Volunteers built the Appalachian Trail, and volunteers keep it alive and flourishing today. More than 6,000 men and women contributed more than 200,000 hours of their time last year to the trail. Volunteer programs appeal to people with diverse talents, interests and experience levels. We hope you'll get involved.

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Explore A.T. Volunteer Programs

Trail-Maintaining Clubs: The thirty clubs, from Maine to Georgia, do the real day-to-day work of the Trail. Opportunities to volunteer include maintenance, group work trips, outreach, and more.

Corridor Stewardship:  Corridor monitors and boundary maintainers help protect the corridor of public lands that preserves the Trail experience. Experience life on the edge!

Trail Crews: Spend a week or more living in the backcountry to rehabilitate, relocate, and maintain the A.T. It’s hard work and lots of fun.

Environmental and Natural Heritage Monitors: Learn more about opportunities to gather information about air quality, wildlife habitat, rare and exotic flora, and forest health within the Trail Corridor.

ATC Program Support Volunteers: Volunteers and interns at ATC’s headquarters in Harpers Ferry can serve in a variety of ways.

Already an A.T. Volunteer?

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Find out how you can learn new skills or hone the ones you already have.

The Register
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