According to the text, the Appalachian Trail today differs greatly from Mackaye's original vision because today the trail D. is mostly just a hiking trail opposed to a thread of communities, instead of being interwoven with economic and geographical development of the eastern United States.
- Appalachian Trail trails from Georgia to Maine, covering about 2,200 miles of rugged environment, with mountains, rivers, and forests.
- Benton Mackaye's original idea for the Appalachian Trail was an integrated project in regional planning.
- In his vision, the Appalachian Trail was meant to infuse leisure with industry, the environment with labor, and commercial development with the preservation of the wilderness.
Thus, instead of the Appalachian Trail being an integrated regional planning project to re-balance city life with the hinterland, it has become a recreational amenity for hiking.
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