Log 2017010602

On the American Discovery Trail (ADT) - Ohio & Kentucky, I know of camping/ lodging amenity gaps in the following places (both are hiking):
Mile 164.67

Ten Mile Per Day

The SE arm independent of the Buckeye Trail

Thru Hike and Ten Miler

In the area of Scioto Trail Section - Buckeye/ North Country/ American Discovery Trail, Point 09 of the current Buckeye Trail map & guide as of this date.

Previously, I wrote about camping/ lodging amenity gaps on the American Discovery trail in Delaware, Maryland and West Virginia.  Sometimes, these can be fixed with a new private camp host that could be documented and obtained by the adventurist somehow, or the trail could be re-routed so that it brings the hiker 2 - 4 miles from the amenity depending on the terrain of where such a gap occurs?

All this could be handled by ADT's new state committees.  It might be just one of their functions.  But as of the date of this log, most them are very new.  If you'd like to volunteer for one of these, you should contact the ADT state coordinator for the area your interested in.  That directory is linked here.

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Log 2017010501

The American Discovery Trail (ADT) - West Virginia is routed through the Cheat/ Potomac Ranger District of the Monongahela National Forest.  Another NFS webpage lists Cheat and Potomac as having two different ranger districts.

I've been working with Google Earth and my ADT - WV GPS track.  In the westbound direction for generally 10 mile per day hikers, beginning in Maryland at Segment 4 - Mi 164.67, there is an amenity gap for 66.82 total miles into West Virginia.

Assuming that the thru hike rate in this part of West Virginia is 15 miles per day, with amenity spurs no longer than 3mi, I work with a 3mi reserve, total daily output not to exceed 18.0 total miles, then I am aware of an amenity gap at this rate in the Keyser, WV area.  But I'll be going off the bed soon and I might not get back to this project for weeks.  That's unless somebody needs logistical assistance, then maybe sooner.

Log 2015112901

As I mentioned before, I plan to submit my 10 Mile Continuous Hikes Without Transit data to the Buckeye Trail Association (BTA).  While I was routing through the Mogadore Section - Buckeye Trail (BT), I discovered I came along a camping/ lodging amenity gap in the Mantua of Portage County area.  The problem was that I had never done a mock hiking route on this scale and without transit before, so taking into account where the last campsite/ lodging amenity was, how do I restart???  There's no rule for this and I have to be contentious of my criticism as this document may be scrutinized someday.

The other 10 mile document uses transit, so it's parameters are a little different.  With the non-transit data, I'm going to re-start routing at the nearest public parking area prior to the first campsite if the mock hiker travels in the clockwise (CW) direction.  The problem is that my parking area data still doesn't account for any road right-of-way widths yet.  More precise parking areas could make a difference in determining the amenity gap's exact parameters.

These areas drive me crazy.