Eastern Continental Trail
Description
- Name Eastern Continental Trail (ECT)
- Length of trail 8,690 km, 5,400 miles
- Length in days 450 days
- Traildino grading SW, Strenuous walk, mountain trail
- Hut tour grading T2, Mountain walk
The ECT is a continuous footpath (almost), which crosses sixteen states and three Canadian provinces. The baffling figure of 5400 miles (8700 km) is easy to understand: add up the distances of the Appalachian Trail, Pinhoti National Recreation Trail, Florida Trail and a few more trails and you will end up higher than each of them.
Map
Links
Facts
- Eastern Continental Trail Guide
Nimblewill Nomad does a good job by providing for resources for each of the seven sections of the ECT.
Reports
- Eastern Continental Trail Hike - Journals and Information
"Why does one give up a good-paying job and go to the woods for a long period of time?" I guess the answer is revealed in bits on this website: info, journal and photo's.
- Trail Journals, Backpacking and Hiking Journals
All trail journals from the popular www.trailjournals.com regarding the Eastern Continental Trail.
- Eastern Continental Trail Hike - Journals and Information
Sridhar V Ramasami's account of his hike, some years ago already. Journals and picture galleries.