Appalachian Trail

Appalachian Trail is a New Jersey historical marker in Sussex County, dedicated 1964.

Route 206, 6/10 miles north of Culver Lake · location approximate

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Planned by forester and writer, Benton MacKaye, in 1921. Maintained by hiking clubs along its 2000 miles, Maine to Georgia.

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1888 · 1 Kittatinny Valley, Mtn. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1895 · Ulster, Orange counties. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1924 · New Jersey. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1927 · New Jersey. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1943 · Branchville, New Jersey (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

New Jersey, 1924, covering the location of Appalachian Trail, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — New Jersey, 1924, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours and the location is approximate.

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Appalachian Trail

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