Eastern Continental Trail

Eastern Continental Trail

Infobox Hiking trail
Name=Eastern Continental Trail
Photo=ECT_AMT_Route_Map.jpg
Caption=Route of the Eastern Continental Trail through the eastern United States and Canada
Location=Eastern United States and Canada
Length=convert|5400|mi|km
Start/End Points=Key West, Florida
Belle Isle (Newfoundland and Labrador)
Use=Hiking
ElevChange=convert|6643|ft|m
HighPoint=Clingmans Dome
LowPoint=Key West
Difficulty=Moderate to Strenuous
Season=Summer in northern sections, year round in southernmost sections
Sights=Appalachian Mountains
Everglades
Florida Keys
Gaspé Peninsula
Hudson Valley
Lake Okeechobee
Mount Katahdin
Springer Mountain
Hazards=Alligators
American Black Bear
Fire Ants
Limited Water
Tick-borne diseases
Poison Ivy
Severe Weather
Steep Grades
Venomous Snakes

The Eastern Continental Trail (ECT) is a combination of North American long-distance hiking trails, which connect (roughly) from Key West, Florida to Belle Isle (Newfoundland and Labrador) a distance of convert|5400|mi|km. A thru-hike on this system of trails requires almost a year to complete.

History

Since 1997, an increasing number of thru-hikers have utilized a route that strings together a Key West/Everglades roadwalk and the Florida Trail with a roadwalk through southern Alabama, the Pinhoti National Recreation Trail and Benton MacKaye Trail in Georgia to reach the southern terminus of the Appalachian Trail at Springer Mountain. Hikers then continue north on the Appalachian Trail to the International Appalachian Trail to reach Cap Gaspé, Quebec, and more recently, Belle Isle (Newfoundland and Labrador). The trail system was named by legendary long distance hiker, M. J. Eberhart (trailname: Nimblewill Nomad).

External links

* [http://www.floridatrail.org/web/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=25&MMN_position=45:22 Eastern Continental Trail]
* [http://www.nimblewillnomad.com/eastern_continental_trail_guide.htm NimbleWill Nomad's Eastern Continental Trail Guide]


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