West Virginia has of the trail, not including about along the Virginia state line."Explore the Trail: West Virginia" AppalachianTrail.org (accessed July 14, 2016). Here the trail passes through the town of Harpers Ferry, headquarters of the Appalachian Trail Conservancy. Harpers Ferry is what many consider to be the "psychological midpoint" of the trail's length, although the actual midpoint is about further north in southern Pennsylvania.
