[at-l] [Re] Mileage Marker Questoion

[papabear.nyc at verizon.net (Papa Bear)]

 HIKERGRAMPIE wrote:

>Can anybody help me on this?
>While hiking on the AT in Vermont around West Hartford, VT, I came across a granite marker. This marker >is 8" sq., about 5' tall and is inscribed with the AT symble and the number 412 on one side and 1748 on the >other. The numbers and location my not be exact but I am curious as to it's meaning and why it is located >at that pirticular spot.

The number represent the distance to Katahdin and Springer respectively.

For the curious, here's a picture:

http://gallery.backcountry.net/albums/papabear_section_3/agm.sized.jpg

Pb



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