El Appalachian Trail Iyo nzira inoshamisa inoratidzwa kumabvazuva kweUnited States iyo inotambanuka pakati peSpringer Mountain muGeorgia neGomo Katahdin muMaine.
Iyo yakazara kureba ingangoita 2.200 mamaira (3.500 km) akatambanudza matunhu eGeorgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire neMaine.
Iyo nzira inochengetwa nemakumi matatu emakwara emakirabhu uye mazhinji masangano uye anotungamirwa neNational Park Service uye isiri-purofiti Appalachian Trail Conservancy. Mazhinji enzira ari mugwenga, kunyange hazvo zvimwe zvikamu zvichidarika mataundi, migwagwa nenzizi.
Iyo Appalachian Trail inozivikanwa kune avo vakawanda vanofamba, vamwe vanozoedza kukwira zvizere mukati memwaka mumwe chete. Mabhuku mazhinji, memoir, mawebhusaiti, nemasangano zvakatsaurirwa kutsvagurudzo iyi.
Iyo nzira inoratidzirwa munzira ino nemitsetse michena yepende, ichivatungamira munzira kuburikidza neanopfuura mazana maviri nemakumi maviri emakiromita emakamuri emisasa uye misasa inoitenderedza. Matumba anowanzo paradzaniswa nekufamba kwezuva kana zvishoma, kazhinji padyo nekwaanowana mvura (inogona kuoma) uye nechimbuzi.
Nzvimbo yepamusoro penzira ndeyeClingmans pamamita makumi matanhatu nematanhatu, uye nzvimbo yakaderera iri paRwizi Hudson. Pakati penzira idzi, kune zvakawanda zvinokatyamadza zvisikwa zvakaita seAmerican bheya dema, pakati pemhuka hombe dzisingawanzo kutarisana nevanhu. Bear kuona munzira munzira hakuwanzoitika, kunze kwezvikamu zvishoma, kunyanya muShenandoah National Park uye chikamu cheNew Jersey.
Zvimwe zvinowanzoonekwa mhuka huru dzinosanganisira mhembwe uye elk, ayo anogara kure kumaodzanyemba seMassachusetts, asi anowanzoonekwa kuchamhembe kweNew England.
Iyo nzira inoyambuka migwagwa yakawanda, ichipa mukana wakanaka kune vanofamba-famba kuti vaende kunokwira vachikwidza mutown kuti vawane chikafu nezvimwe zvekushandisa kuwedzera kune mahotera nekugara.
Pakati pemaguta anozivikanwa kwazvo munzira iyi Hot Springs, North Carolina, Erwin, Tennessee, Dhamasiko, Virginia; Harper Ferry, West Virginia; Duncannon, Pennsylvania, Port Clinton, Pennsylvania, Hanover, New Hampshire, uye Monson, Maine.