Cumberland, Md. to Williamsport, Md.
Visited: June 2, 2006
NPS Site Visited: 288 of 353
NPS Website
WHAT IS IT?
The well-restored towpath and waterway of the 19th-century C&O Canal which parallels the Potomac River for 185 miles from Georgetown, D.C. to Cumberland, Md. Given the Park’s sprawling nature, this review covers the section of the Canal that stretches from [...]
Archive for May, 2006
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park (Maryland Area)
Posted in Uncategorized on May 30, 2006 | 5 Comments »
Monocacy National Battlefield
Posted in National Battlefield on May 29, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Frederick, Md.
Visited: May 6, 2006
NPS Site Visited: 294 of 353
NPS Website; Local Website
WHAT IS IT?
Site of the July 9, 1864 Civil War fight which the Park claims to be the “Battle that Saved Washington”.
BEAUTY (4/10)
The 1/2-mile loop Gambrill Mill Trail was the highlight of our visit. Variations of green shimmered in every direction. Purple wildflowers [...]
Catoctin Mountain Park
Posted in Uncategorized on May 27, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Thurmont, Md.
Visited: May 6, 2006
NPS Site Visited: 293 of 353
NPS Website
We are a little embarrassed to admit how many times the Catoctin Mountain Park is in our rear view mirror. We drive past its entrance every time we pay a visit to friends or NPS sites in Washington, D.C., which is pretty often.
Twice we have [...]
National Capital Parks – East
Posted in National Parks on May 25, 2006 | 10 Comments »
Washington D.C. and Maryland
Visited: May 5, 2006
NPS Site Visited: 292 of 353
NPS Website
WHAT IS IT?
A conglomeration of D.C.-area Park Sites that have little in common except their slightly proximate geography.
The NPS National Capitol Parks-East lists the following 13 major Park Sites caught in the NCP-E umbrella. National Parks Passport stamps exist at most [...]
Oxon Cove Park and Oxon Hill Farm
Posted in Uncategorized on May 23, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Part of National Capital Parks – East
Visited: May 5, 2006
NPS Site Visited: 292 of 353
NPS Website; Local Website
WHAT IS IT?
An NPS-operated working farm replete with red barns, silos, John Deere tractors, cattle, hogs and draught horses. The farm’s most remarkable characteristic is its location, a narrow swath in-between Interstate 295 and the D.C. Beltway in [...]
Piscataway Park and National Colonial Farm
Posted in Uncategorized on May 21, 2006 | 2 Comments »
Part of National Capital Parks – East
Accokeek, Md.
Visited: May 5, 2006
NPS Site Visited: 291 of 353
NPS Website; Local Piscataway Park Website; National Colonial Farm Website
WHAT IS IT?
Six miles of prime Potomac River bordering real estate that became a National Park in 1961 in order to provide pristine, 18th-century-worthy views from George Washington’s plantation home, Mount [...]
Fort Washington Park and Fort Foote Park
Posted in Uncategorized on May 19, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Part of National Capital Parks – East
Visited: May 5, 2006
NPS Site Visited: 290 of 353
NPS Fort Washington Website; NPS Fort Foote Website; Local Fort Washington Website
WHAT IS IT?
Two long-defunct Potomac River-facing forts whose purpose was to protect Washington D.C. from waterborne invaders. Neither fort ever faced an enemy’s military attack.
BEAUTY (3/10)
Fort Washington offers stunning views [...]
Thomas Stone National Historic Site
Posted in Uncategorized on May 17, 2006 | 2 Comments »
Port Tobacco, Md.
Visited: May 5, 2006
NPS Site Visited: 289 of 353
NPS Website; Local Website
WHAT IS IT?
1000+ acre plantation home of Thomas Stone, who, the Park admits, was the least exciting of Maryland’s Declaration of Independence signers.
BEAUTY (3/10)
Haberdeventure, the centerpiece of the Stone farm, consists of a reconstructed main red brick Colonial home with East and [...]
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
Posted in Uncategorized on May 15, 2006 | 1 Comment »
D.C. Area
Georgetown, D.C. and Potomac, Md.
Visited: May 5, 2006
NPS Site Visited: 288 of 353
NPS Website
WHAT IS IT?
The well-restored towpath and waterway of the 19th-century C&O Canal which parallels the Potomac River for 185 miles from Georgetown, D.C. to Cumberland, Md. Given the Park’s sprawling nature, this review covers the section of the Canal that stretches [...]
Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail
Posted in National Trail on May 13, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Washington, D.C., Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania
Visited: May 5, 2006
NPS Site Visited: 287 of 353
NPS Website; Local Website;
Another Local Website
The Potomac Heritage NST differs from all the other NPS trail systems in one important and very distinguishable way: its trails do not connect and do not lead to any conscious goal. In fact, there is no [...]
