East Coast Trail Network
2017 Alabama- New York
Fashionplate Dan Bedore
Alabama Hiking Trail Society's Annual Conference
March 24 - 26th, 2017
Camp McDowell, Nauvoo, Alabama
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Dan's Hiking Background
| Days |
Miles |
| Hiking |
1,523 |
23,672 |
| Paddling |
77 |
846 |
| Bicycling |
74 |
3,301 |
| Total |
1,674 |
27,782 |
Image: Map of Dan's Hikes
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An Image of Trails and Maps of the Northeast
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Appalachian, Pacific Crest,
Continental Divide Trails
• Easily Available Data:
Navigation, Resupply,
Transportation
• Easy to Follow:
Blazes, Signs,
Well Defined Trailbed
• Trail Related Services:
Shuttles, Hostels, Stores
• Many Experienced Hikers to
Offer
Advice, Help, Company
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• Less Variety, Choice
• Crowded Trails Mean:
• Less Solitude
• More Animal Pests
• Less Wildlife Sightings
• More Trash, Impact
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Why Do We Hike?
• Beautiful Views, Wildlife, Plants, Ecosystems
• Historic Areas, Sites
• Peace, Contemplation, Thinking, Spiritual, Religious
• Recover from Traumatic Event
• Exercise
• Sense of Accomplishment, Bragging Rights
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You Don't Get A Million Dollars When You Finish,
And You Don't Get To
Be President,
So Make Sure You're Accomplishing Your Goals Every Day
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Make your Own Route
• Include Home
• Spectacular Sites
• More Solitude
• Less Impact, Trash
• More Variety
• Animals More Wild
• More Like Old Days
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• Maps, Resupply Planning
• Navigation Complex
• Busineses, Hikers Less
Able to Help
• Some Camping Illegal /
Unattractive
• Hard for People at Home
to Follow
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Great Eastern Trail
• Navigation, Resupply
Data Semi Available
• Major Roadwalks in
Alabama, Tennessee,
Kentucky
• Continuous Trail:
Virginia to New York
• Joins Appalachian Trail
Briefly
- Much
Less Traffic
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South Eastern Traverse
Long Interconnecting Trails:
• Palmetto Trail
• Foothills Trail
• Mountains to Sea Trail
• Appalachian Trail
• Bartram Trail
• Benton MacKaye Trail
• John Muir Trail
• Pinhoti Trail
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My Eastern States Route
| Trail |
Location |
GET? |
| Pinhoti |
Alabama |
Yes |
| Benton MacKaye |
Georgia |
Cumberland |
| Bartram |
Georgia |
Pine |
| Foothills |
S Carolina |
Mountain |
| Mountains to Sea |
N Carolina |
TuGuNu |
| New River |
Virginia |
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| Allegheny |
W Virginia |
Yes |
| Headwaters |
Virginia |
Yes |
| Tuscarora |
Virginia |
Yes |
| C&O Canal |
Maryland |
Yes |
| Mid State |
Pennsylvania |
Yes |
| Finger Lakes NCT |
New York |
No |
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• Mostly Trails
I Have Not
Hiked
• Requires Many
Maps, Books,
Much Other Research
• Difficulties
• Resupply
• Camping
• Roadwalks
• Navigation
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An Image of Trails and Maps of the Southeast
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An Image of Trails and Maps of the Northeast
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Maps and Data
• 38 Foldout Maps
• 1” stack of 8½x11 Maps
• ? Books
• Carry From Start and Mail Back
• Many Files Loaded to GPS
• Topo Maps - GPS File Depot
• Tracks and Points - Spotty
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Schedule
• Now, March 2017, Alabama Pinhoti
• Fall - Upstate New York
- Or -
• Mid Summer, Upstate New York
• Family Reunion, Lake Tahoe
• Remainder of Summer and Fall in Sierra Nevada
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Contact Dan
| E Mail: | danshike@yahoo.com |
| Web Site: | www.bedore.org |
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