verify with real numbers just how long the typical Thorough Journal Keeper (I'll call them TJKs from now on) takes to hike the AT and various sections within the AT.
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