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Northern Neck Heritage Trail Bicycling Route Network

Connecting People and Places Places of Interest Loop Tours Reedville-Colonial Beach Route Belle Isle State Park Located on the , Dahlgren The Northern Neck Heritage Trail Bicycling Reedville and Reedville Fishermen’s Museum Walk this the park includes hiking trails, campsites (with water and Heritage Route network is a segment of the Potomac Heri- fsherman’s village and admire the stately sea captains’ electricity), a modern bath house, a for over- Barnesfeld Museum Park tage National Scenic Trail, a developing network homes. Learn about the “deadrise” fsh- night rental, a camp store, and kayak, canoe, bicycle and 301 ing boats and sail on an historic skipjack. Enjoy the muse- motor boat rentals. www.virginiastateparks.gov of trails between the broad, gently fowing Po- um galleries. www.rfmuseum.org Caledon Owens tomac River as it empties into the Chesapeake Menokin (c. 1769) Home of , signer State Park DAHLGREN Bay and the Allegheny Highlands in western Vir-Mar Beach A small sandy beach on the Potomac of- of the Declaration of Independence. Visitors center de- 218 fering strolling, relaxing, and birding opportunities. On picting architectural conservation, hiking trails on a 325 Pennsylvania. The “braided” Trail network ofers clear days, the Smith Island Lighthouse can be seen, as acre wildlife refuge. www.menokin.org well as the shores of Maryland. www.dgif..gov/ opportunities for hiking, bicycling, paddling,

Oak Crest C Mary Ball Washington Museum & Library Named in M H vbwt/siteasp?trail=1&loop=CNN&site=CNN10 A 206 Winery A horseback riding and cross-country skiing. Other 301 V R honor of Lancaster native and mother of George Wash- I R L R Y E G S L ington, the museum features local history exhibits in the I A C segments of the network include the Mount Ver- Rice’s / Hughlett’s Tavern Restored 18th century N N O IA D . non Trail and various Potomac Heritage Trail tavern shows how people lived and traveled in the 18th old jail, clerks offce, Lancaster House, and an extensive King and 19th century. Now operated as a store and restau- genealogy research collection. www.mbwm.org George 205 COLONIAL routes in ; the Chesapeake and rant. www.rhhtfoundation.org Edgehill BEACH Ohio Canal Towpath; a bicycling route in South- Christ Church (1735) The best preserved and least al- Stratford Hall (1738) Birthplace of Robert E. Lee and tered of Virginia’s Colonial parish churches, the church is 630 ern Maryland; and the Great Allegheny Passage. interpreted along with the life of the builder, Robert home to two Lee signers of the Declaration of Indepen- . Birthplace dence. Visit the Great House, the Mill, and the rare Mio- “King” Carter. www.christchurch1735.org

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C cene cliffs formation, the last found in only three other Morattico Waterfront Museum Housed in the Morattico GE places in the world. www.stratfordhall.org R 205 General Store building (1901), this local museum focuses

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M Located on the Potomac, the on the cultural history of a working watermen’s village. 301 T 3 ING GEO S K Birthplace park includes hiking trails, a variety of campsites (some www.morattico.org WE National Monument with water and electricity), fully equipped cabins, water craft rentals and, seasonally, a pool, and snack Steamboat Era Museum Learn about the romantic and bar. www.virginiastateparks.gov exciting era of steamboats and how they impacted life on 3 204 the Chesapeake Bay and the Rappahannock and Potomac Voorhees Ingleside George Washington Birthplace National Monument A Rivers, which served as primary transportation routes. MARYL Nature Vineyards Westmoreland Stratford AND site managed by the National Park Service, the complex www.steamboatmuseum.org Preserve State Park Hall VIRGINIA 609 Currioman includes a visitors center with a flm, a memorial house, a 638 214 622 Landing Cole’s kitchen house, a farm with a colonial herb and fower Point Planning Your Visit 642 2 garden, and hiking trails. www.nps.gov/gewa 1 3 622 James Monroe Birthplace Markers identify the birth- This overview map shows a through-route and associated 625 r loops within four counties on the Northern Neck of Vir- e place of James Monroe, 5th President of the United v i R ginia, a network intended to function as a portal to the Leedstown States. There is also a small museum with Monroe arti-

omini communities, history, culture, geology and ecology of the Chandlers Millpond MONTROSS N facts. www.monroefoundation.org 202 region. The list under “More Information” provides addi- Public Fishing Lake M A 3 606 RY Colonial Beach Historic town on the . tional information to plan your journey. V LAN IR GIN D Widest point of the Potomac River – 7 miles wide. IA 638 www.colonialbeachva.net Seasons to Visit The weather is “bicycle friendly” from The Hague Sandy Winery 749 April to November, although the temperate climate al- 740 604 Point P 600 lows bicycling all year long. Spring and fall are ideal. An W O E 612 occasional summer day can be hot and muggy, but cool- ST R M T IC 3 H O O ing breezes off the rivers mitigate the heat and humidity. RAPPAHANNOCK M RE General's Ridge 4 607 O LA RIVER VALLEY N N Vineyard D D mico M o NATIONAL c Primary Road C C Kinsale eo

