What wild American feature begins at Springer Mountain in Georgia and ends at Katahdin in Maine for a total distance of 2,175 miles?
"The mountain massif itself consists of multiple peaks. Baxter Peak is the tallest, and is the official northern terminus of the Appalachian Trail. South Peak and Pamola Peak are southeast and east of Baxter Peak, respectively, along the Knife Edge ridgeline, while Hamlin Peak lies to the north. The third highest mountain in Maine, Sugarloaf Mountain at 1,295 m (4,250 ft), is over one hundred miles to the southwest. There is low lake country to the south and west of Katahdin, and lowlands extending east to the Atlantic and north to the Saint Lawrence River in Canada. It is commonly"
"Mount Katahdin Mount Katahdin ( ) is the highest mountain in the U.S. state of Maine at . Named Katahdin by the Penobscot Indians, which means ""The Greatest Mountain"", it is located within Northeast Piscataquis, Piscataquis County, and is the centerpiece of Baxter State Park. It is a steep, tall masiff formed from a granite intrusion weathered to the surface. The flora and fauna on the mountain are typical of those found in northern New England. Katahdin was known to the Native Americans in the region, and was known to Europeans at least since 1689. It has inspired hikes, climbs,"
"Edge is closed during periods of high wind. Mount Katahdin Mount Katahdin ( ) is the highest mountain in the U.S. state of Maine at . Named Katahdin by the Penobscot Indians, which means ""The Greatest Mountain"", it is located within Northeast Piscataquis, Piscataquis County, and is the centerpiece of Baxter State Park. It is a steep, tall masiff formed from a granite intrusion weathered to the surface. The flora and fauna on the mountain are typical of those found in northern New England. Katahdin was known to the Native Americans in the region, and was known to Europeans at"
"Springer Mountain Springer Mountain is a mountain located in the Chattahoochee National Forest on the border of Fannin and Gilmer counties. Located in the Blue Ridge Mountains in northern Georgia, the mountain has an elevation of about . Springer Mountain serves as the southern terminus for the Appalachian and Benton MacKaye trails. The origin of the name of Springer Mountain is unclear. One possible origin was that it was named in honor of William G. Springer, an early settler appointed in 1833 by Governor Wilson Lumpkin to implement legislation to improve conditions for the Indians. Another possibility was that Springer"
"In 1948, he began the journey from Mt. Oglethorpe, in Georgia (the trail's southern end at that time). With sparse equipment that would be regarded as grossly inadequate by most of the through-hikers since – he used worn boots, his army rucksack, and no stove or tent – he reached Mt. Katahdin in Maine, in 124 days, averaging 17 miles per day. Especially after he overcame the skepticism of Appalachian Trail Conference officials (who initially believed his claim of completing the route was obviously fraudulent), his trip raised public awareness of the Trail. He privately published his memoir of the"
"country. Hundreds of Scouts and Ventures, enjoy a unique backcountry experience in northern Maine. The area encompasses nearly , including Mt. Katahdin, the Allagash Wilderness Waterway, the Penobscot watershed, the St.Croix International Waterway, the northernmost of the Appalachian Trail, and many other streams and lakes. Much of the almost open for exploration remain untouched - as travelers like Henry David Thoreau experienced it over 150 years ago. For over 35 years, Maine High Adventure has been providing customized, fully outfitted, guided trips for youth groups of all kinds. Participants have come from across the country and the world to experience"
"in August 1804. In the 1840s Henry David Thoreau climbed Katahdin, which he spelled ""Ktaadn""; his ascent is recorded in a well-known chapter of ""The Maine Woods"". A few years later Theodore Winthrop wrote about his visit in ""Life in the Open Air"". Painters Frederic Edwin Church and Marsden Hartley are well-known artists who created landscapes of Katahdin. On 30 November 2011, Christie's auctioned Church's 1860 painting ""Twilight (Katahdin)"" for $3.1 million. In the 1930s Governor Percival Baxter began to acquire land and finally deeded more than 200,000 acres (809 km) to the State of Maine for a park, named"
"Mars Hill (Maine) Mars Hill is a mountain located in Mars Hill, Maine, and gave the town its name. The mountain plays an important role in the Mars Hill community, and overlooks the Saint John Valley, in which Mars Hill is located. Mount Katahdin is visible from the top of Mars Hill over 85 miles (135 km) away. Mars Hill also has a ski area, called Big Rock Ski Area. By virtue of its height and Northeast location, the summit of Mars Hill is the first place in the United States to see the sun rise for nearly half the"
"National Scenic Trail from Georgia to Maine, is routed around Mt. Redington, to instead pass near the summit of Sugarloaf Mountain () — the second highest peak in the state of Maine. The AT runs from Saddleback Junior to the southwest, over Spaulding Mountain and Sugarloaf to the east, and passes about a mile northeast of Redington, at the summit of South Crocker. Mount Redington and Owl's Head in New Hampshire are the only New England four-thousand footers without a maintained trail to the summit. In 2005, Maine Mountain Power filed an application with the Maine Land Use Regulation Committee"
