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What is the Eastern Continental Trail?
The Eastern Continental Trail is an unofficial trail that begins
in Key West and ends in Belle Isle, Newfoundland, Canada. It encompasses
eight distinct sections as identified by Nimblewillnomad.com,
the best site about the ECT out there. I'm not an expert on the whole
thing, just the part in my backyard, so I will provide links to the real
experts.
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Section 1: The
Keys Glades Connector (and the subject of this website)
Mileage
is estimated at 191 miles using the only viable route to the mainland
(Card Sound Road). This is a preliminary estimate, and I will verify
that over the next
couple
of months.
The Florida
Trail Association does provide good mileage information for the
ECT connection in one of their books, the Florida Trail Companion
Guide for Long Distance Hikers.
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Section
2: The
Florida National Scenic Trail
Approximately
1100 miles. For more information, start with the Florida
Trail Association. You must be a member of the FTA to thru
hike as certain sections are restricted to members only!!
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3: The Alabama Roadwalk 190
miles. This is not an official trail, but information regarding
this connector is available from the Alabama
Trail Hiking Society
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4: The Alabama Pinhoti Trail 140
miles. This is the premier hiking trail in Alabama. Information
is available from either the Horn
Mountain Trail Club or the Alabama
Trail Hiking Society
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5: The Georgia Pinhoti Trail 155
miles. Information is available from the Georgia
Pinhoti Trail Association
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6: The Benton McKaye Trail
65
mile section of the Benton McKaye Trail. Information available
from the Benton McKaye Trail Association
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7: The Appalachian National Scenic Trail 2150
miles. This is the best known, most written about hiking trail
in the world. Information is abundant from several sources. The
place to start researching the trail is the Appalachian
Trail Conservancy
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8: Sentier International des Appalaches/International
Appalachian Trail 1285
miles. Information is available from the International
Appalachian Trail organization.
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TOTAL
MILES: Approximately 5276!!!
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