Skip to main content
See every side of every news story
Published loading...Updated

Appalachian Trail Hits 16.9 Million Visits Milestone

The Appalachian Trail recorded 16.9 million recreation visits in 2025, marking the first time official visitation data has been released for the world’s longest hiking-only footpath, which stretches nearly 2,200 miles across 14 states. The Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC) and National Park Service (NPS) developed this figure using aggregated, anonymized mobile location data from Placer.ai, combined with trail counters and field observations t…
DisclaimerThis story is only covered by news sources that have yet to be evaluated by the independent media monitoring agencies we use to assess the quality and reliability of news outlets on our platform. Learn more here.

Bias Distribution

  • 100% of the sources lean Left
100% Left

Factuality Info Icon

To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium

Ownership

Info Icon

To view ownership data please Upgrade to Vantage

The Southern Maryland Chronicle broke the news in on Monday, March 23, 2026.
Too Big Arrow Icon
Sources are mostly out of (0)
News
Feed Dots Icon
For You
Search Icon
Search
Blindspot LogoBlindspotLocal