"experience; his book, ""Walking With Spring"" (), reflects the experience of most AT hikers, that the project of making the whole trip in the northward direction (the most common choice), is furthered by a start timed to the weather in the Georgia mountains, and by continually taking advantage of the northward progress of milder weather. In 1965 Shaffer hiked in 99 days from Maine to Springer Mountain, which had recently replaced Oglethorpe as the Trail's Georgia end, becoming the first person to claim a complete trip in each direction. In 1982, the Appalachian Trail Conference published Shaffer's ""Walking With Spring"""
"Mount Katahdin, located in Baxter State Park to the northwest. At an elevation , its summit is the highest point in Maine. Millinocket Lake is northwest of town, and is drained by Millinocket Stream, which flows through the town of Millinocket into the West Branch Penobscot River south of town. The lake is fed by Sandy Stream, which drains the southeastern slopes of Mount Katahdin by tributaries including Roaring Brook, Avalanche Brook, Spring Brook, Beaver Brook, and Rum Brook. Sandy Stream is a good spawning habitat for rainbow smelt, which are a primary prey for lake trout and land-locked Atlantic"
"North Carolina, and takes another ferry ride into Southport, North Carolina. Next come farmlands, swamps and the Francis Marion National Forest. There is an optional spur into historic Charleston, South Carolina. There are more farms and swamps in Georgia. Another optional spur takes riders into Savannah, Georgia, with one of the largest national historic landmark districts in the United States. Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge is four miles off route. It is one of the largest and most primitive swamps remaining in the United States. Riders can see numerous alligators of all sizes, stroll on boardwalks over the marshes, or take"
"O-J-I Mount OJI, or O-J-I, is located in Baxter State Park in the U.S. State of Maine with an elevation of 3419 ft. (1042 m.) The mountain is named after a rock face which once formed the letters ""O-J-I"", but was mostly destroyed by The Great New England Hurricane of 1938. This is the last in a series of peaks connected to Mount Katahdin and proceeding west from the mountain. On its back side is a large unvisited spruce flat called the Klondike. The elevation of the ""Klondike"" is 2900 feet and it is shaped like a triangle with OJI"
"city of Dillard, Georgia is located about southeast of the mountain. The summit is also located about north of the Georgia border. The Appalachian Trail passes over Standing Indian Mountain's summit. From the Deep Gap parking area, it is a hike up the Appalachian Trail to the summit. From the Standing Indian Campground, it is a hike up the Lower Ridge Trail and a hike up the Appalachian Trail for a total hike of . Standing Indian Mountain Standing Indian Mountain, elevation 5,499 feet, is part of the North Carolina portion of the Southern Nantahala Wilderness within the boundaries of"
"the Benton MacKaye Trail is located around north of the summit. The nearest shelter from the summit is the Springer Mountain Shelter, located about north of the summit. A water spring is located near this shelter. Another nearby shelter is the Black Gap Shelter, located about south of the summit on the Appalachian Approach Trail. Springer Mountain Springer Mountain is a mountain located in the Chattahoochee National Forest on the border of Fannin and Gilmer counties. Located in the Blue Ridge Mountains in northern Georgia, the mountain has an elevation of about . Springer Mountain serves as the southern terminus"
"Shields River The Shields River is a tributary of the Yellowstone River, long, in Meagher and Park Counties Montana in the United States. It rises in the Gallatin National Forest in the Crazy Mountains in northern Park County. It flows west, then south, between the Bridger Range to the west and the Crazy Mountains to the east, past Wilsall and Clyde Park. It joins the Yellowstone approximately 10 mi (16 km) northeast of Livingston. The Shields River was named for John Shields (explorer), a member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. The river hosts native Yellowstone cutthroat trout and Mountain"
"northeast Georgia and upstate South Carolina from NWS Greer. Currahee Mountain Currahee Mountain is a mountain located in Stephens County, Georgia, near Toccoa. The name appears to be derived from the Cherokee word ᏊᏩᎯ (""quu-wa-hi"") meaning ""stand alone."" Technically a part of the Georgia Piedmont or ""foothill"" province, Currahee Mountain rises abruptly about 800 vertical feet (240 m) above the local topography and is the highest peak in Stephens County. Part of the mountain is in the Chattahoochee National Forest. On clear days, the peak's summit is visible for many miles and is a prominent landmark to the southeast of"
"in the US bisects Glacier National Park. Further south, the Divide forms the backbone of the Rocky Mountain Front (Front Range) in the Bob Marshall Wilderness, heads south towards Helena and Butte, then west past the namesake community of Divide, Montana, through the Anaconda-Pintler Wilderness to the Bitterroot Range, where it forms the eastern third of the state boundary between Idaho and Montana. The Divide crosses into Wyoming within Yellowstone National Park and continues southeast into Colorado where it reaches its highest point in North America at the summit of Grays Peak at . It crosses US Hwy 160 in"
"trail follows the ridge line of the Appalachian Mountains, crossing many of its highest peaks, and running, with only a few exceptions, almost continuously through wilderness. The trail used to traverse many hundreds of miles of private property; 99% of the trail is on public land. Georgia has of the trail, including the southern terminus at Springer Mountain at an elevation of . At , Blood Mountain is the highest point on the trail in Georgia. The AT and approach trail, along with many miles of blue blazed side trails, are managed and maintained by the Georgia Appalachian Trail Club."
