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IOWA 0 Cl£VElANU ~ -- WA S HINGTO N - ROCHAMBEAU TREN TON REVOLUTIONARY ROUTE NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAI L NEBRASKA •OESMOJNES Wl!MiNGTON..;,;:;r..~.~ l'""' Rou" llF Roo1ovel! ~·· "' " R0 NEW. MEXI CO @ATLANTA 8"'que o.I •po ALASKA Alaska Hawaii Kaua'i o·anu @ liONOLULU Moloka'I $ JUr.IEAU HAWAII Mauj Sule for all area• except Alaska o 100 200 Kilometers " ""' 200 Mil"' Map revi•ed Ap ril <010. --• Principles of "Leave No Trace" The 1968 National Trails System Act estab lished a nat ional National Scenic Trails are continuous protected scenic corri How To Learn More About Trails This brochure helps carry out Executive Order 13195, Trails for Leave No Trace is a • Plan ahead and prepare system of trails and created the Appalachian a nd Pacific Crest dors t hat offer superlative recreational experiences. For information on the entire National Trails System see: America in the 21st Century, and the six-agency National Trai ls cooperative education- • Travel and camp on durable national scenic t rails. It a lso proposed studying 14 trail s for • National Park Service: www.nps.gov/nts System Memorandum of Understanding dated December 2006. • al program that helps surfaces addition to the System. Today the Act authorizes four trail cat National Historic Trails commemorate prominent routes of •National Recreation Trails: http://americantrails.org/nationalrecreationtrails foster stewardship of public Dispose of waste properly egories: nationa l scenic trail s, national historic t rails, nat ional exploration, migration, trade, communication, or military action. •Forest Service: www.fs.fed.us/recreationlprograms/trails/index.shtml lands through education and Leave what you find recreation trails, and connecting (or side) trails. Th is brochure Today they generally consist of remnant sites, trail segments, • Bureau of Land Management (BLM): www.blm.gov/nlcs/trails.htm training. The Leave No Trace • Minimize campfire impacts d escribes only national scenic and h istoric trails. Federal agen· or associated structures. Most are linked together by a uto • U.S. Department of Transportation, Feder a! Highway Administration, message helps us understand • Respect wildlife cies administer both categories through many partnerships tour routes. Recreational Trails Program: www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/rectrails and practice minimum impact • Be considerate of other visitors w ith public and private entit ies. A trail 's establishment date sk ills and ethics while using Respect private property /and- public lands. owner rights and do not access shows below (in parentheses) after the administering agency. private lands without permission National Historic Trails Continental Divide in Rocky Mountain National Park Hiker5 on the El Camino Real de Tierra Adenrro NHT Poster calling 5ettler5 to Scotts Bluff National Monument Near the Washington-Rochambeau Fort McHenry Narional Monument and Columbii> River Gorge. on Lewis and Clark ~ near Soccorro, N.Mex. California on the California NHT Revolutionary Route NHT at Yorktown Historic Shrine, on Star-Spangled Banner NHT and Oregon NHTs rfl'I >UnOlGTONl"""'1' - '" - '" Appalachian Florida National Scenic Trail Based on a route envisioned in the IPacific Crest Trail Association Ala Kahakai and Watertrails Networks, helps us NPS National Trails System Office One of America's great adventures, Nez Perce NHT Administrator NPS Overmountain Victory This trail commemorates National Scenic Trail Forest Service (19B3) 1930s, this hiking trail links 39 cen 1331 Garden Highway National Historic Trail understand the bay's rich history. - Santa Fe the 1804--06 Lewis and Clark Expedi USDA Forest Service NHT Office the causes, events. and National Park Service {1968) 1,400 miles tral Connecticut and Massachusetts Sacramento, CA 95833 National Park Service (2000) £0, Box728 tion. commissioned by President 200 E. Broadway 2635 Park Road outcomes of the Chesa Z, 175 mifes communities. Hikers enjoy classic 916-285- 1846 175 miles Friends of the Santa Fe, NM 87504-0728 