Appalachian Trail connects with Benton MacKaye Trail
Extensions
The International Appalachian Trail is a 1,900-mile (3,100 km) extension running northeast from Maine into New Brunswick and Quebec's Gaspé Peninsula, where it ends at Forillon National Park. It is a separate trail and not an official extension of the Appalachian Trail. Other branches are designated in parts of Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and along the western shore of Newfoundland, to the northern end of the Appalachian Mountain range, where it enters the Atlantic Ocean, near L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site. The route has since been extended to Greenland, Europe, and Morocco.Although the Appalachian Trail ends in Georgia, the Appalachian Mountains continue south to Flagg Mountain in Alabama. In 2008, the Pinhoti National Recreation Trail in Alabama and Georgia, which terminates at Flagg Mountain, was connected to the southern terminus of the Appalachian Trail via the Benton MacKaye Trail. Promoters of the Southern extension refer to MacKaye's statement at the 1925 conference that the Georgia to New Hampshire trail should, in the future, extend to Katahdin, and "then to Birmingham, Alabama". As of March 2015, The Pinhoti Trail terminates at the base of Flagg Mountain, near Weogufka in Coosa County, 50 miles (80 km) east of Birmingham. In 2010, the Alabama state legislature formed the Alabama Appalachian Mountain Trail Commission to provide state resources for trail improvements, although officially designating Pinhoti as part of the Appalachian Trail would require an act of the United States Congress.The 8.8-mile (14.2 km) Appalachian Approach Trail in Georgia begins at Amicalola Falls State Park's visitor center and ends at Springer Mountain. Because Springer Mountain is in a remote area, the Approach Trail is often the beginning of North bound thru-hike attempts. Much of the Approach Trail was originally built as part of the Appalachian Trail, before the southern terminus was relocated from Mount Oglethorpe to Springer Mountain.See also
Appalachian Development Highway System
Trans Canada TrailAdditional U.S. long-distance trailsEast Coast Greenway
Pacific Northwest TrailConnected U.S. long-distance trailsAllegheny Trail
American Discovery Trail
Benton MacKaye Trail
Border Route Trail
Buckeye Trail
Finger Lakes Trail
Horse Shoe Trail
International Appalachian Trail
Kekekabic Trail
Long Path
Long Trail
North Country Trail
Mason-Dixon Trail
Mesabi Trail
Mountains-to-Sea Trail
Pinhoti National Recreation Trail
Superior Hiking Trail
Tuscarora Trail
Virginia Creeper Trail
Wabash Cannonball TrailConnected National Historic TrailsOvermountain Victory National Historic Trail
Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail