Benton MacKaye Trail
Description
- Length of trail 463 km, 288 miles
- Length in days 25 days
- Traildino grading MW, Moderate walk, backpacking trail
- Hut tour grading T1, Walk
The Benton MacKaye Trail is a footpath of 288 miles (463 km) in the Appalachian Mountains. It connects to the Appalachian Trail. BMT is a backcountry hiking trail. Nearly half the route is on land managed as Wilderness. The trail passes through some of the most remote backcountry in Georgia, Tennessee and North Carolina.
Map
Links
Facts
- Benton MacKaye Trail Assn. - BMTA Home Page - BMT Hiking, Maintenance, Free Resources, & Events
Home page of the BMTA.
- Benton MacKaye Trail - GeorgiaTrails.com
This is what GeorgiaTrails has to say on the BMKT
- Benton MacKaye Trail - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Reports
- Tipi Walter's 2002 Benton MacKaye Trail Journal
Diary, trail walked in 2001 and 2002.