A. You are required to notify the Board within 30 days of an address or name change. Name and address changes can only be accepted in writing include your name, old address, new address, primary state of residence address, and license number. Please print out our change form (click here) and mail or fax to our office.
Reviewed February 1, 2017. The trail runs from Pittsburgh Pa. to Cumberland Md. to the terminus of the C&O Canal. The first couple of miles of the trail from Cumberland through the Historic Narrows is paved. This makes for a great walking trail or for riding bikes.
The hazards of hiking the Appalachian Trail is there are bears, snakes and wild boars, but if precautions are taken it should not prove as a very dangerous hazard. Benefits of hiking the Appalachian trail is the self-satisfaction of knowing you did it! only 20% of thru-hikers complete the journey.