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Weir Farm National Historic Site (NPS photo)

Appalachian National Scenic Trail

P.O. Box 50 Harpers Ferry, WV 25425

304-535-6278

Appalachian National Scenic Trail, generally known as the Appalachian Trail is a 2,185-mile long hiking trail that travels through the Appalachian Mountains in the eastern U.S. This trail traverses the scenic, wooded, pastoral, wild and culturally profound lands extending between Springer Mountain in Georgia and Mount Katahdin in Maine. The Appalachian National Scenic Trail was conceived in 1921 by private citizens and completed by them in 1937.

Over 51 miles of the Appalachian National Scenic Trail runs in Connecticut. The trail lies almost entirely along the ridges of the west above the Housatonic River Valley.

Weir Farm National Historic Site

735 Nod Hill Rd. Wilton, CT 06897

203-834-1896

Weir Farm National Historic Site commemorates the life and work of American impressionist painter J. Alden Weir. Other artists who stayed at the site or lived there include Childe Hassam, Albert Pinkham Ryder, John Singer Sargent and John Twachtman. Designed and preserved by artists, Weir Farm National Historic Site welcomes everyone to experience the power of creativity, art and nature.