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Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail March 9, 2016 Trail Background • Promotes heritage tourism • 721 miles (Pittsburgh to the mouth of the Potomac River) • Hiking, bicycling, horseback riding & paddling • In the GWRC region ̶ Government Island & Belmont-Ferry Farm Trail • Gap from Prince William County to Colonial Beach (~60mi) 2 Proposed Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail through the GWRC Region LEGEND Existing Potomac Heritage Points of Interest National Scenic Trail Patawomeck Park Proposed Potomac Heritage Assumed Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail National Scenic Trail Dahlgren Railroad Proposed Potomac Heritage Trail Heritage National Scenic National, State and Revolution Cycles Trail Alternate Routes Local Parks Government Island Future/Potential Potomac Conservation Lands Heritage National Widewater State Park Scenic Trail Designation Military Installations 0 2.5 5 10 Miles Stafford Civil War Park Aquia Landing Park Crow's Nest Natural Area Preserve Little Ark Baptist Church Caledon State Park Belmont Oak Crest Vineyard & Winery Ferry Farm King George Historical Museum P ot om ac R iv Big Timber Campground er Belle Grove Plantation PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY Stafford County Proposed Potomac Heritage NationalSTAFFORD COUN TYScenic Trail RUSSELL LEGEND Points of Interest TELEGRAPH Proposed Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail Patawomeck Park WIDEWATER Proposed Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail Alternate Routes FLIPPO Future/Potential Potomac Heritage NAPLES ONVILLE DOC STONE National Scenic Trail Designation HARPOON FRITTERS JUGGINS P TOLUCA Existing Potomac Heritage o National Scenic Trail t WORTH COACHMAN o TECH RIPLEY m DOROTHY PEWTER U.S. Bicycle Route 1 a c CABIN R CHOPTANKHIGH KELLY i East Coast Greenway DECATUR v QUARRY e SETTLERS r Overhead Power Lines Easement VINE Revolution Cycles BOYD IVYWOOD Government Island National, State and Local Parks MINE MASON PARKWAY BUCK BRYANT EUSTACE TARLETON Conservation LIVELands OAK EMBREY MILL TAVERN Widewater State Park MilitaryWALPOLE Installations LYNHAVEN 2 1 0.5 Miles SNOW 0 HILL BELLS OAK MILL RACE APRICOT RED OAK HOPE CARROLL PERKINS BRENT POINT KELSEY MINE SHARP AUSTIN RIDGE AUSTIN CARE DONS PAYNES RAMOTH CHURCH SPARTAN CEDAR WYCHE DINAS MOUNTAIN VIEW Aquia Landing Park COURTHOUSE DISHPAN CAMP GEARY Stafford Civil War Park POWHATAN AVIATION MARLBOROUGH POINT MILLBROOK JEFFERSON DAVIS CRESTWOOD RAVEN ESKIMO HILL MUSANTE Crow's Nest Natural Area Preserve REVELL TY CENTREPORT UN CO RD FFO Y TA NT S OU C GE LYNN ALLEN OR GE CLIFT FARM G ENON KIN CRANES CORNER POTOMAC RUN AMELIA AIR PARK BELLE PLAINS SPILLMANS MYRTLE LEELAND JUNIPER MELVIN TRUSLOW MORTON BELVEDERE WALNUT PECAN RIGGS CAMP SELDEN FORBES WILLIAMS JORDAN BOSCOBEL WOOD LANDING WOOD DUSTY KELLEY CAMBRIDGE DEACONEDWARDS JETT HARRELL BROOKE RIDGE SANDY DOGWOOD JAN INGLESIDE Belmont NEWTON HAMLIN CALEDON CAMDEN RINGGOLD RIVER WHITE OAK BETHEL CHURCH FALL HILL Chatham Manor FIRST CAISSON CHAPEL GREEN LUCKS KENMORE FERRY DORA CLARION WINDY RIDGE MCCARTY PAYNE Ferry Farm KINGS WILLIAM BLUE GRAY LEE Southern Stafford County