The A.T. Guide

AntiGravityGear, LLC

About this app

Since 2010, The A.T. Guide®, a.k.a. “The Awol Guide,” has been the guidebook of choice for hikes of any length on the Appalachian Trail. The book contains thousands of landmarks such as campsites, water sources, summits & gaps. The trail’s elevation profile is included & every landmark is aligned to the profile. Hikers using this guide know where they are on the trail, what views, streams & campsites are ahead & whether they’ll be hiking uphill or downhill to get there. The A.T. Guide answers all of your questions about how to get rides, where to stay, & where to get supplies. There are 95 maps of towns on or near the trail showing where to find these services & detailed listings for businesses. The A.T. Guide is the most innovative trail guidebook ever developed.

EASY INSTALLATION
Sign into your theatguide.com account through the PDF app & your purchased PDF will automatically download.

CLICKABLE PHONE NUMBERS & EMAILS
Contact listings instantly from your mobile device w/a simple tap of a phone number or email address.

CLICKABLE LISTING URL
Not only does The A.T. Guide contains links for most of its listings, our awol.site system utilizes short urls which saves space & allows us to adjust links behind the scenes so that links stay current throughout the season for PDF & printed guide users alike.

MILEAGE LOG
Choose a start & end mileage for the day & record it to your mileage log. Great for keeping track of your progress as well as planning your future hiking days.

CLICKABLE GPS COORDINATES TO PARKING AREAS
Tap a set of GPS coordinates to load them into the default maps app on your mobile device.

HIGHLIGHTS & ANNOTATIONS
Highlight features & make notes throughout the PDF. Great for marking confirmation numbers or even remembering what happened during your hike.

NO CELL SERVICE OR WIFI NECESSARY FOR THE MOST IMPORTANT FEATURES
Have complete access to read, navigate, & make notes to your PDF even when WiFi or cell data is not available. WiFi or data is only needed for external URLs, phone numbers, email addresses, & GPS coordinates.

PRINT A.T. GUIDE PAGES TO ANY WIRELESS PRINTER
This is a feature you can’t get w/traditional apps. Mobile devices fail. Printed pages or maps are important to bring along w/you on the trail. With the PDF reader you can have the best of both worlds. Use your PDF as an interactive app & print the pages needed to take w/you as you hike.

PORTRAIT OR LANDSCAPE VIEWING
The PDF is optimized for viewing on a mobile device. Rotate to landscape mode to make the most of your screen’s real estate. Use a two finger spread gesture to zoom in & pinch to zoom out.

INTERNAL NAVIGATION & DOCUMENT SEARCHING
Cruise throughout the PDF w/just a few taps. Tap from trail to town & back. Go to Table of Contents & navigate from state to state. Look for a specific location w/the search tool. Getting around is snappy & intuitive.

ACCESS TRAIL, MAP, & LISTING UPDATES FROM WITHIN THE APP
Stay current on the latest updates to the guide right within the app

COLOR CODED
The A.T. Guide is color coded making it easier to quickly locate the information you need. Whether hiking NoBo (green), or SoBo (blue); looking for a shelter (red), state line (aqua), or parking area (dark green); hikers can now easily locate the mileage & information they need.

THE A.T. GUIDE CONTAINS

2625 Trail landmarks w/cumulative NoBo & SoBo mileage
1139 Water sources
347 Campsites
319 Shuttle services
259 Shelters w/distances to the last 3 & next 3 shelters
973 Service listings
903 URLs for service listings
445 Lodging services
351 Resupply points
297 Parking areas w/GPS coordinates
69 Post offices w/hours of operation & phone numbers
95 Town Maps
Countless services not included in full text listings
97 Post offices w/hours of operation & phone numbers
Major road & trail crossings
GPS Coordinates & magnetic declination
232 Color Pages
47 Service icons
Information from state parks & trail clubs
Safety & best practices
Flora & fauna identification

Ratings and reviews

It does what it's supposed to, but it is buggy and crashes a lot. My biggest issue is that it will often not load the guide if not connected to the internet (from being in airplane mode or being in a location without cell service) which is very annoying and counterintuitive to the purpose of the app. I like the ability to record mileage.

Nice, when it works. Although it will EVENTUALLY load without cell service, it takes forever and drains battery life while it attempts to log you in 1st. The app itself has good information, but doesn't flow well for being able to quickly access it. This works best for when you're in your tent at night preplanning the next day or more and not trying to access information quickly while hiking down the trail.

External links didn't work on my Google Pixel 3, Android 12 (web sites, email addresses, phones numbers). Only internal links worked (links from one page to another). Just upgraded to a Google Pixel 6 Pro... and the links still don't work. Yet the same links do work in other PDF readers (Adobe Acrobat, ReadEra, etc). Strange that this app can't interpret external links in the very file it was designed for.

What's new

Bug fixes to ensure pdf links work.