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The Wolf River Greenway will be a 26-mile multi-use path following the Wolf River through Memphis from Mud Island to Germantown. It connects to Greenbelt Park, Germantown Greenway, Shelby Farms, and the Shelby Farms Greenline. It is planned to connect to the future Heights Line and Chelsea Greenline. [4]
The Seneca Creek Greenway Trail is a 24.2-mile (38.9 km) long trail that runs along Seneca Creek from the Potomac River to Watkins Road, with some parts maintained by the state of Maryland and some parts maintained by Montgomery County, MD [1]
Germantown: Old Forest Arboretum of Overton Park: Memphis: Old Hickory Lake Arboretum: Old Hickory: Parris Powers Memorial Arboertum [4] Volunteer State Community College: Gallatin: Reflection Riding Arboretum and Botanical Garden: Chattanooga: Stones River Greenway Arboretum: Murfreesboro: University of Tennessee Arboretum: University of ...
The entrance to Seneca Creek Greenway trail at Seneca Rd in Darnestown, MD. Depending on conditions, parts of the creek are navigable by light watercraft, such as kayaks or canoes . Near Riley’s Lock there is a boat ramp into the creek which provides access to the Potomac River.
Germantown is a city in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 41,333 at the 2020 census. [5] It was given a Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award for Performance Excellence in 2019. [6] Germantown is a suburb of Memphis, bordering it to the east-southeast. Germantown was founded in 1841 by mostly German emigrants.
Germantown Parkway, as it is known locally, has seen significant commercial and residential development starting in the 1990s, including the establishment of restaurants, hotels, planned communities, and the Wolfchase Galleria. North of US 64, however, little new development has taken place besides the addition of a few residential subdivisions ...
The South Fork runs through Butchertown and Germantown to west of Tyler Park, through the Poplar Level area (where the Beargrass Creek State Nature Preserve is located) and eventually the Fern Creek neighborhood. Eleven Jones Cave is located along this fork. The south fork originally ran through downtown, but was rerouted in the 1850s.
Settlement in the Germantown area began, at the invitation of William Penn, in 1683 by Nederlanders and Germans under the leadership of Francis Daniel Pastorius fleeing religious persecution. [2] [4] [5] Colonial Germantown was a leader in religious thought, printing, and education. Important dates in Germantown's early history include: [6]