The Online Companion
Here you will find links to the files that make up the 2009 edition of the “Appalachian Trail Thru-Hikers’ Companion.” Once downloaded, these files can be viewed using Acrobat Reader.
If you don’t have Acrobat Reader, you may download a free version here, off the National Park Service Web site.
Introduction (288 kb)
- Contents
- Foreword
- About the Companion
- Using the Companion
- Issues on the Trail
- About ALDHA and the Gathering
- Getting to the Termini
The Appalachian Trail
- Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee (939 kb)
- Virginia (size 1.34 mb)
- West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania (size 1.01 mb)
- New Jersey, New York, Connecticut (size 973 kb)
- Massachusetts, Vermont (size 925 kb)
- New Hampshire, Maine (size 1.02 mb)
Appendices (size 184 kb)
- Post Offices along the Trail
- Mail Drops
- Hostels, Camping & Showers
- Equipment Manufacturers & Distributors
- ALDHA Membership Registration Form
- Help us compile next year's Companion
- Keep updated with changes, revisions, corrections and additions to the Companion from this page on the Trail Conservancy Web page, where changes are tracked after the book goes to press.
Note: If you like what you see, you can purchase your own copy of The Companion online, through the Appalachian Trail Conservancy’s Ultimate Trail Store.
