
The carpet looked older and dirtier than I was. I personally didn’t have either but friends of mine did and said they were delicious!Īlpine Court Motel (Hotsprings, NC): The rooms were really dirty and smelled like mold. If you sign up in time & for some extra cash you can get an organic breakfast or dinner made by Elmer. The house was built in 1840 and is furnished with antiques. $25 gets you a clean bed, warm shower, & access to a library & music room. It’s close to the center of town & the local church has a shuttle that will pick you up at the end of the driveway in the morning for an AYCE pancake breakfast if you’re there during the hiker bubble.Įlmer’s Sunnybank Inn (Hotsprings, NC): If you’re lucky enough to get one of the very few rooms/beds in this place you are in for a treat! It’s right along the main street in town.

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A clean bed/room, shower, laundry facilities, full kitchen, options to tent/hammock, & a tv room. Gooder Grove Hostel (Franklin, NC): Zen runs this hostel and knows just what hikers need. My next blog post will be a list of my favorite & least favorite campsites & shelters, so keep an eye out for that! North Carolina I’ve arranged them by mile marker going north based off of the 2017 AWOL Guide. Here’s a list of my favorite (and not so favorite) places to stay along the AT. Most of them were awesome but there were a select few that I disliked for one reason or another.


During that time I stayed at a lot of different places. In 2017 I hiked around 1500 miles of the Appalachian Trail. Note: The opinions in this post are completely my own and not that of The Trek.
