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The Potomac Appalachian Trail Club ( PATC) is a volunteer organization that works to maintain hiking trails in the Washington, D.C. area of the United States. PATC was founded in 1927 to protect and develop the local section of the then new Appalachian Trail. It has expanded its mission to oversee over 1,050 miles (1,690 km) of trails, 47 ...
The trail is managed by the National Park Service and is one of three National Trails that are official NPS units. [2] Unlike many long-distance hiking trails such as the Appalachian Trail, the Potomac Heritage Trail is an informal route with numerous side trails and alternatives, some in parallel on each side of the river. Currently, many of ...
English: The Winchester and Potomac Railroad Bridge crossing the Potomac River from Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. The Appalachian Trail crosses using the Goodloe E. Byron Memorial Pedestrian Walkway. Considered the "psychological midpoint" of the trail, although the mileage shown is 1,167 miles to Maine and 1,025 miles to Georgia.
Designated CP. October 15, 1966. Jefferson Rock is a rock formation on the Appalachian Trail in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. It consists of several large masses of Harpers shale, [3] piled one upon the other, that overlook the Shenandoah River just prior to its confluence with the Potomac River.
Trail map. The Appalachian Trail, also called the A.T., is a hiking trail in the Eastern United States, extending almost 2,200 miles (3,540 km) between Springer Mountain in Georgia and Mount Katahdin in Maine, and passing through 14 states. [ 2 ] The Appalachian Trail Conservancy claims the Appalachian Trail to be the world's longest hiking ...
Eastern Continental Divide. A map of the principal hydrological divides of North America. The Eastern Continental Divide (orange line) demarcates two watersheds of the Atlantic Ocean: the Gulf of Mexico watershed and the Atlantic Seaboard watershed. The Eastern Continental Divide, Eastern Divide or Appalachian Divide is a hydrological divide in ...
Catoctin Trail. The Catoctin National Recreation Trail is a 26.6 mi (42.4 km) hiking trail that traverses federal, state, and municipal woodlands along the northern half of Catoctin Mountain in Frederick County in central Maryland, USA. The hilly terrain is typical of western Maryland with large sections canopied under dense forest cover.
Potomac Highlands. Coordinates: 38°52′N 79°22′W. The Potomac Highlands of West Virginia (or just the Potomac Highlands) (listen ⓘ) centers on five West Virginian counties (Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral, and Pendleton) in the upper Potomac River watershed in the western portion of the state's Eastern Panhandle, bordering Maryland and ...