| CHEROKEE | Native American people, originally living in the Appalachian Mountains (8) |
| IROQUOIS | Native American peoples originally living in modern New York state (8) |
| NATCHEZ | North American Indian tribe originally living in the lower Mississippi valley (7) |
| SEMINOLE | Native American people originally from Florida (8) |
| OLDEST | The trail is located in the Appalachian Mountains, which are among the ___ mountains on Earth and that consist of some of the most ancient crystalline rocks known (6) |
| POTOMAC | A river in the east central US, rising in the Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia (7) |
| CAMPDAVID | The US president's retreat in the Appalachian Mountains, Maryland (4,5) |
| WESTVIRGINIA | U.S. state in the Appalachian Mountains whose capital is Charleston (4,8) |
| CAMP | And 5 The US president's retreat in the Appalachian Mountains, Maryland (4,5) |
| GAP | Cumberland ___ (narrow pass in the Appalachian Mountains) |
| CUMBERLANDGAP | Pass in the Appalachian Mountains, used by pioneers to reach Kentucky and Tennessee |
| BLUERIDGE | Colourful crest in the Appalachian Mountains (4,5) |
| KEDGWICK | Appalachian Mountains village in new Brunswick |
| FOOTPATH | The Appalachian Trail is a ___ extending for about 2,190 miles (3,524.5 km) in the eastern United States (8) |
| CATSKILL | ___ Mountains, part of the Appalachian range in northern New York State |
| DIASPORA | A dispersion or spreading, as of people originally belonging to one nation or common culture (8) |
| SHAWNEE | Member of a Native American people originally of the central Ohio valley |
| FRASER | The ___ fir is a native conifer of the Appalachian Mountains (6) |
| FOURTEEN | The Appalachian Trail runs through a total of ___ states (8) |
| CHICKASAW | Native American people originally from Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee |
