The Appalachian Trail (AT) was conceived by Benton MacKaye as a trail that would connect farmland and the wilderness from Georgia to Maine. Today it is one of the longest footpaths in the world, stretching over 2,180 miles from Springer Mountain in Georgia to Mount Katahdin in Maine. The trail spans across the Appalachian Mountain Range winding through valleys, gaps, and notches while ascending and descending up and down the mountains. They say the total climb of hiking the trail is equivalent to climbing Mount Everest sixteen times.