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Appalachian Trail
The Appalachian National Scenic Trail, generally known as the
Appalachian Trail, is a 2,174 mile (3500 km) marked hiking
trail in the eastern United States, extending beween Springer Mountain in Georgia
and Mount Katahdin in Maine. Along the way, the trail also passes through the
states of North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania,
New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, and New Hampshire.
The trail is currently protected along more than 99 percent of its course by
federal or state ownership of the land or by right-of-way. Annually, more than
4,000 volunteers contribute over 175,000 hours of effort on the Appalachian
Trail, an effort coordinated largely by the Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC)
organization.
In the course of its journey, the trail crosses the tops of several of the
Appalachian Mountains, running, with only a few exceptions, almost continuously
through wilderness.
Throughout its entire length, the AT is marked by 2 by 6 inch (5 by 15 cm)
white paint blazes. Side trails to shelters, viewpoints and parking areas use
similarly-shaped blue blazes.
The Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC) is a non-profit membership organization whose volunteers and club affiliates protect and maintain the Appalachian Trail
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Climb Mount Greylock: Massachusetts' High Point<p><img src="http://0.tqn.com/d/climbing/1/0/W/E/-/-/Greylock_613_2.jpg" alt="" hspace="5" align="center" /></p>
<p>I was just in New England driving 2,000 miles around its six states while photographing white churches, ponds, waterfalls, and country stores for the third edition of my book <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://about.pricegrabber.com/mrdr.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fabout.pricegrabber.com%2Fsearch.php%3Fform_keyword%3Dscenic%2Bdriving%2Bnew%2Bengland%2Bstewart%2Bgreen&#038;mode=about_climbing">Scenic Driving New England</a>. One afternoon I carved out enough time to climb <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://climbing.about.com/od/usstatehighpoints/a/Facts-About-Mount-Greylock.htm">Mount Greylock</a>, the highest mountain in Massachusetts.</p>
<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://climbing.about.com/od/usstatehighpoints/a/Facts-About-Mount-Greylock.htm">Mount Greylock</a>, named for an early Native American chief who haressed British settlers during the <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/frenchindianwar/tp/french-and-indian-war.htm">French and Indian Wars</a>, is an easy climb...especially if you drive Notch Road, a 16-mile-long scenic byway, to a parking lot below the summit. Or if you want to actually climb Greylock, you can hike up the <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://usparks.about.com/library/miniplanner/blappalachiannst.htm">Appalachian Trail</a> section that traverses the mountain from north to south.</p>
<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://climbing.about.com/od/usstatehighpoints/a/Facts-About-Mount-Greylock.htm">Mount Greylock</a> also figures prominently in American art and literature, with lots of 19<sup>th</sup>-century writes like <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://classiclit.about.com/od/hawthornenathani/Hawthorne_Nathaniel.htm">Nathaniel Hawthorne</a>, <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://classiclit.about.com/od/mobydickhermanmelville/MobyDick_Herman_Melville.htm">Herman Melville</a>, and <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://history1800s.about.com/od/authors/a/Thoreaubio.htm">Henry David Thoreau</a> climbing to its wooded summit, which now has a towering granite monument honoring Massachusetts' veterans.</p>
<p>Find out more interesting facts about Mount Greylock's geology, geography, forests, and human history at my new article <a href="http://climbing.about.com/od/usstatehighpoints/a/Facts-About-Mount-Greylock.htm"><b>Facts About Mount Greylock: Massachusetts' Highest Mountain</b></a> and make plans to climb the 31<sup>st</sup> highest state high point.</p>
<p>Photograph above: <em>A sign marks the summit of Mount Greylock, Massachusetts' High Point. </em>Photograph &#169; Stewart M. Green.</p><p style="background:#f5f3ef;border:1px solid #d5d0bf;clear:both;padding:.5em;"><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://climbing.about.com/b/2011/10/20/climb-mount-greylock-massachusetts-high-point.htm">Climb Mount Greylock: Massachusetts' High Point</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://climbing.about.com/">About.com Climbing</a> on Thursday, October 20th, 2011 at 10:40:07.</p><p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://climbing.about.com/b/2011/10/20/climb-mount-greylock-massachusetts-high-point.htm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://climbing.about.com/b/2011/10/20/climb-mount-greylock-massachusetts-high-point.htm#gB3">Comment</a> | <a href="http://climbing.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://climbing.about.com/b/2011/10/20/climb-mount-greylock-massachusetts-high-point.htm&#038;zItl=Climb Mount Greylock: Massachusetts' High Point">Email this</a></p>
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