The Hikes Committee has worked hard to provide you with 75 hikes to a wide variety of interesting and scenic areas. All hikes listed in the schedule are repeated to allow greater flexibility in choosing your favorites, and hikes are available each day of the conference. Their difficulty ranges from easy to strenuous. More than 156 miles of the Appalachian Trail are featured in a series of section-hikes ranging from Swatara Gap, Pennsylvania, to deep into Maryland.
Additional hikes take place in state parks, on rail-trails, and at a variety of scenic locations.
Several hikes will feature settings nationally famous for their historical importance. The hikes are presented in a table format to permit you to see at a glance the days that each hike is available and to provide basic information to help you select from the list. A written description of each hike follows the table. Study the hike information and ratings before registering in order to select a hike suited to your abilities. Hiking groups will be limited to twenty-five people, although hikes that are run as crossovers can accommodate forty, with return to campus in time for dinner.