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The table above is sorted in trail sequence starting in Springer, GA
and provides
various map displays based on the latitude/longitude
data for AT shelters.
Click on the shelter name to get additional information, photo,
elevation profiles, and map URL's.
The "miles" column is the distance from Springer, GA.
The "next" column is the distance in miles to the next (north) shelter.
Miles, next, and elevation are
transcribed from the
2024
Thru hiker's companion (pdf) -- 2197.4 miles, midpoint 1099.2.
Long Branch shelter (mile 102.5) completed in 2012.
The Appalachian Trail GPS waypoint data currently consists of overnight shelter locations directly on or near the A.T and is derived from the
2009 data
provided by the AppalachianTrail.org.
(Previously used 2002 GPS data from waypoint files
please see the use conditions
at that site.
To the 2002 I had added GPS data for Churchill Scott, Wayah Shelter,
Hurricane Mountain Shelter 5/2004, Mountaineer
Shelter 4/2007, Bromley Shelter 4/5/09,
and Pickle Branch, Gooch Mountain, Roaring Fork, High Point, Ore Hill 4/20/09,
and Byrds Nest 3 3/12/10. )
2017 new
Nahmakanta Stream Lean-to 2149.0, coordinates unknown (45.734160,-69.046854 ?).
In 2018, Tucker Johnson rebuilt.
Removed/closed shelters include: OverMountain, Watauga Lake, Antietam,
and Lula Tye.
The trail overlay is based on the 2009 ATC centerline data.
For the latest mileages and shelter status, please visit
the
Appalachian Trail Conservancy
and see the
AT guide sets.
Here is a plot of the elevation profile of the AT shelters. At 6275' Roan High Knob Shelter is the highest shelter on the AT, and Ten Mile River Lean-to is the lowest at 290'. The average distance between shelters is 7.8 miles, and the max distance is 32.2 miles between West Mountain and RPH shelters. Each entry in the table above has an elevation profile of the trail between shelters based on this elevation data. |
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- ★ Google AT shelter map pan/zoom and click on shelter with optional trail overlay (photo/topo/terrain) or iPhone map
- Google Earth KML file atshelters.kmz
- ESRI map of shelters or here
- non-google leafletjs map shelters map
- the Appalachian trail centerline at09.kmz (4 MB, Google Earth) from 2009 ATC data, based on Trimble Pro XRS GPS surveys
- graph of AT shelter elevation profile and trail elevation profiles or scribd AT profile and topofusion trail elevation profile
- elevation profile tables feet per mile by section, state, shelter
- AT elevation data based on ATC 2009 GPS data and USGS DEM elevation data
- the AT in the Smoky Mountains elevation profile mileage profile
- Appalachian Trail Conservancy and AT waypoints
- AT trail conditions and updates and AT Thru hiker's companion (pdf) and smartphone AT hiker app
- AT groups/clubs that maintain AT
- AT shelter and campsite info
- AT GIS data maps, shelters and trail track files
- NPS AT info and AT trail map pdf
- scanned NPS AT maps gif,jpg,tiff
- WikiTrail Appalchian Trail section profiles, photo, google map
- Garmin's AT map for GPS (2011), also PCT
- Maptech's AT map CDs
- AT mileage chart and distance calculator and wikitrails distance calculator
- Maptech track file(txf) for AT in TN (zip file)
- Guy Mott's AT GPS track data (gpx)
- topofusion AT GPS data
- whiteblaze.net AT info and forum and shelter list and shelter photos
- Kathy's AT info and Cloudwalker's AT info
- 2023 Washington Post longer and harder
- Google map AT trail parking
and Google Earth atparking.kmz or atparking.gpx (courtesy ATC 2009)
- ATC's interactive google trail map parking and shelters
- trailheadfinder map with shelters, elevation profile
- shelter map hi-res topo option from Gmap4
- Rohland's Appalachian Trail parking access, gps, map information or atparking.gpx (courtesy ATC 2009)
- Postholer's google AT trail map road/topo/image, also Pacific Crest Trail
- another AT trail map
- Appalachian Trail Database google maps, weather
- Dutch Roth's old black&white shelter photos 1930's
- the AT in the Smoky Mountains elevation profile mileage profile
- clickable Smoky Mountain Park trail map
or Google map
with landforms/campsites/trails
- Appalachian Trail guide through Great Smoky Mountains National Park
- TEHCC GPS AT data for and annotated Google map
- Support the AT, get a Tennessee AT license plate
- lookout towers along AT
- GPS info
and free pc-to-gps software EasyGPS
- also see our Tennessee landforms, BSF landforms, and GSMNP landforms and campsites that have GPS data on waterfalls, balds, natural bridges, etc.
- AT weather
Smoky Mountains (GSMNP) campsites waypoints, maps for
shelters and backcountry campsites
Visits since 1/26/04
