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Show Trail for "Hikers" As conceived by Its proponents and already purlly realized, the Appalii-chlan Appalii-chlan trull Is a footpath for bikers In the A j i j;i la el i i;i n inoiiiilaliis, ex lending from Maine to (ieoriiiu, a dis tance of Koine l.:!(X) miles. To the end of V.Vd'J approximately f0() miles of this trull have Immti constructed, for the most part In New England, New York, New Jersey. I'ennsj Ivnnia and Virginia. The trail shuns automobile roads and lowlands, the purpose be-ln? be-ln? to provide access to mountains anil wild country of the eastern high lands for tramping, camping and outdoor out-door recreation. Its route Is the crest line of the Appalachian system, pro vhling n skyline trail over mountain summits wherever the outlooks warrant war-rant and the ground permits the ell mil. |