American Discovery Trail
Description
- Length of trail 8,000 km, 4,971 miles
- Length in days 400 days
- Start of trail Cape Henlopen State Park, Delaware
- End of trail Point Reyes National Seashore, California
- Traildino grading MW, Moderate walk, backpacking trail
- Hut tour grading T1, Walk
You can hike or bike from coast to coast in just 5000 miles (8000 km) on this American Discovery Trail. Including the loops, the trail runs for 6356 miles (10,300 km) from Cape Henlopen State Park, Delaware westward to Point Reyes National Seashore, California. The trail combines many shorter and longer trails. The variety in landscape is enormous.
Map
Links
Facts
- American Discovery Trail starts at Cape Henlopen, Delaware
Overview of the trail.
Reports
- Dog On Wheels Homepage
The whereabouts of Cabell King, his bike, and his dog Coltrane.
- in route...
Jenny and Rick Putnam blog of their hike on the ADT.
- Jakob and Tamar's 2006 American Discovery Trail Journal
Jakob and Tamar started the ADT in January 2006 and finished in November that same year: "And so, after 205 days of struggle, new experiences and challenges met, we reached the golden conclusion of our journey. It was the experience of a lifetime and, like most every other thru-hiker, we don't regret a thing."
- Ken & Marcia's 2005 American Discovery Trail Journal
A good help for those wanting to set out for the ADT.
- The ADT Journal by Bill and Laurie Foot
In 1997 and 1998 they hiked and partly biked the ADT and kept a journal, which is available here
- Trail Journals, Backpacking and Hiking Journals
All trail journals from the popular www.trailjournals.com regarding the American Discovery trail.
- USA Coast to Coast Walk
Dave Toolan and Stuart Hamilton were the first Europeans to walk the American Discovery Trail coast to coast, and their website is still there.
- Happy Go Lucky's 2008 American Discovery Trail Journal
Ron Kessler "Happy Go Lucky" loosely followed the ADT on his way from coast to coast.
- http://www.gottawalk.com/ADT2005/ADT2005.htm
Complete account of the American Discovery Trail, "a continuous path, all in one direction from Cape Henlopen, Delaware to Point Reyes, California", including a useful planning spreadsheet, all the journals,
- LION KING's 2007 American Discovery Trail Journal
Walking with freedom, is the name Mike gave his hike across the US.
- Walking With Faith
Debbie walked the ADT during the years 2005 - 2007 and kept a journal.
Guides and maps
Lodging
Organisations
- American Discovery Trail Society - the only coast-to-coast, non-motorized recreational trail for hiking, biking, riding
Mission of the society: "To create, manage and promote the American Discovery Trail as a national resource for the enjoyment and benefit of its users."
Tour operators
GPS
Other
Forum
- Bee Dee 2012-04-25 05:19:11
I'm looking for a google earth file of the trail
- Can anyone tell me where I might find a google earth file of the ADT like a KML or KMZ or GPX file? Please contact me if you know of one.
Thank you, Bruce
- Henk Nouws 2012-04-27 11:26:01
- Hi Bruce, I've not been there obviously, but I got some success with Google. The search phrase "American Discovery trail" filetype:kmz (type the double quotes as shown) gives some results. You could also try filetype:kml, but I doubt if Google will help you with filetype:gpx. In the links above is the ADT society, and I guess you contacted them already.




