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🥾 Long Trail Directory
The long trails, with the length each one's own organisation publishes and the year that figure is from. Mileages move — relocations and remeasurement change most of these every year or two — so treat them as a starting point and trust your guidebook over us.
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8 of 8 trails
Appalachian Trail AT · A.T.
2,197.9 mi (2026) · GA, NC, TN, VA, WV, MD, PA, NJ, NY, CT, MA, VT, NH, ME · 12 sections
NOBO · SOBO · Flip-flop · United States
Northbound usually starts March–April; southbound from Katahdin around June.
Pacific Crest Trail PCT
2,653 mi (2025) · CA, OR, WA · 5 sections
NOBO · SOBO · Flip-flop · United States
Northbound usually starts late April–May, to clear the Sierra snowpack.
Continental Divide Trail CDT
3,100 mi (2025) · NM, CO, WY, ID, MT · 4 sections
NOBO · SOBO · United States
Northbound usually starts April; southbound from Glacier in June.
Colorado Trail CT
567 mi (2025) · CO
Westbound (Denver → Durango) · Eastbound · United States
Usually July–September, once the high passes clear.
Long Trail
272 mi (2025) · VT
NOBO · SOBO · United States
Usually late June–September, after Vermont's mud season.
John Muir Trail JMT
211 mi (2025) · CA
SOBO (Yosemite → Whitney) · NOBO · United States
Usually July–September.
Arizona Trail AZT
800 mi (2025) · AZ
NOBO · SOBO · United States
Northbound usually starts March–April; southbound in September–October.
Foothills Trail
77 mi (2025) · SC, NC
Eastbound (Oconee → Table Rock) · Westbound · United States
Walkable year-round; spring and autumn are the popular windows.
Plan a hike in Thru Hiker Corner
Lengths are the figures each trail's own organisation publishes, with the year shown. They change with relocations and remeasurement, so check the source before you plan around one — and whatever you enter for your own hike stays yours, never overwritten from this list.