Proposed Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail WARRENTON Stafford Civil War Park THORNY POINT Aquia Landing Park CAMP GEARY JEFFERSON DAVIS SENTRY CARDINAL POPLAR ESKIMO HILL MILLBROOK COOL BREEZE TWIN HILL NORFOLK CENTREPORT MARLBOROUGH POINT JACOBS P RAVEN o t ENON o REVELL m HOLLY CORNER UNIVERSITY COAKLEY a LEROSE LYONS c BEREA CHURCH R TRUSLOW PORTER GEICO CLIFT FARM CRANES CORNER iv CRICKET VILLAGE WYATT e Crow's Nest Natural Area Preserve r WEST ROCKY RUN AIR PARK POTOMAC RUN ADAIR CELEBRATEMCWHIRT VA OLD FARM JUNIPER LEELAND TY D COUN STAFFOR FALLS RUN MORTON NTY COU ORGE GE LYNN ALLEN POWELL MCLANE KING ROCKY RUN SANFORD HASSLE SMITH DUSTY FORBES RIGGS WALNUT KELLEY PECAN BELLE PLAINS JORDAN CHAPS GREENBANK MUSSELMANBLAISDELL BOSCOBEL HARRELL DEACON CAMP SELDEN I-95 LENDALL EDWARDS WILLIAMS LEGEND INGLESIDE JETT BELVEDERE WICKLOW Belmont BROOKE CHARLES CAMDEN DAHLIA Points of Interest HAMLIN LANDING WOOD SANDY RIDGE Proposed Potomac Heritage RIVER WHITE OAK RINGGOLD FALL HILL LINDEN National Scenic Trail Chatham Manor EAGLE MILL NEWTON SUNKENKENMORE OCTAGON PRATT COWAN COLLEGE BOWIE Proposed Potomac Heritage National DOGWOOD Scenic Trail Alternate Routes BRAGG SINGLE OAK BETHEL CHURCH FERRY CALEDON RED GATE Future/Potential Potomac Heritage LORENZO CHAPEL GREEN FIVE MILE DORA LUCKS WILLIAM FIRST HUDSON RUBINS National Scenic Trail DesignationCLOVER HANOVER CLARION Ferry Farm BIRCHWOOD CHEWNING U.S. BicyclePLANK Route 1 BLUE GRAY KENT PASSAPATANZY LEE OLD PLANK IDLEWILD WINDY RIDGE East Coast Greenway MCCARTY WORMAN WHITE HALL LINCOLN FISHER CHERRY HAZEL KENNEDY DIXON Dahlgren Railroad Heritage Trail SHANNON HOLLYWOOD FARM SALEM CHURCH BLOOMSBURY HARRISON JEFFERSON DAVIS LAFAYETTE GORDON LITTLE FALLS REED TIDEWATER CAMELOT State and Local Parks EVAN CLUB ALBANY ELON FOREST LANE TWIN SPRINGS NICHOLLS CAISSON Conservation Lands AZALIA PIEDMONT KINGS LANSDOWNE LAGRANGE 0 0.5 1 2 LAUREL VANCE LEAVELLS BUCK Miles PARK CALVERT LOVETT City of Fredericksburg/Stafford County Proposed Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail SUMMERFIELD LENDALL SCOTT FALMOUTH BOURNE HAMSTEAD PAYTON BLAISDELL HUNTINGTON GRAFTON WALTER LEGEND LITTLE FIELD EDWARDS BROOKE FOX RUN LITTLE OAK S FORBES CLEREMONT TA FF INGLESIDE COLLINGWOOD OR WALL DEACON D Belmont BUTLER CULPEPER CHAMONIX AIKEN F BLUE STONE RE C Points of Interest D OU ER N JETT IC TY CARTER KS LANCASTER BU RG WOODLAWN Proposed Potomac Heritage SYNAN NationalLEWIS Scenic Trail BAKERSFIELD CAMDEN DERBY LANSBERRY PARK SULLIVAN Historic Port of GALVESTON FOREST POINTE St. Clair Brooks ProposedROGERS Potomac Heritage National CREEKWAY Falmouth Park Memorial Park HAMLIN Scenic Trail Alternate Routes RIVERSIDE CUMBERLAND PRESCOTT Future/Potential Potomac Heritage FAGAN SHERWOOD WICKLOW National Scenic Trail Designation Old Mill BUTLER WESTON JAN AMARET Park NORTH POINTE U.S. Bicycle Route 1 HANSON Massad Family VILLAGE FALL HILL WALLACE YMCA LINDEN WOODFORD JACKSON RIDGE POINTE FOREST NORMANDY East Coast Greenway Pratt Park FRANTZ KAREN BRIDGEWATER OLIVE PROGRESS MARION SOUTH POINTE GREENWAY PARK HILL GERMANIA National and Local Parks TYLER NORTHSIDE HOYT JILL ELM HUNTERCHARLES CARY BRICKERT MUSKET WALSH DEBRUEN LITTLE WHIM TREMONT WHITE OAK ROBERTS RODNEY Conservation