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…
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