Thomas Jefferson, explored the Missoula, MT 59802 Blacksburg, SC 29702 peake Campaign in the Spanning the length and breadth New England scenes-mountain www.pcta.org Captain John Smith Trail 505-988-6098 Louisia na Purchase, following the www.fs.fed.us/npnht/news 864-936-3477 War of 1812. For two years First envisioned in 1921 by regional of Fl orida's interior, this footpath summits and traprock ridges, for This ~trail by the sea" connects www.friendsofthejohnsmithtrail. www.nps.gov/elca Misso uri River upstream. Helped by www.nps.gov/ovvi the British prevailed in na planner Benton MacKaye, this hik joins the Everglades to Pensacola est glades, farms, waterfalls, river Pacific Crest NST Manager and preserves ancient Hawaiian o,, native peoples to cross the moun Nez Perce National His to rical Park val battles and skinnishes. ing trail hugs the cre!its of mountain Say, exploring along the way a valleys-and rural townscapes and USDA Forest Service foot traits, some parts dating back tains, the Expedition wintered near Route 1, Box 100, U.S. Highway 95 On August 24, 1814, they chains from Maine to Georgia. great variety of different natural historic landmarks. 1323 Club Drive 600 years. The rise of King Kame NPS Chesapeake Bay lditarod National Historic Trail the Oregon coast and returned. Spalding, ID 83540 Pony Express burned Washington. D.C. The Appalachian Trail Conservancy, communities. Hiking is best Octo Vallejo, CA 94592 hameha I, the death of Captain Program Office Bureau of Land Management Marked auto routes, visitor centers, 208-843-2261 Natio nal Historic Trail But three weeks later the founded in 192S, developed the trail ber through April. Over 1,250 New England NST Administrator 707-562-8881 Cook, and other events are linked 4 10 Severn Ave., Suite 314 (1978) 2,450 miles and local eve nts continue this story. www.nps.gov/nepe National Park Se rv ice (1992) Arnericans won the Battle by 1937 and now manages it with mi les are certified and open to National Park Service www.fs.fed.us/pct along this trail of superb beaches, Annapolis, MD 21403 1,85S miles of North Poi nt near Balti 6,000 volunteers working in 30 dif use, while land acquisition efforts 15 State Street, Boston, MA 02109 freshwater springs, luxury resorts, 4 10-260-2471 Th is route commemorates the rol e lewis & Clark Trail more and endured a 25- ferent clubs. About 500 people a continue to complete this protect www.newenglandtra il .org evocative petroglyphs, and remote www.nps.gov/cajo sled dogs played in Alaska's 1910 Heritage Founda tion Old Spanish Operating just 18 months in 1860-- hour bombardment of Fort year complete hiking the trail, and ed corridor. Pacific Northwest wlld areas. Please ask about sec www.smithtrail.net Gold Rush, although Native Alas P.O. Box 3434 National Historic Tra il 61, this perilous mail route co n McHenry, inspiring Francis millions more enjoy shorter hikes. Appalachian Mountain Club Nationa l Scenic Tra il tions open to the public. kans established many parts of it Great Fa lls. MT 59403 Bureau of Land Management and nected the new state of California Scott Key to pen a poem Florida Trail Association S Joy Street Forest Service (2009) centuries before. It was used well 406-454-1234 National Park Service (2002) to the rest of the United States. that became the National Appalachian Trail Conservancy 5415 SW 13th Street Boston, MA 02108 1,200 mil es Ala Kahakai Trail Association El Camino Real de los Tejas into the 1930s by gold-seekers. www.lewisandclark.org 2,700 miles Adventurous young riders proved Anthem. P.O. Box B07 Ga inesville, FL 32608 617-391-6586 P.O. Box 6030 Nationa l Historic Trail Much of the route is open for pub that the 15-day journey could pro Harpers Ferry, WV 25425 877-HIKE-FLA or 352-378-8823 www.outdoors.org Set mostly in wi lderness areas, this Kamuela, HI 96743 National Park Service (2004) lic use, for subsistence, recreation, NPS Lewis and Clark NHT Office Opened in 1B29 by Santa Fe trader vid e regula r overland communica NPS Star-Spangled Banner 304-535-6331 www.floridatrail. org hiking trail connects the Olymp ic 2,580 miles inter-vi llage