Alt Text Map of the Appalachian National Scenic Trail, which stretches from Maine south through New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee, and North Carolina to end in Georgia. Extended Description Hundreds of features and sites are labeled along the length of the trail. Each state is represented in a different pale pastel color and more populated areas, like Boston, New York, and Washington, DC are shown in yellow. The trail is indicated with a dashed red line that winds past visitor centers marked in green, clubs marked in blue text, mountains, valleys, protected areas, and other features. This description will begin at the northern tip in Maine and list visitor centers, parks, forests, preserves through New England, the Mid-Atlantic, and the South Atlantic. New England The Appalachian National Scenic Trail begins in Maine at Mt Katahdin, which measures 5,267 feet (1,605 meters) in Baxter State Park. Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument borders Baxter State Park to the northeast. Moving south, the trail passes Abol Bridge, the Appalachian Trail Conservancy Visitor Center, Bigelow Preserve, and Grofton Notch State Park near the southern border of Maine. Once in New Hampshire, the trail continues past a small section of White Mountain National Forest before winding into White Mountain National Forest, Mount Washington State Park, Crawford Notch State Park, and Franconia Notch State Park before crossing into Vermont. There it travels past the Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historic Park, Les Newell Wildlife Management Area, Green Mountain National Forest, Gifford Woods State Park, Calvin Coolidge State Forest, Hapgood State Forest, and then through another portion of Green Mountain National Forest. Once in Massachusetts the trail goes through Clarksburg State Forest, Mt Greylock State Reservation, October Mountain State Forest, Beartown State Forest, and East Mountain State Forest. In Connecticut, the trail winds through Housatonic State Forest and Housatonic Meadows State Park and passes Mohawk State Forest and Macedonia Brook State Park. Sections of the trail are maintained by clubs, which are labeled in blue text and their purviews indicated with blue arrows. Club responsible for sections of the trail in New England include the Maine Appalachian Trail Club in Maine; the Appalachian Mountain Club, Randolph Mountain Club, and Dartmouth Outing Club in New Hampshire; Green Mountain Club in Vermont; Western Massachusetts Chapter Appalachian Mountain Club in Massachusetts; and the Connecticut Chapter Appalachian Mountain Club in Connecticut. Mid-Atlantic Cutting across the southern tip of New York, the trail travels through Depot Hill State Forest, Clarence Fahnestock Memorial State Park, Hudson Highlands State Park, and Bear Mountain-Harriman State Park. Once in New Jersey, it crosses Abram S. Hewitt State Forest, Wawayanda State Park, Wallkill National Wildlife Refuge, High Point State Park, Stokes State Forest, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, and Worthington State Forest. After crossing the Delaware Water Gap into Pennsylvania, the trail treks past Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge, Swatara State Park, Pine Grove Furnace State Park, Michaux State Forest, and Caledonia State Park. A short leg in Maryland passes Catoctin Mountain Park and winds through South Mountain State Park, Greenbrier State Park, Washington Monument State Park, past Antietam National Battlefield, and again through Gathland State Park. The eastern border of West Virginia curves like a tiny arm slipped between Maryland and Virginia, where the trail passes Harpers Ferry National Historical Park and the Appalachian Trail Conservancy Headquarters and Visitor Center. In Virginia, the trail passes through Sky Meadows State Park, G.R. Thompson State Wildlife Management Area, Shenandoah National Park, George Washington National Forest, Jefferson National Forest, Grayson Highlands State Park, and the Appalachian Trail Conservancy Visitor Center, which is near Virginia’s border with Tennessee and North Carolina. Clubs that maintain sections in the mid-Atlantic region include the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference in those states. In Pennsylvania are the Batona Hiking Club, Delaware Valley Chapter Appalachian Mountain Club, Keystone Trails Association, Blue Mountain Eagle Climbing Club, Allentown Hiking Club, Susquehanna Appalachian Trail Club, York Hiking Club, Mountain Club of Maryland, and Cumberland Valley Appalachian Trail Club. The short leg of the trail in Maryland is overseen by the Potomac Appalachian Trail Club followed by Old Dominion Appalachian Trail Club, Tidewater Appalachian Trail Club, Natural Bridge Appalachian Trail Club, Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club, Outdoor Club at Virginia Tech, Piedmont Appalachia Trail Hikers, and Mt. Rogers Appalachian Trail Club in Virginia. South Atlantic The length of the trail in Tennessee and North Carolina is surrounded by national parks and forests, including Cherokee National Forest, Pisgah National Forest, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and Nantahala National Forest. Much of this stretch straddles the Tennessee-North Carolina border, before heading south toward Georgia at the western end of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Hiking Clubs along this section include the Tennessee Eastman Hiking Club, Carolina Mountain Club, and Smoky Mountains Hiking Club. Finally, in Georgia, the trail travels through Chattahoochee National Forest, skirts past Vogel State Park and comes to its end at Springer Mountain, which measures 3,782 feet (1,153 meters), near Amicaolola Falls State Park. The clubs in Georgia are the Nantahala Hiking Club and Georgia Appalachian Trail Club. Legend A scale at the top left corner of the map measures 10 and 50 kilometers and 10 and 50 miles. The legend follows with: Dotted red line for the Appalachian National Scenic Trail and A thin, blue triangle for the Boundary of Club management sections.