The ADT is generally split into four regions, Eastern, Central – Northern Route, Central – Southern Route, Western. Data books and GPX files describing the routes are available through the ADTS store. The northern route is 4,834 miles and the southern 5,057.
(Because most through hikers hike the trail from east to west the trail is listed in that direction.)
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The Eastern ADT
The eastern section of the trail runs from Cape Henlopen in Delaware to the western side of Ohio passing through
Delaware
Maryland & D.C.
West Virginia
Ohio
The ADT divides into northern and southern routes in Elizabethtown, Ohio, with just one mile of the southern route and almost 60 miles of the northern route in Ohio.
The Central ADT – northern route
(Dennis Bratland CC BY-SA 4.0 from Wikimedia Commons)
The northern route runs from Elizabethtown, Ohio to Denver, Colorado passing through
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Iowa
Nebraska
Colorado
The Central ADT – southern route
The southern route also runs from Elizabethtown, Ohio to Denver, Colorado passing through
Ohio and Kentucky
Indiana
Illinois
Missouri
Kansas
Colorado
The Western ADT
(Bob Palin)
The western section of the ADT runs from Denver, Colorado to Point Reyes National Seashore near San Francisco, California passing through
Colorado
Utah
Nevada
California