Potomac Heritage Trail: Information from Answers.com

The Potomac Heritage Trail, also known as the Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail, is a designated National Scenic Trail corridor in the United States that will connect various trails and historic sites through the states of Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and the District of Columbia. When completed, the proposed 704-mile (1,133 km) trail will trace the outstanding natural and cultural features of the Potomac River Basin.

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v • d • e Hiking Trails in Maryland

American Discovery • Anacostia Tributaries • Appalachian • Billy Goat • Cabin John • Catoctin • C&O Canal • East Coast Greenway • Eastern Continental • GAP Trail • Great Eastern • Northern Central Railroad • Potomac Heritage • Rachel Carson • Tuscarora • WB&A Trail

v • d • e Hiking Trails in Pennsylvania

202 • Appalachian • Baker • Black Forest • Brandywine • Bucktail Path • Chester Valley • Chuck Keiper • Conestoga • Cresheim • Cross County • Darlington • Donut Hole • Evansburg • Forbes Road • GAP • GET • Glacier Ridge • Golden Eagle • Horse Shoe • John P. Saylor • Laurel Highlands • Liberty Bell • Lost Turkey • Lower • Loyalsock • Mason-Dixon • Mid State • Mill Creek • Montour • North Country • Old Loggers Path • Panhandle • Pennypack • Perkiomen • Pinchot • Potomac Heritage • Power Line • Quebec Run • Quehanna • Rachel Carson • Rock Run • Schuylkill East • Schuylkill River • Standing Stone • Struble • Susquehannock • Tanbark • Terrace Mountain • Thunder Swamp • Tuscarora • Valley Forge • Warrior • West County • West Rim • Wissahickon • Youghiogheny River

v • d • e Hiking Trails in Virginia

Allegheny • Appalachian • Blue Ridge Railway • Chessie Nature • Dahlgren Railroad Heritage • Difficult Run • East Coast Greenway • Great Eastern • Massanutten • Huckleberry • New River • Overmountain Victory • Potomac Heritage • Tuscarora • Virginia Creeper • Washington & Old Dominion • Wild Oak

Protected Areas of Pennsylvania

Federal

National Historical Parks & Sites:	Allegheny Portage Railroad • Edgar Allan Poe • Eisenhower • Friendship Hill • Gloria Dei (Old Swedes') Church • Grey Towers National Historic Site • Hopewell Furnace • Independence Hall • Steamtown • Valley Forge

National Memorials:	Benjamin Franklin • Flight 93 • Johnstown Flood • Thaddeus Kosciuszko

National Military Parks:	Fort Necessity • Gettysburg

National Trails:	Appalachian Trail

Other Protected Areas:	Allegheny National Recreation Area • Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area • Middle Delaware National Scenic River • Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River

National Forests	Allegheny

National Wildlife Refuges:	Cherry Valley • Erie • John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum • Ohio River Islands

State

State Parks	Allegheny Islands • Archbald Pothole • Bald Eagle • Beltzville • Bendigo • Benjamin Rush • Big Pocono • Big Spring • Black Moshannon • Blue Knob • Boyd Big Tree • Buchanan's Birthplace • Bucktail • Caledonia • Canoe Creek • Chapman • Cherry Springs • Clear Creek • Codorus • Colonel Denning • Colton Point • Cook Forest • Cowans Gap • Delaware Canal • Denton Hill • Elk • Erie Bluffs • Evansburg • Fort Washington • Fowlers Hollow • Frances Slocum • French Creek • Gifford Pinchot • Gouldsboro • Greenwood Furnace • Hickory Run • Hillman • Hills Creek • Hyner Run • Hyner View • Jacobsburg • Jennings • Joseph E. Ibberson • Kettle Creek • Keystone • Kings Gap • Kinzua Bridge • Kooser • Lackawanna • Laurel Hill • Laurel Mountain • Laurel Ridge • Laurel Summit • Lehigh Gorge • Leonard Harrison • Linn Run • Little Buffalo • Little Pine • Locust Lake • Lyman Run • Marsh Creek • Maurice K. Goddard • McCalls Dam • McConnells Mill • Memorial Lake • Milton • Mont Alto • Moraine • Mt. Pisgah • Nescopeck • Neshaminy • Nockamixon • Nolde Forest • Norristown Farm • Ohiopyle • Oil Creek • Ole Bull • Parker Dam • Patterson • Penn-Roosevelt • Pine Grove Furnace • Poe Paddy • Poe Valley • Point • Presque Isle • Prince Gallitzin • Promised Land • Prompton • Prouty Place • Pymatuning • R. B. Winter • Raccoon Creek • Ralph Stover • Ravensburg • Reeds Gap • Ricketts Glen • Ridley Creek • Ryerson Station • S. B. Elliott • Salt Springs • Samuel S. Lewis • Sand Bridge • Shawnee • Shikellamy • Sinnemahoning • Sizerville • Susquehanna • Susquehannock • Swatara • Tobyhanna • Trough Creek • Tuscarora • Tyler • Upper Pine Bottom • Varden • Warriors Path • Whipple Dam • White Clay Creek • Worlds End • Yellow Creek

