Essential Tips for Hiking the Appalachian Trail with Your Baby: 9 Key Considerations for Family Adventures
The Appalachian Trail is a five to seven-month, 2000-mile trek spanning Georgia to Maine. “Thru-hikers” carry their belongings and camp along the way, sometimes opting for hostels and hotels when the trail runs through a town. Given the intense terrain, which involves an elevation change of roughly 500,000 feet, only about 25% of hikers complete the journey.