What is the name of the long-distance hiking trail that runs approximately 2,190 miles through 14 states from Georgia to Maine, conceived by Benton MacKaye?

• A Pacific Crest Trail
• B Continental Divide Trail
• C Appalachian Trail ✓
• D North Country Trail

The Appalachian Trail, completed in 1937, is one of the Triple Crown of long-distance hiking trails and about 3,000 people attempt to thru-hike it each year.