Tennessee A.T. License Plate

The Tennessee legislature gave the nod for the creation of a specialty license plate for the Appalachian Trail. Funds produced from the sale of the plate will be shared with the Appalachian Trail Conservancy for the support and management of the Appalachian Trail. 


Design by Matt Montgomery
(Design subject to review and approval from state DMV.)

ATC needs 1,000 paid applications as soon as possible. As of October 1, ATC has 509 applications from people like you who care about the Trail.

Complete an application today to support this project and make it a reality.

Your contribution means the most right now, so sign up today. 

  • Your help now will help us reach our goal swiftly. Since we must show support from Tennesseans to even get the plates in production, procrastination isn’t an option. 
  • The plate will help the Appalachian Trail long into the future as a permanent source of funding. 
  • The design looks great.
  • It’s a great way to say “I care about the Trail” and see others who feel the same.
  • You get a free one-time annual membership to the ATC.*

How much is it?

A standard, numerical A.T. license plate will cost $35 and a personalized one will cost $70—in addition to the regular vehicle registration fee. ATC will receive $15.56 of the fees for each plate produced or renewed. 

FAQ: Tennessee A.T. license plate (PDF)- Get answers to other frequently asked questions.

How will it help the A.T.?

These funds will help the ATC by supporting:

  • Trail and facilities maintenance, 
  • land conservation, 
  • public information efforts, 
  • citizen scientist-based environmental monitoring program known as the A.T. MEGA-Transect, and 
  • the introduction of teachers and kids to the A.T. through ATC’s A Trail to Every Classroom program. 

Read more about the license plate. 

* About the Membership:

If you are not currently a member of ATC, we'll set you up as a new member to our organization.

If you are a current member of the ATC when we receive your application, you can take your free membership in the form of a gift membership for friend/family member. You should receive notice from us once we get your application to go ahead and send in the gift recipient information for us to process that request.

We aren’t set up to do renewals for the one-year membership deal for specialty tags.

Contact
Leanna Joyner, License Plate Program Manager
(828) 254-3708