The Online Companion
Here you will find links to the files that make up the 2007 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.
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Introduction (391 kb)
- Foreword
- About the Companion
- Using the Companion
- Safety and Other Issues on the Trail
- About ALDHA and the Gathering
- 2007 Calendar and Key Dates
- Getting to the Termini
The Appalachian Trail
- Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee (1.62 mb)
- Virginia (size 2.18 mb)
- West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania (size 1 mb)
- New Jersey, New York, Connecticut (size 1.28 mb)
- Massachusetts, Vermont (size 1.18 mb)
- New Hampshire, Maine (size 1.32 mb)
Appendices (size 170 kb)
- Post Offices along the Trail
- Mail Drops
- Hostels, Camping & Showers
- Equipment Manufacturers & Distributors
- ALDHA Membership Registration Form
- Help Update 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.