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Crossroads of the American Revolution
New Jersey has more than 500 farmlands, hillsides, and homesteads
that played a role or saw some action during the American Revolution.
The Crossroads of the American Revolution Association was founded in 2002
as the only state-wide non-profit organization established to offer a forum
for new citizen initiatives on education, historical interpretation, site use,
and heritage tourism; and to raise popular appreciation of the historical
significance of the full scope of the American Revolution in New Jersey.
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East Coast Greenway![]() Other BikingThe W3R®-US is developing a W3R®-themed bicycle cue sheet highlighting the historic route and sites along the Southwest Corridor Bike Path from Ruggles Ave. to the Arborway. Experienced riders may continue along Washington St. to Dedham, then via Routes 1 and 140 to Wrentham and Franklin. The W3R®-DE is developing a W3R®-themed bicycle cue sheet highlighting the historic route and sites between the passenger rail stations in Wilmington DE and Newark DE.GoogleMaps(R) now provides suggested bicycling routes with turn-by-turn directions,
but you have to enter the start and end-points, and there is no description of the historic sites
that you will be passing.
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Chesapeake Bay Water Trail
The Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network connects you with the Chesapeake Bay
and its rivers through 150 exceptional parks, wildlife refuges, museums, sailing ships,
historic communities, trails and more. -- the special places where you can
experience the authentic Chesapeake.
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The Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail (OVNHT) in VA-TN-NC-SCIn 1980 the Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail became the first trail in the eastern U.S. to be designated as a National Historic Trail. It runs for some 220 miles from Abingdon, Virginia, through Eastern Tennessee, over the high mountains of North Carolina, across the Piedmont of North and South Carolina, to the Kings Mountain National Military Park. The 70-mile Wilkes-Surry branch starts in Elkin NC and joins the main route near its center at Quaker Meadows (Morganton, North Carolina). The historic march along this trail started on 1780 Sept 25. Militia from the western parts of what was then Virginia and North Carolina (now Kentucky and Tennessee) sought to head off an invasion of their home areas by British and Loyalist forces. On 1780 Oct 07 they surrounded, defeated, and captured the threatening British force at Kings Mountain SC. For more information on the trail and its heritage tourism activities see
Several types of route might be designated:
Other Walking / HikingAmerican Hiking Society![]() ![]() American Volkssport AssociationThe![]() The W3R®-DE is developing a W3R® -themed walking tour guide for the city of Wilmington DE. GoogleMaps(R) now provides suggested walking routes with turn-by-turn directions.
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Connecticut Forest and Park Association (CFPA)CFPA established the Blue-Blazed Hiking Trail System in 1929. The 700 miles of trails traverse public and private lands throughout Connecticut. They are maintained by hundreds of CFPA volunteers working in cooperation with many public and private landowners and are enjoyed by thousands of citizens each year.See ![]() |
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