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Appalachian Trail Stats

 

This is just one example of the possible mileage required to complete a thru-hike of the AT.
  • Start Date: April 18, 1995
  • Finish Date: September 28, 1995

 

Georgia

  • overall average / day = 10.48 miles
  • non-stop average / day = 11.32 miles
  • number of days hiking in state = 7 days
  • number of no hiking days = 0 days

North Carolina

  • overall average / day = 13.38 miles
  • non-stop average / day = 14.63 miles
  • number of days hiking in state = 22 days
  • number of no hiking days = 0 days

Tennessee

  • overall average / day = 17.25 miles
  • non-stop average / day = 17.25 miles
  • number of days hiking in state = 4 days
  • number of no hiking days = 0 days

South West Virginia

  • overall average / day = 15.1 miles
  • non-stop average / day = 17.18 miles
  • number of days hiking in state = 10 days
  • number of no hiking days = 0 days

Central Virginia

  • overall average / day = 16.12 miles
  • non-stop average / day = 16.12 miles
  • number of days hiking in state = 14 days
  • number of no hiking days = 0 days

Shenandoah

  • overall average / day = 13.55 miles
  • non-stop average / day = 17.25 miles
  • number of days hiking in state = 8 days
  • number of no hiking days = 1 days

North Virginia, Maryland and West Virginia

  • overall average / day = 13.04 miles
  • non-stop average / day = 16.45 miles
  • number of days hiking in state = 7 days
  • number of no hiking days = 1 days

Pennsylvania

  • overall average / day = 15.89 miles
  • non-stop average / day = 18.51 miles
  • number of days hiking in state = 15 days
  • number of no hiking days = 0 days

New Jersey & New York

  • overall average / day = 14.46 miles
  • non-stop average / day = 17.46 miles
  • number of days hiking in state = 10 days
  • number of no hiking days = 0 days

Massachusetts & Connecticut

  • overall average / day = 13.13 miles
  • non-stop average / day = 17.7 miles
  • number of days hiking in state = 12 days
  • number of no hiking days = 1 days

Vermont

  • overall average / day = 9.96 miles
  • non-stop average / day = 15.56 miles
  • number of days hiking in state = 14 days
  • number of no hiking days = 4 days  (extra time off due to sickness / malnourishment)

New Hampshire

  • overall average / day = 12.32 miles
  • non-stop average / day = 14.52 miles
  • number of days hiking in state = 13 days
  • number of no hiking days = 0 days

Maine

  • overall average / day = 11.25 miles
  • non-stop average / day = 13.83 miles
  • number of days hiking in state = 26 days
  • number of no hiking days = 1 days

TOTALS

  • total non-stop hiking average = 16.0 miles / day
  • longest day = 24.4 (in PA)
  • longest non-stop milage state = PA (18.51 miles)
  • lowest average non-stop mileage state = Georgia (11.32)
  • highest average mileage state = Tennessee (17.25)
  • lowest average mileage state = Vermont (9.96)
  • total number of days not hiking = 9
  • total number of hiking days in Virginia = 34
  • total number of days on the A.T. = 164