Great Eastern Trail
Description
- Name Great Eastern Trail (GET)
- Length of trail 2,575 km, 1,600 miles
- Length in days 170 days
- Traildino grading SW, Strenuous walk, mountain trail
- Hut tour grading T2, Mountain walk
GET, 1600 miles (2575 km)
Hiking trail from Alabama to New York, in the eastern States, along the Appalachian Mountains. The proposed length is 1600 miles (2575 km) or even 2000 miles. The GET should get the pressure off the AT. Currently, many local organisations are working together to get a deffinite route proposal. Under construction.
Map
Links
Facts
- The Great Eastern Trail
The GET home page has clear sketch maps about the current status, and other information.
- Brown Mountain Photography
Work in progress: "a guidebook to fully describe the Great Eastern Trail from Hancock, Maryland south to Interstate 64 west of Covington, at the Allegheny Trail exit".
- Great Eastern Trail - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Great Eastern Trail in NY
(Proposed) route of GET in New York.
- The Great Eastern Trail | sectionhiker.com
Discussion of the GET and its progress.
- TheGreatEasternTrail (pdf)
2006 article in The American Hiker
- Trail journal
This is the blog of the first completed thru-hike of the Great Eastern Trail. There are also tips and a list of guides for future thru-hikers.
- Virgina proposed trail system (pdf)
Leaflet with proposed route of GET in Virginia.
Reports
- Trail Journals : Great Eastern Trail
Trail Journal of a large part of the GET.
- Trail Journals : The Great Eastern Trail Photos - Long Distance Hiking Photos
Picture report.
Guides and maps
Lodging
Organisations
Tour operators
GPS
Other
Books
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- Walking Brittany
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- Short Walks in Cornwall
- A practical little walk guide to Cornwall endorsed by the Ramblers. All of the 20 walks are 5 miles or under in length and can easily be completed in less than 3 hours. Clear Ordnance Survey maps show the route, along with easy-to-follow walk descriptions. Cornwall forms the tip of the south-west peninsula of the island of Great Britain. The... Read more
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- Walking in County Durham
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- Walking in County Durham: 40 walking routes exploring Pennine moors, river valleys and coastal paths
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- Walking in Italy`s Cinque Terre: Monterosso al Mare, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola and Riomaggiore
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- Guide To Wiltshire Pub Walks
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- Nanikot
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- Kimathanka
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- Tilicho
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- Hatiya
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- Lamsun
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- Dadapakhar
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