Bipartisan U.S. House bill seeks National Scenic Trail designation for Benton MacKaye Trail
A bipartisan bill in the U.S. House seeks to designate the , which winds through the the Appalachian Mountains of Tennessee, Georgia and North Caro...
A bipartisan bill in the U.S. House seeks to designate the , which winds through the the Appalachian Mountains of Tennessee, Georgia and North Carolina, as a National Scenic Trail. If passed in the House and Senate and signed by the president, the trail would become the 12th National Scenic Trail in the U.S., which includes the Appalachian Trail, Florida National Scenic Trail and Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail in the South. The 288-mile traces an 82-mile path in Georgia and 206 miles more along the Tennessee/North Carolina border, including lands in the Cherokee National Forest in Tennessee, Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest in Georgia and Nantahala National Forest in North Carolina, according to the Association.