"are seen by hikers in this state than any other on the trail. The northern terminus of the Appalachian Trail is on Katahdin's Baxter Peak in Baxter State Park. Baxter State Park closes the summer rules overnight camping season from October 15 to May 15 each year. Park management strongly discourages thru-hiking within the park before May 31 or after October 15. The AMC maintains the AT from the New Hampshire border to Grafton Notch, with the Maine Appalachian Trail Club responsible for maintaining the remaining miles to Katahdin. Beginning in the late 1980s, the NPS and ATC challenged the"
"the summits and unobstructed views on clear days. From Mount Bigelow, the trail extends for with only a small area of alpine growth around on the summit of White Cap Mountain. Mount Katahdin, the second largest alpine environment in the eastern United States, has several square miles of alpine area on the flat ""table land"" summit as well as the cliffs and aretes leading up to it. Treeline on Mount Katahdin is only around . This elevation in Massachusetts would barely be a sub-alpine region, and, south of Virginia, consists of lowland forest. This illustrates the drastic change in climate"
"during the 2016 Rock Mountain fire. Southern Nantahala Wilderness The Southern Nantahala Wilderness was designated in 1984 and currently consists of . Approximately are located in Georgia in the Chattahoochee National Forest and approximately are located in North Carolina in the Nantahala National Forest. The Wilderness is managed by the United States Forest Service and is part of the National Wilderness Preservation System. The highest elevation in the Southern Nantahala Wilderness is the 5,499-foot (1676 m) peak of Standing Indian Mountain in North Carolina and the lowest elevation is approximately . The Appalachian Trail passes through the Wilderness in both"
"of Maine in Maine. The Appalachian Trail, a 2,170-mile (3,500-km) National Scenic Trail from Georgia to Maine, crosses Mt. Franklin as it traverses the main ridge of the Presidentials from Crawford Notch to the summit of Mount Washington. Franklin stands on the northwest side of the Dry River Wilderness. Although well over 4,000 feet in height, the Appalachian Mountain Club doesn't consider Franklin a ""four-thousand footer"" because it stands no more than 65 feet above the col on the ridge from Mount Monroe, making it a secondary summit of that peak. Mount Franklin (New Hampshire) Mount Franklin is a mountain"
"numbers there along with mountain whitefish and grayling. Bridger Wilderness The Bridger Wilderness is located in Bridger-Teton National Forest in Wyoming, United States. Originally established in 1931 as a primitive area, region was redesignated as a wilderness in 1964 and expanded to the current size in 1984. The wilderness lies on the west side of the Continental Divide in the Wind River Range and contains Gannett Peak; at it is the tallest mountain in Wyoming. The wilderness is a part of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. U.S. Wilderness Areas do not allow motorized or mechanized vehicles, including bicycles. Although camping and"
"Atlantic Ocean, near L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site. The route has since been extended to Greenland, Europe, and Morocco. Although the Appalachian Trail ends in Georgia, the Appalachian Mountains continue south to Flagg Mountain in Alabama. In 2008, the Pinhoti National Recreation Trail in Alabama and Georgia, which terminates at Flagg Mountain, was connected to the southern terminus of the Appalachian Trail via the Benton MacKaye Trail. Promoters of the Southern extension refer to MacKaye's statement at the 1925 conference that the Georgia to New Hampshire trail should, in the future, extend to Katahdin, and ""then to Birmingham, Alabama""."
