Do you like to bike? Then you should try Mount Vernon Trail in Washington, D.C. Mount Vernon Trail is an 18-mile long trail that extends from George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate to Arlington National Cemetery. It was first opened in 1972 as a multi-use path after biking became popular along the nearby George Washington Parkway. […]
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Appalachian Trail
The Appalachian National Scenic Trail spans 2,180 miles across 14 states from Georgia to Maine. It is a “public footpath,” and was devised and built by private citizens between 1921 and 1937. It runs through some of the most beautiful mountain scenery in the eastern United States including two national parks, a couple of smaller national […]
Harpers Ferry
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, at the corner of Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland, protects an area full of rich US history. George Washington chose this area as the location for a major US arsenal, Thomas Jefferson marveled at the beauty of the mountains rising from the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers, Meriwether Lewis […]
Richmond
Richmond National Battlefield Park, Virginia, consists of several units in and around Richmond, Virginia which protect the locations of key Civil War battles and defensive positions which protected the Confederate capitol of Richmond in two campaigns in 1862 and 1864. The park is also home to the historic Tredegar Iron Works, a civil war-era hospital […]
Colonial
Colonial National Historical Park is really two separate parks which commemorate historic areas of early US history. Jamestown National Historic Site protects he location of the first permanent settlement in America while Yorktown Battlefield protects the location of the last major military action of the American Revolution. Visitor Rating (write your own review below) ILNP […]
Shenandoah
Shenandoah National Park, Virginia, protects a long, narrow strip of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Unlike most parks, Shenandoah’s land was mostly settled, and a significant portion of it was deforested before the state of Virginia began to piece the park together. The park was established in December 1935, and since then, most of the forest […]
Manassas
Manassas NBP, established in 1940, protects the site of two major Civil War battles near Washington D.C. Visitor Rating (write your own review below) ILNP Rating ILNP Park Review Our Visit. I visited Manassas NBP one evening in June while on a business trip to the D.C. area. Our Weather. Warm (low 80s) with isolated […]