State Forests	Bald Eagle • Buchanan • Clear Creek • Cornplanter • Delaware • Elk • Forbes • Gallitzin • Lackawanna • Loyalsock • Michaux • Moshannon • Rothrock • Sproul • Susquehannock • Tiadaghton • Tioga • Tuscarora • Weiser • William Penn

Scenic Rivers	Bear Run • French Creek • Lehigh River • LeTort Spring Run • Lick Run • Lower Brandywine • Octoraro Creek • Pine Creek • Schuylkill River • Stony Creek • Tucquan Creek • Tulpehocken Creek • Yellow Breeches Creek

Other

Anders Run Natural Area • Forrest H. Duttlinger Natural Area • Hawk Mountain Sanctuary • Hoverter and Sholl Box Huckleberry Natural Area • Johnson Run Natural Area • Stone Valley Recreation Area

Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

Protected Areas of Maryland

Federal

National Historic Parks, Sites & Monuments	Antietam National Battlefield • Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park • Clara Barton National Historic Site • Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine • Hampton National Historic Site • Monocacy National Battlefield • Thomas Stone National Historic Site

National Park Service Parks	Catoctin Mountain Park • Fort Foote Park • Fort Washington Park • Glen Echo Park • Greenbelt Park • Harmony Hall • Oxon Cove Park and Oxon Hill Farm • Piscataway Park

National Wildlife Refuges	Blackwater • Eastern Neck • Martin • Patuxent Research Refuge • Susquehanna River

National Trails System	Appalachian Trail • Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail • Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network • Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail • Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail

Other Protected Areas	Assateague Island National Seashore • Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network • Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve

State

State Parks	Assateague • Big Run • Calvert Cliffs • Casselman River Bridge • Chapel Point • Cunningham Falls • Dans Mountain • Deep Creek Lake • Elk Neck • Fort Frederick • Fort Tonoloway • Gambrill • Gathland • Greenbrier • Greenwell • Gunpowder Falls • Hart-Miller Island • Herrington Manor • Janes Island • Jonas Green • Martinak • Matapeake • New Germany • North Point • Palmer • Patapsco Valley • Patuxent River • Pocomoke River • Point Lookout • Purse • Rocks • Rocky Gap • Rosaryville • Sandy Point • Seneca Creek • Smallwood • South Mountain • St. Clement's Island • St. Mary's River • Susquehanna • Swallow Falls • Tuckahoe • Washington Monument • Wye Oak

State Forests	Cedarville • Doncaster • Elk Neck • Garrett • Green Ridge • Mount Nebo • Pocomoke • Potomac-Garrett • Savage River • Seth • Stoney • Swallow Falls • Wicomico

Wildlife Management Areas	Belle Grove • Billmeyer • Bowen • Cedar Island • Cheltenham • Chicamuxen • Dan's Mountain • Deal Island • Diersson • E.A. Vaughn • Earlville • Ellis Bay • Fairmount • Fishing Bay • Gwynnbrook • Heater's Island • Hugg-Thomas • Idylwild • Indian Springs • Islands of the Potomac • Isle of Wight • Johnson • Le Compte • Linkwood • McKee-Beshers • Maryland Marine Properties • Millington • Mt. Nebo • Myrtle Grove • Nanticoke River • Pocomoke River • Pocomoke Sound • Sideling Hill • Sinepuxent Bay • South Marsh • Strider • Taylors Island • Warrior Mountain • Wellington

Natural Environment Areas	Belt Woods • Dundee • Governor Parris N. Glendening • Mattawoman • Morgan Run • Severn Run • Soldiers Delight • Zekiah Swamp

County and
Municipal

Parks & Preserves	Acorn Park • Clifton • Constitution Park • Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary • Lake Centennial • Lake Elkhorn • Lakelands Park • Oregon Ridge Park • Patterson Park • Robert E. Lee Memorial Park

Non-governmental	Battle Creek Cypress Swamp Sanctuary • Choptank River Fishing Pier • Merkle Wildlife Sanctuary • Sherwood Gardens • Somers Cove Marina • Sugarloaf Mountain • Western Maryland Rail Trail • Youghiogheny Scenic & Wild River

Maryland Department of Natural Resources (web): Maryland Park Service (web) and Maryland Forest Service

Protected Areas of Virginia

Federal

National Parks	Shenandoah National Park · Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts

National Historic Parks, Sites & Monuments	Appomattox Court House NHP · Arlington House · Booker T. Washington NM · Cedar Creek and Belle Grove NHP · Claude Moore Colonial Farm · Colonial NHP · Cumberland Gap NHP · George Washington Birthplace NM · Harpers Ferry NHP · Maggie L. Walker NHS

National Military Parks and Battlefields	Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park · Manassas National Battlefield Park · Petersburg National Battlefield · Richmond National Battlefield Park

National Cemeteries	Alexandria · Arlington · Balls Bluff · City Point · Cold Harbor · Culpeper · Danville · Fort Harrison · Fredericksburg · Glendale · Hampton · Hampton VA · Poplar Grove · Quantico · Richmond · Seven Pines · Staunton · Winchester · Yorktown

