A.T. Hall of Fame Banquet

The Appalachian Trail Museum is pleased to announce that the 2025 Appalachian Trail Hall of Fame Banquet will be held on Saturday, November 22, 2025. The 2025 venue will be the Bavarian Inn Resort & Brewing Company, located at 164 Shepherd Grade Road, Shepherdstown, WV. The event will begin with a reception at 11 am, followed by luncheon at noon and then the Hall of Fame Induction.

The 2025 Banquet will honor the 2025 Class of the Appalachian Trail Hall of Fame. The 2025 Hall of Fame Class is Richard B. Anderson of Camden, Maine; the late Walter Greene of New York City, New York, the late Marion Park of Washington, DC, and Ronald Tipton of Rockville, Maryland.

The Bavarian Inn is a well-known landmark in the Potomac River Valley, located in Shepherdstown, WV, just minutes from historic Harpers Ferry, the Antietam Battlefield and other landmarks. Perched on a spectacular bluff overlooking the Potomac River, the 11-acre European Inspired Boutique Resort offers comfort, elegance, and world-class food and service. The Bavarian Inn has won many awards, including the AAA Four Diamond and Wine Spectator's Award of Excellence.

Larry Luxenberg, Founder and President of the Museum, said “It is a great pleasure to again offer a Banquet to honor our Hall of Fame class, after a five-year absence. We are grateful to Lisa Kovatch, who has stepped up to chair our 2025 Banquet Committee. Lisa said: “We’re thrilled to have our 2025 Banquet near the headquarters of our partners at Appalachian Trail Conservancy in Harpers Ferry. 2025 is the 100^th Anniversary of the ATC and it’s an honor to be a part of this year of celebration.”

The M.C. for the 2025 Banquet will be David N. Startzell.

Dave retired in 2012 after more than 25 years as executive director of Appalachian Trail Conservancy. He served the longest tenure of any executive director of ATC, as well as the longest of any officer of the organization, having joined ATC in January 1978. He is widely recognized as the person who did the most across two decades to secure almost $200 million in federal appropriations for the Appalachian Trail land-acquisition programs of the National Park Service and U.S. Forest Service. Under his stewardship, more than 250,000 acres of public lands were protected along the A.T.’s 2,000-mile corridor. He also directed major reorganizations of ATC to position it as a true centrifugal force in Trail policymaking and operations. Dave was inducted into the A.T. Hall of Fame in 2013.