Welcome to Appalachia The Appalachian region of the United States follows the peaks of the Appalachian Mountain range from Northern Alabama to Southern New York The Appalachian region has a population of around 25 million people Many of these people live in rural areas Rural Mountain Cabin in the Appalachian Mountains 4
Washington Oregon Montana North Dakota Minnesota New Hampshire Vermont Maine Idaho South Dakota Wisconsin Wyoming Michigan New York Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut Nevada Nebraska Iowa Utah Colorado Illinois Indiana Pennsylvania Ohio California Arizona New Mexico Kansas Missouri Kentucky Oklahoma Arkansas Tennessee New Jersey Delaware Maryland Washington D C West Virginia Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Texas Alabama Mississippi Georgia Louisiana Florida The states that make up the Appalachian region are part of New York Pennsylvania West Virginia Virginia Kentucky Georgia North Carolina Tennessee South Carolina Ohio and Alabama Southern Appalachian Mountains 5
The Appalachian region is one of the most beautiful places in North America with pleasant green valleys and tree-covered mountains The Appalachian Mountain range includes the Allegheny Mountains the Cumberland Mountains the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Great Smoky Mountains The entire Appalachian range contains huge forests made up of hardwood and conifer trees The wet environment includes streams waterfalls and the thick vegetation White clouds hug the peaks of the mountains and produce mountain mist Waterfall in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina 6
The Great Smoky Mountains were the ancestral home of the Cherokees The Cherokee name for the mountain range was Shaconaque which translates to place of blue smoke 7
