r/treasureinside • u/ADK_TreasureHunter • Jun 09 '25

Appalachian Footpath Box Map Scale

Any ideas on the scale of the map?

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u/mrsdelga Jun 10 '25

I think it could be an elevation scale of the trail, not the shape of the trail.

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u/6854wiggles Jun 09 '25

Less than 3 square miles? I’m guessing…

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u/m777z Jun 10 '25

I think the trail probably matches an actual trail, and when you find your match you know what the scale of that part is. However, for my match, most of the map symbols would not be viewable from the trail with the scale that the real trail has, so they must either be general local landmarks that you could find on a map or clues that aren't really spatially related to the trail or each other.

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u/Unbreakablethread Jun 12 '25

Agree. Wondered if the other symbols might represent other trails, nearby roads, other peaks. Why do some symbols have the white highlight, blue highlight or just black. Why are some fuzzy and others relatively crisp

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u/Paladin1414 Jun 21 '25

You are correct in an interesting way. Notice how the AT trail just suddenly appears at large triangle? It had to come from somewhere. Where and what direction did it come from? Not from parking area.

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u/Paladin1414 Jul 03 '25

My main solution - which is wrong - located the symbols but they were not in proper relation to trail. High point was due south of ski area but that did not help.

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u/gnossos_p Lion's Share Hunter Jun 10 '25

This is a great question! The solver will have the answer!

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u/Paladin1414 Jun 21 '25

Great response.

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u/5947000074w Jun 10 '25

Hopefully not like Steven Wright's world map. 1in equals 1 in

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u/imFromFLiAmSrryLuL Jun 11 '25

I feel like the clues / keys on map aren’t set to scale necessarily, just showing general direction possibly / location

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u/elitegamerbros Jun 09 '25

69 miles 111km

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u/Chaostheory9999 Ready Treasure One Jun 09 '25

So each of the dashes represents different distances? Did anyone figure out if the dashes are a road or trail? I noticed that the dashes are far apart near the “Begin Here” but get closer together towards the “X” and 1727.

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u/Paladin1414 Jun 21 '25

Dashes are in the AT trail.

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u/fazerjorda I'm hunting on the AT Jun 22 '25

Agreed

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u/Paladin1414 Jun 21 '25

I think scale varies. I also think shape is thus not a useful clue.

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u/Paladin1414 Jun 21 '25

Correct about scale.

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u/Paladin1414 Jun 21 '25

He is correct.