National Park Service National Park Service U.S. Department Department of ofthe the Interior Interior

Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail National Trails System Act of 1968 • Appalachian NST • Pacific Crest NST • feasibility studies (including for the Potomac Heritage Trail)

E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior

Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail

E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A  National Scenic Trails (11)  NoVA/DC:  Potomac Heritage (1983)  National Historic Trails (19)  NoVA/DC:  Captain John Smith Chesapeake (2006)  Star-Spangled Banner (2008)  Washington-Rochambeau Rev. Route (2009)  National Recreation Trails (1,200+)  water trails sub-category  see: www.americantrails.org/

E X P E R I E N C E A M E R I C A B Y T R A I L 1983 2006 2008 E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A • an evolving, braided trail network for self-powered travel

• bridging the Potomac and upper Youghiogheny watersheds through five physiographic provinces between the mouth of the Potomac River and the Allegheny Plateau in western Pennsylvania

• ~ 924 miles designated: • ~ 845 existing • ~ 79 planned Making Connections…

• support for and participation in planning • local, regional, state, federal • concept and site plans • Virginia Outdoors Plan • agreements with NVRC, VA DCR, NCPC, others

• support for local trail projects

• designate local & regional trails as PHT network “segments” through formal memoranda of understanding

• authorize use of the official PHT “marker” (logo) • coordination • across jurisdictions, between and among difference types of interests • volunteers • “roundtable” workshops

• interpretive planning: • connecting local sites with national stories

• assistance with route marking & graphic identity

• “Foundation for Planning”

• promotion and public information • Web pages • maps and brochures • social media • system of trailhead orientation panels and site specific panels

• workshop to learn a process to conduct a process for scenic resource inventories & evaluations

• project assistance through cooperative agreements

• coming soon: • “Family Adventure Guide” • promoting “Trip Ideas”

• 2018: 50th anniversary NTS

E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A Potomac Segment Plan  CJS Chesapeake NHT  Potomac Heritage NST  Star-Spangled Banner NHT www.nps.gov/cajo/getinvolved/potomac-river-segment-plan.htm National Park Service National Park Service U.S. Department Department of ofthe the Interior Interior

Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail www.nps.gov/pohe/getinvolved/index.htm

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