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I just found out the official Pacific Crest Trail is 2,650 miles long, not 2,650.1

I was reading the PCTA's website last night, planning a section hike for next year. They have this whole page about trail length, and it says the exact number is 2,650 miles from border to border. For some reason I always thought it was that extra tenth of a mile, like it was a more precise number. It's a tiny detail, but it made me double-check all my other planned distances. Has anyone else had a simple trail fact turn out to be wrong in their notes?
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laurabennett
Yeah I cross-checked everything with my GPS tracks after that.
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stella307
stella3072mo ago
Guess that makes my old guidebook wrong too.
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miles54
miles542mo ago
What guidebook did you have?
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