The Appalachian Trail Conservancy’s mission is to preserve and manage the Appalachian Trail – ensuring that its vast natural beauty and priceless cultural heritage can be shared and enjoyed today, tomorrow, and for centuries to come.

The Appalachian Trail Conservancy’s vision is to nurture and protect the trail through education and inspiration, strives to create an ever-expanding community of doers and dreamers, and works to ensure tomorrow’s generations will experience the same mesmerizing beauty we behold today.

The Appalachian Trail Conservancy is guided by a set of core values: cooperation, integrity, inclusion, dedication, and empowerment.

The West Virginia portion of the A.T. is four miles and is mostly in historic Harpers Ferry, the site of John Brown’s Raid and notable Civil War battles. The Appalachian Trail Conservancy’s office in Harpers Ferry is accessible off the A.T. via a 0.2-mile blue-blazed trail.

APPALACHIAN TRAIL NATIONAL PARK