Appalacian Trail
Take a tour of the Appalacian Trail
Besides building custom homes, Duke Manning has a passion for hiking the Appalacian Trail. He has personally hiked many miles of the Trail, and his appreciation of its splendor shows itself in his detailed work on each of his customers' homes.
Fun AT Facts
- Completed in 1937
- The nation's longest marked footpath, at approximately 2,178 miles
- Crosses six national parks
- Touches 14 states
- There are 165,000 blazes along the length of the Trail.
- More than 10,000 people have reported hiking the length of the Trail.
- It takes approximately 5 million footsteps to walk the entire length of the Trail.
*For this and other information about the Appalacian Trail, visit the official Appalacian Trail site.