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Sounds like a great concept, certainly for the trail bike riders and possibly the equestrians too. As a hiker I'm less keen on the long road stretches, although as he mentions people are coming forward with offers of land access. Stretches like this are one of the drawbacks of some of the North Island sections of the Te Araroa in NZ.
Hikers, bikers and horseback riders sounds like a terrifying mix though!!
 
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The one from Galicia (the round) and the one from Castilla & Leon. Individually numbered and made by the same people that make the ones you see on your walk.
Which is exactly the appeal!
Don't get me wrong I love the camino and I'm very grateful of found it; but the self reliance required on these trails is superb. Walking for a hundred miles or so with no support, no infrastructure, preferably no buildings power lines etc in sight - that's my idea of a great week!
 
The thing is that there are plenty of trails like that in the US already. Very, very few with lodging available.
 
Excellent point.
I guess that’d be one way to lower the numbers on Camino- create a 800km/500mile Camino style option in the US.
Are there any areas that would potentially have enough infrastructure (small towns/ villages etc) that you could potentially connect though? From the little I’ve seen, it’s either too spread out, or too built up.
 
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There is the California Mission Walk, but I think that it suffers from being too spread out in parts and too built up in others.

Home - California Missions Trail

California Missions Trail: A long-distance walking & cycling route that celebrates California’s diverse communities, cultures, & landscapes.
californiamissionstrail.org
 
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The thing is that there are plenty of trails like that in the US already. Very, very few with lodging available.
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Wow, you were not kidding. I already knew about a number of them but I've just found an article that mentions the ADT (American Discovery trail) Apparently 6,800 miles long (this article says "appx 5,000', another article on The Trek and information elsewhere say 6,800....

The later figure makes it even longer than the ECT (Eastern Continental trail, 5700).

The article is predominantly about an 82 year old woman who has just finished section hiking it. Unfortunately it's not a particularly good article, but I'll link it anyway in case anybody's interested :

Triple Crowner Mary E Davison on Long-Distance Hiking at Age 82 - The Trek

"Old Lady on the Trail" Mary Davison has now hiked over 12,000 miles, having completed the American Discovery Trail this year at age 82.
thetrek.co
 
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We've been looking at these two trails in the US:

Great Allegheny Passage (150 miles) https://gaptrail.org/

Erie Canalway (end-to-end is 360 miles): https://eriecanalway.org/explore/challenge

The problem in the US, however, is lodging costs! We haven't seen a single option similar to what's in Europe (Camino and other long distance routes). We've done the back if the envelope costs and it actually looks cheaper to *fly to Europe* for a long distance walking experience.

Yes, I know there's the PCT, CDT and AT, but we're personally not interested in those kinds of lengthy wilderness adventures. (I like my woods for sure! Just want to come home at the end of the day for a hot shower and clean bed.)
 
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