National Trails	Appalachian Trail · Blue Ridge Parkway · Captain John Smith Chesapeake NHT · Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network · George Washington Memorial Parkway · Overmountain Victory NHT · Potomac Heritage Trail · Star-Spangled Banner NHT

National Wildlife Refuges	Back Bay · Chincoteague · Eastern Shore of Virginia · Mason Neck · Featherstone · Fisherman Island · Great Dismal Swamp · James River · Nansemond · Occoquan Bay · Plum Tree Island · Presquile · Rappahannock River Valley · Wallops Island

National Forests and affiliated areas	George Washington · Jefferson · Mount Rogers National Recreation Area · Mountain Lake Wilderness · Ramsey's Draft Wilderness · Rough Mountain Wilderness · Saint Mary's Wilderness

Other Protected Areas	Assateague Island National Seashore · Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve · Green Spring District · Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the Potomac · Prince William Forest Park

State

State parks	Bear Creek Lake · Belle Isle · Breaks Interstate · Caledon Natural Area · Chippokes Plantation · Claytor Lake · Douthat · Fairy Stone · False Cape · First Landing · Grayson Highlands · High Bridge Trail · Holliday Lake · Hungry Mother · James River · Kiptopeke · Lake Anna · Leesylvania · Mason Neck · Natural Tunnel · New River Trail · Occoneechee · Pocahontas · Sailor's Creek Battlefield · Shot Tower · Shenandoah River · Sky Meadows · Smith Mountain Lake · Southwest Virginia Museum · Staunton River · Staunton River Battlefield · Tabb Monument · Twin Lakes · Westmoreland · Wilderness Road · York River

State forests	Appomattox-Buckingham · Bourassa · Browne · Channels · Chilton Woods · Conway-Robinson · Crawfords · Cumberland · Devil's Backbone · Dragon Run · Hawks · Lesesne · Matthews · Niday Place · Paul · Prince Edward-Gallion · Sandy Point · Whitney · Zoar

Natural Area Preserves	Antioch Pines · Bethel Beach · Big Spring Bog · Blackwater · Buffalo Mountain · Bull Run Mountains · Bush Mill Stream · Camp Branch Wetlands · Cape Charles Coastal Habitat · The Cedars · The Channels · Cherry Orchard Bog · Chestnut Creek Wetlands · Chestnut Ridge · Chotank Creek · Chub Sandhill · Cleveland Barrens · Clover Hollow · Cowbane Prairie · Crow's Nest · Cumberland Marsh · Dameron Marsh · Deep Run Ponds · Dendron Swamp · Difficult Creek · Elklick Woodlands · False Cape · Folly Mills Creek Fen · Goshen Pass · Grafton Ponds · Grassy Hill · Grayson Glades · Hickory Hollow · Hughlett Point · Johnsons Creek · Magothy Bay · Mark's and Jack's Island · Mount Joy Pond · Mutton Hunk Fen · Naked Mountain · New Point Comfort · New Landing River · Northwest River · Ogdens Cave · Parkers Marsh · Parramore Island · Pedlars Hill · Pinnacle · Poor Mountain · Red Rock Mountain · Savage Neck Dunes · Unthanks Cave · William B. Trower Bayshore · Wreck Island

Wildlife Management Areas	Amelia · Big Survey · Briery Creek · Chester F. Phelps · Cavalier · Chickahominy · Clinch Mountain · Crooked Creek · Dick Cross · Fairystone Farms · Featherfin · G. Richard Thompson · Game Farm Marsh · Goshen and Little North Mountain · Hardware River · Havens · Hidden Valley · Highland · Hog Island · Horsepen Lake · James River · Land's End · Mockhorn Island · Pettigrew · Powhatan · Princess Anne · Ragged Island · Rapidan · Saxis · Stewarts Creek · T. M. Gathright · Turkeycock · Weston · White Oak Mountain

Other

Registered Historic
Places in Virginia

Counties A–B · C · D–G · H–M · N–R · S–Z · Bridges · National Historic Landmarks

Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation · Virginia Department of Forestry · Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries · Virginia Landmarks Register

v • d • e National Trails System

National Scenic Trails	Appalachian Trail • Arizona Trail • Continental Divide Trail • New England Trail • Florida Trail • Ice Age Trail • Natchez Trace Trail • North Country Trail • Pacific Crest Trail • Pacific Northwest Trail • Potomac Heritage Trail •

National Historic Trails	Ala Kahakai Trail • California Trail • Captain John Smith Chesapeake Trail • El Camino Real de los Tejas Trail • El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro • Iditarod Trail • Juan Bautista de Anza Trail • Lewis and Clark Trail • Mormon Trail • Nez Perce Trail • Old Spanish Trail • Oregon Trail • Overmountain Victory Trail • Pony Express Trail • Santa Fe Trail • Selma to Montgomery Trail • Star-Spangled Banner Trail • Trail of Tears • Washington–Rochambeau Revolutionary Route •

National Recreation Trails	Bureau of Land Management • Department of Agriculture• National Park Service • National Recreation Trails Database • United States Forest Service •

National Geologic Trail	Ice Age Floods Trail •

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