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Appalachian National Scenic Trail www.dcr.virginia.gov National www.nps.gov/appa J E F F E R S O N www.appalachiantrail.org West Virginia: Historical Park www.wvtourism.com Brunswick and COUNTY Harpers ke Oh Chesapea i Potomac Heritage National www.wvdnr.gov P o r Ferry o Scenic Trail tom C e a v 51 340 ac i Middleway n www.nps.gov/pohe R R Charles ive a www.potomacallegheny.org r l y Town T c 287 o a MONOCACY w c Happy Retreat pa o NATURAL FREDERICK th n RESOURCE State Welcome Center Point of Rocks o MANAGEMENT Lovettsville M 522 COUNTY M AREA WEST VIRGINIA A Train station k R e Y e LA VIRGINIA r N Existing trail C VI D in R t G c IN Planned trail 340 o I t A 50 a C A I N I G A il I a R The C & O Canal Towpath and the Potomac Heritage r I N T I Trail alignments in Loudoun County, Vir., are segments a V r G o of the Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail, a r T R a S I c developing network of trails and routes between the s E V u mouth of the Potomac River and the Allegheny Highlands. 15 T Museum of the W Other Trail segments include the Great Allegheny Passage, the Shenandoah Valley Winchester 7 Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, the Mount Vernon Trail, 37 Alexandria Heritage Trail and bicycling routes in Southern Maryland and on the Northern Neck of Virginia. IA White’s MONTGOMERY IN G Ferry 11 IR COUNTY A V I CLARKE T IN 17 7 S Chesapeake & E G r R I COUNTY e Purcellville W 50 v Ohio Canal V i R Leesburg National Historical Park h a LOUDOUN o MCKEE nd na il BESHERS e a COUNTY W P Sh Tr o WILDLIFE c a t i North s o MANAGEMENT n h m ce i AREA S n 7 a Cedar Creek & l 267 g c a t H GEORGE n o e Belle Grove io n t a ri a n ta WASHINGTON & National N d g 0 5 Kilometers n O e a T JEFFERSON Historical Park i l r 522 h 0 d a c 5 Miles i la 15 D l NATIONAL a om 340 p Published by the Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail Office, i p ni FOREST A National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, August 2010. on T ra il.
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