"whitefish as well as introduced brown and rainbow trout. Shields River The Shields River is a tributary of the Yellowstone River, long, in Meagher and Park Counties Montana in the United States. It rises in the Gallatin National Forest in the Crazy Mountains in northern Park County. It flows west, then south, between the Bridger Range to the west and the Crazy Mountains to the east, past Wilsall and Clyde Park. It joins the Yellowstone approximately 10 mi (16 km) northeast of Livingston. The Shields River was named for John Shields (explorer), a member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition."
"Southern Nantahala Wilderness The Southern Nantahala Wilderness was designated in 1984 and currently consists of . Approximately are located in Georgia in the Chattahoochee National Forest and approximately are located in North Carolina in the Nantahala National Forest. The Wilderness is managed by the United States Forest Service and is part of the National Wilderness Preservation System. The highest elevation in the Southern Nantahala Wilderness is the 5,499-foot (1676 m) peak of Standing Indian Mountain in North Carolina and the lowest elevation is approximately . The Appalachian Trail passes through the Wilderness in both states. In Georgia, the wilderness is"
"Appalachian Trail that begins in Georgia and ends in Maine. Brasstown Valley Resort Brasstown Valley Resort & Spa is a 134 room resort just north of Young Harris, Georgia, surrounded by the Blue Ridge Mountains at elevation. The property is adjacent to Brasstown Bald, the highest mountain in Georgia. Brasstown Valley Resort is the home to a links style championship golf course which has hosted numerous tournaments including the LPGA Futures. The resort also features the Equani Spa opened in Oct '08, and the Stables at Brasstown Valley Resort featuring of riding trails. Brasstown Valley Resort features of hiking trails"
"Bighorn Trail Run The Bighorn Mountain Wild and Scenic Trail Run is a series of 4 race events held each June in the U.S. state of Wyoming in the Big Horn Mountains. The 4 races are the Bighorn Mountain 30K (30 kilometers), the Bighorn Mountain 50K (50 kilometers), the Bighorn Mountain 50M (Bighorn 50) (), and the Bighorn Trail 100 Mile Endurance Run (Bighorn 100) (). The three longer races are considered ultramarathons. All the races end in Dayton, Wyoming. The Bighorn Trail 100 Mile Endurance Run is an out-and-back with elevations of up to 10,000 feet. The majority of"
"the area a state park. In 1920 he led a group of politicians up Pamola Peak, traversing the Knife Edge to the summit (now known as Baxter Peak). In a 1921 speech Baxter said: Maine is famous for its twenty-five hundred miles of seacoast, with its countless islands; for its myriad lakes and ponds; and for its forests and rivers. But Mount Katahdin Park will be the state’s crowning glory, a worthy memorial to commemorate the end of the first and the beginning of the second century of Maine’s statehood. This park will prove a blessing to those who follow"
"and New World"". Yonah Mountain Yonah Mountain (commonly referred to as ""Mount Yonah"" or, by older Georgians, ""Yonah Bald"") is a mountain ridge located in the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest in Georgia, United States. It is between the towns of Cleveland and Helen. Yonah is the Cherokee word for Bear. There is a signed trailhead from Chambers Road and an approximately 2.3 mile trail (gaining 1500 feet in elevation) leads to the summit. There are also side trails that lead to neighboring Pink Mountain. The 5th Ranger Training Battalion, Ranger Training Brigade of the United States Army conducts the Mountain Phase"
"Bridger Wilderness The Bridger Wilderness is located in Bridger-Teton National Forest in Wyoming, United States. Originally established in 1931 as a primitive area, region was redesignated as a wilderness in 1964 and expanded to the current size in 1984. The wilderness lies on the west side of the Continental Divide in the Wind River Range and contains Gannett Peak; at it is the tallest mountain in Wyoming. The wilderness is a part of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. U.S. Wilderness Areas do not allow motorized or mechanized vehicles, including bicycles. Although camping and fishing are allowed with proper permit, no roads"
"Yonah Mountain Yonah Mountain (commonly referred to as ""Mount Yonah"" or, by older Georgians, ""Yonah Bald"") is a mountain ridge located in the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest in Georgia, United States. It is between the towns of Cleveland and Helen. Yonah is the Cherokee word for Bear. There is a signed trailhead from Chambers Road and an approximately 2.3 mile trail (gaining 1500 feet in elevation) leads to the summit. There are also side trails that lead to neighboring Pink Mountain. The 5th Ranger Training Battalion, Ranger Training Brigade of the United States Army conducts the Mountain Phase of Ranger School"