Iko kufona Appalachian Trail inzira yekufamba-famba yevatasviki vanobatana kune imwe yenzira dzeNorth America dzinoyevedza pakukwirira kwekubwinya kwayo. Uye ndeyekuti kufamba napo kunodzamisa iyi yakasarudzika tsika yemagariro yedunhu.
Iyo inoratidzirwa nzira munzira yekumabvazuva kweUnited States inotambanudza pakati peSpringer Mountain mu Georgia uye Gomo Katahdin mu Maine iyo yakareba urefu hwayo ingangoita zviuru mazana maviri (makiromita mazana matatu nemazana mashanu)
Mupfungwa iyi, nzira inodarika nematunhu 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 nemasangano mazhinji ayo anotarisirwa neNational Park Service uye isiri-purofiti Appalachian Trail Conservancy. Mazhinji enzira ari mugwenga, kunyange hazvo zvimwe zvikamu zvichidarika mataundi, migwagwa uye kuyambuka nzizi
Mugwagwa wakagamuchirwa naBenton MacKaye, nyanzvi yezvemasango uyo akanyora hurongwa hwake hwepakutanga nguva pfupi mushure mekufa kwemukadzi wake muna 1921. Pfungwa yaMacKaye yaive yekuratidza mugwagwa muhombe unobatanidza nhevedzano yemapurazi nemisasa yechibharo.
Kusvikira Gumiguru 7, 1923, chikamu chekutanga chemugwagwa chakavhurwa, kubva Bear Mountain State Park kumadokero kuburikidza neHarriman kuenda kuArden, New York. Izvi zvakakonzera kuumbwa kweAppalachian Trail.
Pakati pemhuka dzinogona kuwanikwa munzira iyi ibere nhema yeAmerica iyo isingawanzo kusangana nevanhu. Kutakura kuona munzira munzira hakuwanzoitika, kunze kweShenandoah National Park.
Zvimwe zvinowanzoonekwa mhuka huru dzinosanganisira mhembwe uye elk, izvo zvinogara kure kumaodzanyemba seMassachusetts, asi zvakajairika kuchamhembe kweNew England.