Benton MacKaye (/məˈkaɪ/ mə-KY; March 6, 1879 – December 11, 1975) was an American forester, planner and conservationist. He was born in Stamford, Connecticut;...

84°10′27.1″W / 34.635278°N 84.174194°W / 34.635278; -84.174194 The Benton MacKaye Trail or BMT is a footpath nearly 300 miles (480 km) in length in the...

Springer Mountain serves as the southern terminus for the Appalachian and Benton MacKaye trails. The origin of the name of Springer Mountain is unclear. One...

MacKaye and Mary (Medbery) MacKaye, and brother of poet Percy MacKaye, theater professional and suffragist Hazel MacKaye and conservationist Benton MacKaye...

terminus of the Appalachian Trail via the Benton MacKaye Trail. Promoters of the Southern extension refer to MacKaye's statement at the 1925 conference that...

lasted, five leading members contributed to this goal. Clarence Stein, Benton MacKaye, Lewis Mumford, Charles Harris Whitaker, Alexander Bing, and Henry Wright...

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north in Alabama.) The trail's northern terminus is where it joins the Benton MacKaye Trail. The trail's highest point is Buddy Cove Gap, with an elevation...

married Benton MacKaye. Jessie died by suicide in 1921 by drowning herself in the East River. While grieving her death, husband Benton MacKaye began formulating...

Retrieved 2013-03-16. Retrieved March-16-13 Anderson, Larry (2002). Benton MacKaye: Conservationist, planner, and creator of the Appalachian Trail. JHU...

protégé of Judge Arthur Perkins and a collaborator and sometimes rival of Benton MacKaye. He was president of the Potomac Appalachian Trail Club from 1927 to...

southern Alabama, the Pinhoti National Recreation Trail, and part of the Benton MacKaye Trail, to reach the southern terminus of the Appalachian Trail at Springer...

MacKaye, poet and playwright Percy MacKaye, conservationist Benton MacKaye, and suffragist Hazel MacKaye. Steele MacKaye fell ill in February 1894, and his...

194 mi) Appalachian Trail (AT), which was first proposed in 1921 by Benton MacKaye and completed in 1937 after more than a decade of work. The first person...

preservation. Other founding members included Lewis Mumford and Benton MacKaye; the RPAA helped MacKaye develop his vision for what would become the Appalachian...

His brother James MacKaye was a philosopher, while brother Benton MacKaye was a forester and conservationist. His sister, Hazel MacKaye, became a women's...

in the 1930s.: 200–210  During the same period, New England forester Benton MacKaye led the movement to build the 2,175-mile (3,500 km) Appalachian Trail...

Wilderness and Beaverdam Bald in the southern part of the range. The Benton MacKaye Trail, a cross-country hiking trail that traverses the Southern Appalachian...

Almanac; Robert Sterling Yard: publicist for the National Park Service; Benton MacKaye: the "Father of the Appalachian Trail"; Ernest Oberholtzer: proponent...

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Service was created to protect national parks and monuments. In 1921, Benton MacKaye, a forester, conceived the idea of what would become America's first...

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Garden Cities of Tomorrow. Visited October 20, 2009. Larry Anderson. Benton MacKaye: Conservationist, Planner, and creator of the Appalachian Trail. Baltimore:...

Bancroft Beatley, educator, lecturer and author Oliver Holden, hymn writer Benton MacKaye, forester who proposed the Appalachian Trail Sarah Carter Edgarton Mayo...

Forney Ridge Trail (to Andrews Bald) and the Forney Creek Trail (to the Benton MacKaye Trail on the shores of Fontana Lake). The western terminus of the Mountains-to-Sea...

The 2011 Charter Class included Myron Avery, Gene Espy, Ed Garvey, Benton MacKaye, Arthur Perkins and Earl Shaffer. The 2012 Class included Emma Rowena...

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48. Retrieved 2019-09-26. Anderson, Larry; Anderson, Douglas (2002). Benton MacKaye: Conservationist, Planner, and Creator of the Appalachian Trail. JHU...

between Haw Knob and Big Junction Stratton Ridge (Mile 16) — picnic area; Benton MacKaye Trail access Cherohala Skyway Welcome Plaza (Mile 17) — picnic area;...

near Three Forks, and are accessible from the Appalachian Trail, the Benton MacKaye Trail,[citation needed] and the Duncan Ridge Trail.[citation needed]...