Just Curious- How far do you live from the AT?

[MuddyWaters]

Unless you want to keep hiking the same part near you over, and over, and over, eventually, you may need to travel at least 1000 miles in each direction to hike toward each end. Even if you live 100 ft from it.

[Odd Man Out]

Oh- I'm thinking you are OK with that although I didn't see any "face" to go along with the statement. The trail will be here waiting on ya!

It's OK
Will be car camping in July at Lake Michigan Rec Area (NF Campground) for a long weekend. It's right on the boarder of the Nordhouse Dunes Wilderness with miles of empty Lake Michigan Beaches. No possibility for long hikes, but the walks are amazing.

[Odd Man Out]

Just too darn far, just 30 miles from the atlantic ocean, eastern shore of maryland!! I do get to take a short hike the first week in july, caledonia state park heading north.

I grew up in the MD suburbs for DC. I love the eastern shore! It's got a unique vibe to it that is hard to describe.

[shelb]

11 hours for me! =(

[Deer Hunter]

I'm very grateful I'm so close, tawa. If you or anyone is in my area and need anything just PM me on here. I"ll be here for ya. Of course, I'd love to meet & greet my fellow Wber's as they pass through.

Myself, and my friend Deer Hunter (he's near Glascow/Buena Vista VA--- Whiteblaze member) can help hikers out since we live so close to the trail.

I hear ya on the gas prices. It's not $4 a gallon in VA but it's still high enough.

I help out when I can.

[NCMedic]

About sixty miles to I77 at the Bland exit. A few more to your neck of the trail HM but not by much.

[BirdBrain]

Just over 2 hours to Grafton Notch. Too far.

[prain4u]

Best as I can calculate--the closest point is roughly 685 miles from my home (give or take 5 miles).

[Edro]

the closest place along the AT to where I live would be Roan Mountain. 77 miles

[peakbagger]

About 4 miles as the crow flies to top of Mt Madison in NH, about 6 miles to the intersection of the Centennial trail and the Mahoosuc Trail.

[mhurley]

Hour and a half to Springer.

[fiddlehead]

12 time zones away.
Why do you think I usually post when most of you are sleeping.
Don't know how many miles but it's about a 22 hour flight(s).
Sometimes I go by way of Europe, sometimes by way of CA.
This year I'll be stopping at Tahoe and do some hiking on the Tahoe Rim trail on my way back.

[HikerMom58]

12 time zones away.
Why do you think I usually post when most of you are sleeping.
Don't know how many miles but it's about a 22 hour flight(s).
Sometimes I go by way of Europe, sometimes by way of CA.
This year I'll be stopping at Tahoe and do some hiking on the Tahoe Rim trail on my way back.

I don't know where in the world you are fiddlehead but it says ur location is Sch. Haven PA... humm.... Well, I'm jealous that you will be in Tahoe this year. I love it there!!

[Dahoyt]

10 miles to Killington Pass, i"m lucky.

[Starchild]

11 miles to the AT and I would guess 20-25 minutes to about two trailheads

[jimmyjam]

Just under 100 miles for me to Rockfish Gap.

[Deacon]

7-8 hours from northwest OHIO

I'm with you drifter, from Port Clinton Ohio on Lake Erie.

[fiddlehead]

I don't know where in the world you are fiddlehead but it says ur location is Sch. Haven PA... humm.... Well, I'm jealous that you will be in Tahoe this year. I love it there!!

Yeah, I'm from Sch. Haven but have a family here in Phuket, Thailand.
It's an island in the south of Thailand.

Been working on designing a 100 mile hiking trail here for 8 years now.
I hope to finish it this year.
Been out on it a lot lately.
I guess you could say I miss hiking.

Gonna climb the highest peak in SE Asia in 2 weeks. Mt. Kinabalu in Borneo
The AT was my introduction to adventure.

I do still get out on the AT almost every year.
I get back there for my company's selling season every fall.
Usually make the gathering.

[rhjanes]

889 miles from my door to Springer.

[Odd Man Out]

Yeah, I'm from Sch. Haven but have a family here in Phuket, Thailand.
It's an island in the south of Thailand.

This is a job for Google Earth. Using the ruler function, it is 8646 mile from the clock tower in the center of Phuket city to the closest point on the AT (Katahdin summit).

So that got me thinking. Who lives the furthest from the AT? I found that this this house in Windy Harbour, Western Australia is 11,627 from the closest point of the AT (which is also Katahdin).

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