Lands MOUNTAIN HOSPITAL CAROLINE COOL SPRING JAMIS CADMUS FELDSPAR BARON PARK BUNKER HILL VIRGINIA CHARLES BROOKSTONE RIVER Chatham Manor PELHAM CAMEO DALE CARE SAM PERRY PHILLIPS MAHONE REGINA PRESERVE CHATHAM WESTVIEW 0 0.125 0.25 0.5 EAGLE VILLAGE STUART PRATT HOLLY MAURY RAPIDS WINCHESTER MEADOW SIERRA Miles SNOWDEN HILLS MADISON PITT SUNKEN WASHINGTON Rising Sun Tavern MONROE TOWERING OAKS FRESH WATER FRANKLIN HAWKE PINE CLINT BELMONT KENMORE TOWN AND COUNTRY COWAN FAUQUIER CLAIBORNE Mary Washington House MANOR NAOMI COLLEGE Kenmore Bike Works DAIRY POWHATAN PRINCE EDWARD MONROE AMELIA CORNWALLIS CORNELL James Monroe Museum ROWE LORD FAIRFAX LIBERTY STAFFORDPARCELL MORTIMER Fredericksburg Visitor Center PRINCESS ANNE GENTHER DELAHAY PAYNE SYLVANIA CENTURY OAK COLONY WILLIAM BRADDOCK POPLAR DANDRIDGE GEORGE BROMPTON LEE KEENELAND BRENT LITTLEPAGE HAYS CHARLES CAROLINE TAYLOR WOLFE JOHN JAY WOODLAND ROYSTON COLEBROOK DORA CHARLOTTE FERRY SWAN BUCKNER HILLCREST PLANK WESTWOOD WILLIAM WILLIS FAIRFAX JEFFERSON VESTA HANOVER HARDWICK WICKHAM HIGHLAND JEFFERSON DAVIS WOLFE HERITAGE BRIARWOOD BEVERLY DUNMORE WAYNE LAFAYETTE PENDLETON BELL ALTOONA PAGE APACHE GREENWAY Ferry Farm RANDOLPH NELSON WAKEFIELD SWEETBRIAR BLAIR LUDLOW GUNNERY HUNT COBBLESTONE MUNDY DOWNMAN LAKE SHORE DIXON HOLLY PAWNEE KINGS CLARION BLUE GRAY ENOLA WESTWOOD TAZEWELL SUMMIT ALUM SPRING IDLEWILD GATES OXFORD DONNA DALE WHITE OAK WHITE FISHER CAISSON RAVEN HOLLYWOOD FARM HOLLYWOOD BELLE PLAINS Points of Interest Proposed Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail Proposed Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail Trail Alternate Routes Future/Potential Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail Designation 0 BROOKE Crow's Nest NaturalArea Preserve 0.5 CALEDON WOOD LANDING PASSAPATANZY 1 K I S N T BELVEDERE G A BURNLEY F G DOGWOOD F E O 2 BULLOCK O R BLOOMSBURY R D Miles G LEGEND C E O C U O N U T WORMAN N Y T King George County/Colonial Beach Proposed Potomac Heritage National ScenicTrail Y WHITE HALL LAGRANGE BLAKELY MYRTLE Existing Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail Assumed Potomac Heritage National Dahlgren Railroad Scenic Trail Heritage Trail State and Local Parks Conservation Lands Military Installations DAKOTA WEEMS IGO ROKEBY PORT CONWAY PORT COMORN CLEVE MUSCOE WHITE FOX WHITE P o t o m DELEGATE a POWHATAN c GRAY GRAY FOX R EAGLES NEST EAGLES i v SAGE e r MT. IDA LOTHIAN MILLBANK LOCUST DALE INDIANTOWN Belle Grove Plantation SALEM CHURCH SALEM SUNSET WOODLAND GERA King George Historical Museum KINGS MT. ROSE MT. MIDWAY Caledon State Park EDEN REBEL WELCOME JERSEY STATE KENT ORMOND NANZATICO TULIP WILL DAHLGREN SPRUCE ST. PAULSST. BIG TIMBER WILDLIFE SPRINGFIELD MATTOX EDWARDS PINE HILL PINE WILMA EASTVIEW BERRY WHARF OWENS ROUND HILL Big Timber Campground SHILOH BRICKHOUSE WINDSOR JAMES MADISON ALDEN LittleArk Baptist Church Oak Crest Vineyard & Winery PRIM KINGS MILL RIDGE POTOMAC Dahlgren Heritage Welcome Center TETOTUM KING GEORGE COUNTY WESTMORELAND COUNTY SPY HILL STONEY POINT Next Steps • Amend each jurisdiction’s comprehensive plan to include the PHNST • Draft and sign an MOU between each jurisdiction and the National Park Service 3.
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