travel, and several fa 601 Riverfront Dr. Antonio Armijo, this trade route tions before they were supplanted NHT Office, Suite 314 www.appalachiantrail.org Connecticut Forest and Peninsula in Wa shington to Glacier E Mau Na Ala Hele mous long-distance winter races. Omaha, NE 68102-4226 between Sa nta Fe and Los Ange les by telegraph wires as the Civil War 410 Severn Avenue Florida Trail Administrator Park Association National Park in Montana, some of P.O. Box 6384, Kamuela, HI 96743 Starting in the early 1700s this 402-661 -1804 hosted Me)(icans, Americans, and began. Highway signs mark many Annapolis, MD 21403 NPS Appalachian Trail USDA Forest Service 16 Meriden Road America's rnost breathtaking and www.emaunaalahele.org route connected a string of Span lditarod Historic Trail Alliance www.nps.gov/le cl Indians trading wool goods, horses, parts of t he route. 410-260-2476 Park Office Na tional Forests in Florida Rockfall, CT06481-2961 va ried landsca pes. First conceived ish missions across southeastern P.O. Box 2323, Seward, AK 99664 mules, and human captives. Trail www.nps.gov/stsp P.O. Box 50 325 John Knox Road, Bldg. F-100 860-346-2372 and scouted by writer Ron Strick NPS Ala Kahakai NHT Office Texas into what is now Louisiana. www.iditarodnationalhistorictrai l. use declined after the 1B46-4B National Pony Express Association Harpers Ferry, WV 25425 Ta llahassee, FL 32303-4160 www.ctwoodlands.org land in the early 1980s, the trail cfo Kaloko-Honok6hau NHP Most noted are those in and near o'g Mormon Pioneer U.S-Mexican War. P. O. Box 757 304-535-6278 850-523-8538 today attracts volunteers from 73-4786 Kanalani St., #14 San Antonio. Later, U.S. settlers Natio na l Hi storic Tra il Glenrock, WY 82637-07S7 Trail of Tears www.nps.gov/appa www.fs.fed.us/r8/florida/fnst around the world and boasts inno Kailua Kona, HI 96740-2608 poured in from the northeast, BlM Anchorage Field Office National Pa rk Service (1978) Old Spanish Trail Association www.)(phomestation.com Nat ional Historic Trail North Country vative youth progra ms to build 808-326-6012 spurring Texas· independence in 4800 BLM Road 1,300 miles P.O. Box 1189, Pueblo, C081001 National Park Service (1987 National Scenic Trail tomorrow·s co nservation leaders. www.nps.gov/alka 1B36 and U.S. anne)(ation in 1B50. Anchorage, AK 99S07 719-242-8619 NPS National Trails System Office and 2009) 7,329 miles Arizona National Scenic Trail Ice Age National Scenic Trail National Park Service (1980) 907-267-1246 r Forced from Nauvoo, HI., in February www.oldspanishtrail.org - Salt Lake City Forest Service (2009) National Park Service (19BO) 4,200 miles Pacific Northwest Trail Association El Camino Real de los Tejas www.btm.9ov/ak/st/en/prog/saf 1846, thousands of Mormons went 324 S. State Street. Suite 200 After years of pressure by 817 miles 1,000 miles 24854 CJ Memorial Circle #4 California National Historic Trail NHT Association iditarod.html west seeking freedom from persecu BLM Division of Resources Salt Lake City, UT 84111 southeastern states and Conceived in the 1960s, this trail Sedro-Woolley, WA 98284 National Park Service (1992) P. O. Box 2220 tion. In 1847 Brigham Young led a 301 Dinosaur Trail 801-741-1012 despite several legal victo First explored in 1985 by teacher No rth America's Ice Age ended traverses seven northern states, 360-854-9415 5,66S miles San Marcos, TX 78667 pi oneer company up the Platte Riv P.O.Box27115 www.nps.gov!poex ries, 16,000 Cherokee peo Dale Shewalter, thls north-south 10,000 years ago, leaving a chain linking New York's Adirondack www.pnt.org 512-245-7551 Juan Bautista de Anza er, paralleling the Oregon Trail, and, Santa Fe, NM 87505-0115 ple were forci bly rounded non-motorized primitive trail ex of moraines, kames, and eskers Mountains to the Missouri River in In just two years, 1849 and 18SO, www.elcaminorealdelostejas.org National Hi storic Trail once across the Roc kies, southwest 50S-9S4-2169 up in 1B3B and 1839 and plores many distinct ecosystems across what is now Wisconsin. This North Dakota. Hikers enjoy moun Pacific Northwes t NST over 70,000 gold-seeking "49ers" National Park