Yeah, I've been thinking of this trail as more like a European walking holiday! There are a few multi-mile stretches through the woods, and most of the modern towns/hotels would still be a mile or two off the trail, which I think is still less convenient than what I've read about rambling around, say, England, but it would be a far, far cry from something like the Pacific Crest Trail.
(Another one on my long list is the Buckeye Trail, which is a 1400 mile/2200 km loop, also through mostly towns and settled areas. The downside there is that there aren't backpacker campsites, so you have to do hotels - which I think is more like Europe, too. C&O is kind of unique around here for having free campsites but not being wilderness.)
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Yeah, I've been thinking of this trail as more like a European walking holiday! There are a few multi-mile stretches through the woods, and most of the modern towns/hotels would still be a mile or two off the trail, which I think is still less convenient than what I've read about rambling around, say, England, but it would be a far, far cry from something like the Pacific Crest Trail. (Another one on my long list is the Buckeye Trail, which is a 1400 mile/2200 km loop, also through mostly towns and settled areas. The downside there is that there aren't backpacker campsites, so you have to do hotels - which I think is more like Europe, too. C&O is kind of unique around here for having free campsites but not being wilderness.)