"The Appalachian Trail Conference (ATC) is a volunteer-based, private, nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation, management, and promotion of the Appalachian Trail as a primitive setting for outdoor recreation (on foot) and for learning." ~ATC website
White Blaze"This site was created in 03 September 2002 to help fill a need for a place that hikers could go to and learn new things, share experiences, and to meet other Appalachian Trial hikers." "The free sharing of information and experiences is why this site was created and it is why it is one of the best sites on the web dealing with the Appalachian Trail. No one person’s experiences are any better or worse than any one else’s. Here we think that everyone’s dreams, from hiking that first mile to finishing the climb at Mt. Katahdin, is a dream worth sharing." ~WhiteBlaze website
Trail Journals"Trail Journals is an online backpacking adventure. It is a good thing." ~Trail Journals website
Lots of fun journals to read here.
"Trail Forums is an open forum for discussion of Long Distance Hiking
Trail Place"This Trailplace.com website is unlike any other A.T.-focused website you will find available on the internet. It promontes traditional A.T. hiking, which means that not just any old way of using the Appalachian Trail is celebrated here. Only those uses of the Trail that conform to the official definition of the A.T. hiking experience are promoted." ~Trail Journals website