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The Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC) (formerly Appalachian Trail Conference) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the conservation of the Appalachian Trail
Appalachian Trail

The Appalachian National Scenic Trail, generally known as the Appalachian Trail or simply The A.T., is a marked hiking trail in the eastern United States, extending between Springer Mountain in Georgia and Mount Katahdin in Maine....
, which runs from Maine
Maine

The State of Maine is a U.S. state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast, New Hampshire to the southwest, the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast....
 to Georgia
Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia is a U.S. state in the United States and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against United Kingdom rule in the American Revolution....
. The Conference works to protect the trail's 2,175 miles (3,500 km), 250,000 acre (1,000 kmē) greenway, and coordinates the work of some thirty hiking clubs performing trail maintenance.

The trail was originally conceived by forester Benton MacKaye
Benton MacKaye

Benton MacKaye was an United States forester, planner and conservationist. Born in Stamford, Connecticut, MacKaye's father was Steele MacKaye, an actor and dramatist....
 who envisioned a grand trail that would connect a series of farms and wilderness work/study camps for city-dwellers.






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The Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC) (formerly Appalachian Trail Conference) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the conservation of the Appalachian Trail
Appalachian Trail

The Appalachian National Scenic Trail, generally known as the Appalachian Trail or simply The A.T., is a marked hiking trail in the eastern United States, extending between Springer Mountain in Georgia and Mount Katahdin in Maine....
, which runs from Maine
Maine

The State of Maine is a U.S. state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast, New Hampshire to the southwest, the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast....
 to Georgia
Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia is a U.S. state in the United States and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against United Kingdom rule in the American Revolution....
. The Conference works to protect the trail's 2,175 miles (3,500 km), 250,000 acre (1,000 kmē) greenway, and coordinates the work of some thirty hiking clubs performing trail maintenance.

The trail was originally conceived by forester Benton MacKaye
Benton MacKaye

Benton MacKaye was an United States forester, planner and conservationist. Born in Stamford, Connecticut, MacKaye's father was Steele MacKaye, an actor and dramatist....
 who envisioned a grand trail that would connect a series of farms and wilderness work/study camps for city-dwellers. In 1922, at the suggestion of Major William A. Welch
William A. Welch

Major William Addams Welch was an American engineer and environmentalist who would have a major impact on the state and national park systems of the United States....
, director of the Palisades Interstate Park Commission
Palisades Interstate Park Commission

Palisades Interstate Park and its creator, the Palisades Interstate Park Commission, was formed in 1900 by governors Theodore Roosevelt of New York and Foster M....
, MacKaye's plan was publicized by Raymond H. Torrey
Raymond H. Torrey

Raymond Hezekiah Torrey was the author of weekly column , Outings and The Long Brown Path in the New York Evening Post in the 1920s and 1930s....
 with a story in the New York Evening Post under a full page banner headline reading "A Great Trail from Maine to Georgia!"; the idea was quickly adopted by the new Palisades Interstate Park Trail Conference as their main project, and on January 4, 1924, the first twenty mile (32 km) stretch from the Hudson
Hudson River

The Hudson River, called Muh-he-kun-ne-tuk , the Great Mohegan by the Iroquois, or as the Lenape Native Americans called it in Unami, Muhheakantuck, is a river that flows from north to south through eastern New York....
 to the Ramapo River
Ramapo River

The Ramapo River is a tributary of the Pompton River, approximately 30 mi long, in southern New York and northern New Jersey in the United States....
s was complete. The entire trail was completed in 1937.

The ATC was formed in Washington, DC on March 2 and 3, 1925, with Major Welch as chairman and Torrey as treasurer. In 1927, Welch was replaced by Judge Arthur Perkins and in 1928, J.A. Allis became Treasurer.

