Scrolling the Appalachian Trail / / No Comments The Washington Post has published an article which explores the reasons why the world famous Appalachian Trail keeps getting longer. Apparently less than half the original trail remains where it was first laid. It also now 150 miles longer than it was in 1937. You can see all the changes made to the trail over the last 86 years in Why the famed Appalachian Trail keeps getting longer — and Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Appalachian, Scrolling, trail