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. ve Ri REFUGE 3 690 . C Either a road bike or hybrid would be appropriate. Give 203 O. Acorn O ND C C LA 640 Belle Mount 600 R Secondary Road- Paved E R your bike a check-up and make sure it is in good working D B Vineyards Vault Field N A M I Vineyard EL U V order. ESTMOR H Menokin 203 W RT E Secondary Road- Unpaved NO Lewisetta R 636 Traffc Most of the routes are on lightly traveled second- 621 Gardys Millpond ary roads that criss-cross the Northern Neck. Some short Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail Route Public Fishing sections of the routes are on Route 3 and Route 360 –– Naylor’s Lake Beach WARSAW very busy highways. Use caution when traveling on these Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail Route (planned) 634 360 Coan Wharf portions. Landing

MA Local Loops (and Spurs) RAPPAHANNOCK 360 RY Terrain The terrain is fat to gently rolling. Short hills are 360 Haynesville 629 LA RIVER VALLEY VIR ND GI encountered when biking frst down and then up occa- NATIONAL 629 NIA Dahlgren Railroad Heritage Trail (accessible by permit) WILDLIFE 3 600 sional stream valleys. REFUGE 634 Vir-Mar Beach 643 Camping There are a dozen campgrounds, including two North Heathsville 5 637 . 644 state parks, scattered throughout the four counties. You

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E Farm Museum D Farnham B 360 N 604 646 6 Sunnybank Smith M four-star , and marinas. You are never more O Ferry 0 4 Kilometers U Point M H Bush Mill Stream Burgess (free) Boat launch Ferry Food service H T than 20 miles from overnight accommodations. C R I State Natural 0 4 Miles O 802 R

N Area Preserve 200 646 360 644 1 Leedstown loop 600 For More Information 201 642 G reat Wico 2 Stratford Hall/Currioman Landing loop 3 m Northern Neck Commission, 804-333-1919, RIC i HMOND CO. c Reedville 602 Athena o www.northernneck.org

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L T 5 Heathsville Loop A H Potomac River Water Trail Map Set, state parks & preserves 617 N U 201 C M 800-933-PARK (cabin and campground reservations) A B 679 Jacey Winery S 6 Reedville/ Vir-Mar Beach/ Smith’s Point Loop Morattico Waterfront E 622 T R www.dcr.virginia.gov E L Museum R A Morattico 683 600 N Dameron Marsh State C D 7 Lancaster/ Morattico/ Belle Isle State Park Loop Hickory Hollow O 200 Northern Neck RiverRide, (last Saturday in September) Belle Isle . CO. Natural Area Preserve Lively State Natural www.riverride.org 8 Kilmarnock/ Irvington/ White Stone/ Windmill Point Loop State Park Area Preserve 7 Lancaster BikeWalk Virginia, www.bikewalkvirginia.org Mary Ball R A 605 P Washington Northern Neck Planning District Commission, www.nnpdc.org P Museum Mileage for the Northern Neck Heritage Trail Through Route A 3 669 Good Luck Virginia Department of Transportation H 354 604 Cellars Hughlett Point A Natural Area www.virginiadot.org/programs/bk-default.asp The route depicted on this map uses public roadways. All bicyclists should wear a helmet; Mollusk 607 Preserve N follow all laws and regulations; and use caution, especially on roadways without bicycle lanes. KILMARNOCK 669 Adventure Cycling Association, Potomac Heritage Bicy- N Merry Point 608 cling Route, a loop connecting Smith Point, VA.; Washington, D.C.; Food and water are available in the towns along the route. This map also shows a few locations O Ferry (free) and Point Lookout State Park, MD where there were convenience stores as of 2013. C 649 http://www.adventurecycling.org/routes/index.cfm

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Christ Monument, 804-224-1732, www.nps.gov/gewa 200 0.0 Colonial Beach 0.0 Reedville n Church R a m 222 Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail, www.nps.gov/pohe 8.0 James Monroe Birthplace 4.9 Smith Point I o Dog and t V o Steamboat Oyster 647 r CHESAPEAKE Captain Chesapeake National Historic Trail 17.2 George Washington Birthplace National Monument r 8.5 Sunnybank Ferry E Era Museum VIneyard o

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77.8 Vir-Mar Beach 60.0 Westmoreland State Park Windmill 79.6 Sunnybank Ferry 70.9 George Washington Birthplace National Monument Point Published by Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail Offce, National Park 83.2 Smith Point 80.1 James Monroe Birthplace Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, with assistance from BikeWalk Vir- 88.1 Reedville 88.1 Colonial Beach ginia, Inc.; the Northern Neck Tourism Commission; and local volunteers and agency staff. The content of this document should not be interpreted as rep- resenting the opinions or policies of the U.S. Government. Mention of trade names or commercial products does not constitute their endorsement by the APRIL 2013 U.S. Government.