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precioustime
Explorer II
Sep 29, 2013

Any advise about taking the Appalachian Trail?

I would be leaving Miami about May 2014 in a 24' Class B plus towing a small car. I hope to end up in Maine, Conn. area. I have gone through the Smokey Mts and the Blue Ridge Mts. Could I go around th...
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Hokiehall
Explorer
Sep 30, 2013
Horsedoc wrote:
Possibly you mean the Blue Ridge Parkway instead of Skyline Drive or the Appalachian Trailer. SD is pretty much an extension of the BRP. Cherokee NC to Front Royal VA.


That would give the OP a good sample of what the AT is like, all from the comfort of his rig. Blue Ridge Parkway is 469 miles, and the Skyline Drive adds another 105. He will have to pay a fee to enter Shenandoah National Park to continue on the Skyline Drive.

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