Its headquarters are located in Harpers Ferry
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

Harpers Ferry is a historic town in Jefferson County, West Virginia, West Virginia. It is situated at the confluence of the Potomac River and Shenandoah Rivers where the U.S....
, West Virginia
West Virginia

West Virginia is a U.S. state in the Appalachian, Upland South, and Mid-Atlantic States regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia on the southeast, Kentucky on the southwest, Ohio on the northwest, and Pennsylvania and Maryland on the northeast....
.

Affiliated trail maintenance clubs

  • Georgia Appalachian Trail Club
    Georgia Appalachian Trail Club

    The Georgia Appalachian Trail Club, Inc. is a non-profit organization that was organized in 1930 in Dahlonega, Georgia . Its membership consists of individual volunteers who share a love for the Appalachian Trail....
  • Nantahala Hiking Club
  • Smoky Mountains Hiking Club
  • Carolina Mountain Club
  • Tennessee Eastman Hiking and Canoeing Club
  • Mt. Rogers Appalachian Trail Club
  • Piedmont Appalachian Trail Hikers
  • Outdoor Club of Virginia Tech
  • Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club
  • Natural Bridge Appalachian Trail Club
  • Tidewater Appalachian Trail Club
  • Old Dominion Appalachian Trail Club
  • Potomac Appalachian Trail Club
    Potomac Appalachian Trail Club

    The 'Potomac Appalachian Trail Club', or , is a volunteer organization that works to maintain trail in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV MSA....
  • Mountain Club of Maryland
  • Cumberland Valley Appalachian Trail Club
  • York Hiking Club
  • Susquehanna Appalachian Trail Club
  • Blue Mountain Eagle Climbing Club
  • Allentown Hiking Club
  • Philadelphia Trail Club
  • AMC-Delaware Valley Chapter
    Appalachian Mountain Club

    The Appalachian Mountain Club is one of the United States' oldest outdoor groups. Created in 1876 to explore and preserve the White Mountains in New Hampshire, it has expanded throughout the northeastern U.S., with 12 chapters stretching from Maine to Washington, D.C....
  • Batona Hiking Club
  • Wilmington Trail Club
  • New York - New Jersey Trail Conference
    New York - New Jersey Trail Conference

    The New York-New Jersey Trail Conference is a federation of approximately 10,000 individual members and about 100 member organizations . The organization, now located in Mahwah, NJ, is volunteer-based....
  • AMC-Connecticut Chapter
    Appalachian Mountain Club

    The Appalachian Mountain Club is one of the United States' oldest outdoor groups. Created in 1876 to explore and preserve the White Mountains in New Hampshire, it has expanded throughout the northeastern U.S., with 12 chapters stretching from Maine to Washington, D.C....
  • AMC-Berkshire Chapter
    Appalachian Mountain Club

    The Appalachian Mountain Club is one of the United States' oldest outdoor groups. Created in 1876 to explore and preserve the White Mountains in New Hampshire, it has expanded throughout the northeastern U.S., with 12 chapters stretching from Maine to Washington, D.C....
  • Green Mountain Club
    Green Mountain Club

    The Green Mountain Club is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and protecting Vermont's Long Trail. Created in 1910 with a mission "to make the Vermont Mountains play a larger part in the life of the people", the club completed the Long Trail in 1930....
  • Dartmouth Outing Club
    Dartmouth Outing Club

    The Dartmouth Outing Club is the oldest and largest collegiate outing club in the United States of America. Proposed in 1909 by Dartmouth College student Fred Harris to "stimulate interest in out-of-door winter sports", the club soon grew to encompass the College's year-round outdoor activity and has had a major role in defining Dartmouth Co...
  • Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC)
    Appalachian Mountain Club

    The Appalachian Mountain Club is one of the United States' oldest outdoor groups. Created in 1876 to explore and preserve the White Mountains in New Hampshire, it has expanded throughout the northeastern U.S., with 12 chapters stretching from Maine to Washington, D.C....
  • Maine Appalachian Trail Club


See also

  • Appalachian Development Highway System
    Appalachian Development Highway System

    The Appalachian Development Highway System is part of the Appalachian Regional Commission in the United States....
     (ADHS) (in the eastern US)


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