Here are some links and resources for members:

• A list of all sections and Trail Patrol reports by Districts can be found here.
• Many parks have maps available at their visitors center for general use in navigating the trails in the park. Shenandoah National Park produces useful maps of specific areas of the park. These maps have enough information to assist people hiking on the trails, but are not as detailed as the PATC maps. Printing out a couple copies of a section and taking them on patrol could prove useful to hand to a map-less hiker on the trail. Sections are added all the time and contain the most common hiking destinations in the park.
• When on patrol, it is a good idea to post a sign in your car's window to tell officials or hikers in need of assistance, that someone with knowledge and training is in the area. Here is a sign to place in your car when on patrol.

Volunteer Service Agreements 

OF-301a Overview

OF-301a Volunteer Service Agreement

Individual and Group Instructions

Volunteer Position Description: Trail Patrol

Volunteer Position Description: Trail Maintenance

Letters & Commendation of Trail Patrol

From time to time, the Trail Patrol receives letter and commendations for its outreach efforts. Here is a sampling of some of the letters more recently received. As letters become available they will be added.

2005 Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries Extravaganza

If you have a letter you wish to include, please e-mail it to trailpatrol@patc.net or s-mail it to: Trail Patrol, Potomac Appalachian Trail Club, 118 Park Street, SE, Vienna, Virginia 22180-4609.