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Whether you are planning to hike the entire length or specific sections of the Appalachian Trail, Continental Divide Trail, or the Pacific Crest Trail, or anywhere else then this date calculator tool may help you. The tool is in beta test mode so please verify your results to a reliable source before relying on the output. Please send us feedback on errors or improvements to admin@trailogic.com and we'll make corrections and improvements.
For example, if you plan to hike the AT, about 2178 miles, beginning in early March. You might average 15 miles per day. On average, after hiking six days you might take one day off to resupply and rest. If you maintained this same hiking pace and seven day cycle (6 on + 1 off), then you'd finish up in late August. With all things the same except with an increase of speed to 17 miles per day, then you'd finish about twenty days earlier.
Your efficiency would be 86% meaning you'd spend most of your hike actually hiking. Increasing efficiency gives you an earlier end date, but does not correlate to your enjoyment. Accordingly, if you changed your cycle to five days (e.g., four days on and one day off) still averaging 15 miles per day, then you'd finish your hike in early September with an 80% efficiency.
Use caution with the calculated results. The longer your hiking distance, the more of a chance there is that you'll deviate from your plans when you really do your hike. The purpose of this planning tool is to help you hike your own hike by balancing the variables of distance, speed, and your cycle of on and off days. Its purpose is to help you understand the relationship of the hiking variables of distance, speed and time.