Service (1990) to the Great Sal t Lake valley. This •nd Santa Fe National Hi st oric Trail removed west of the Mis the length of Arizona, from bar trail, conceived in the 1950s by Ray tains. forests, historic canals, Great USDA Forest Service rushed this braided trail system to NPS National Trails System Office 1,200 miles became a two-way trail as the first NPS National Trails System Office National Park Service (1987) sissippi River. Detachments ren deserts to mountaintop alpine Zill mer, traces these glacial land Lakes shorelines, glacier-carved Pacific Northwest Region get to the California gold fields. - Santa Fe wave returned to escort others. -Santa Fe 1,203 miles followed several different areas. This trail is easily accessible forms from Lake Michigan to the lakes and streams, and prairies of 333 W. First Avenue Weather, water, and feed condi P. O. Box 728 This trail commemorates an epic P.O. Box 728 routes, and thousands died to residents of Flagstaff, Phoenix, St. Croix River. A three-way part the Great Plains. A little over half Portland, OR 97208 tions resulted in varied routes. Most Santa Fe, NM 87S04-0728 1775-76 journey of 300 settlers and Mormon Trails Association Santa Fe, NM 87504-0728 Opened in 1821, this trade route along the way. The trail to· and Tucson. Volunteers offer over nersh ip of NPS, the Alliance, and of the eventual trail length is now people set out from the Missouri 505-988-6098 soldiers from northern Mexico to 3651 Jasmine Street 505-988-6098 joined the United States to Mexico day joi ns the Cherokee Na 40,000 hours of service a year to Wisconsin Department of Natura l open for public use. River and headed west across South www.nps.gov/elte San Francisco Bay, led by Lt. Col. West Valley City, UT 84120 www.nps.gov/olsp unti l the 1880s. After the 1846-48 tion in Oklahon1a to the keep the trail available to the Resources protects, develops, and Potomac He ritage Pass to the Sierra. This migration Juan Bautista de Anza. The exped i www.mormontrails.org U.S. -Mexican War, New Mexico be Eastern Sa nd ol 1hc Chere· public. ma intains this footpath. Over 620 North Country Trail Association Natio nal Scenic Trail anchored Californ ia to the rest of tion crossed desert and wilderness came a U.S. territory, and the trail kee in North Carolina. miles are completed. 229 E. Main Street National Pa rk Se rvi ce (1983) the United States and precipitated El Camino Real de Tierra to establish the Presidio at the en NPS Notional Trails System Office Orego n Nationa l Hist oric Trail remained an im portant freighting, Arizona Trail Association Lowell, Ml 49331 1, 100 mi les statehood in 1850. Adentro National Historic Trail trance to the Golden Gate. Visitors - S::i lt l ake City National Park Se rvi ce (197B) stagecoach travel, and ma il servi ce Trail of Tea rs Associ,1 tion P.O. Box 36736 Ice Age Trail Alliance 888-454-NCTA Bureau of Land Management and today retrace the trail by auto 324 S. 5t,1 te Street, Suite 200 2,170 mi les route. Nearly 200 miles of ruts and 111 0 N. Univc:tsily Ave:., #143 Phoenix, AZ 85067 21 10MainStreet www.northcountrytrail. org The Trail co rr idor spans two water Oregon-California Trails Association National Park Service (2000) route in California and Arizona. Salt Lake Ci (Y, UT 84111 traces can still be seen. Liltle Rock, AR 72207 602-252-4794 Cross Plains, WI 53S28 sheds a11cl a wealth of landscapes P.O. Box 1019 404 miles 801 -741 -10 12 Key to U.S. westward expansion, 501-666-9032 www.aztrail.org 800-227-0046 NPS North Country that have inspired and shaped Independence, MO 64051 -0519 Juan Bautista de Anza NHT Office www.nps.gov/mopi this route followed earlier paths Sa n ta Fe Trail Association www.nationaltota.org www.iceagetrail.org National Scenic Trail many generations. With the 184- 816-252-2276 Lo ngest and oldest of European NP5 Pacific West Region used by American Indians and fur 1349 K-156 Highway Southwestern Region 700 Rayovac Drive, Suite 100 mi le Chesapeake and Ohio Canal www.octa-trails.org roads in North America, this route 1111 Jackson St., Suite 700 trappers from the early 1B40s. Larned, KS 67550 NPS N