-
Follow on Instagram
Most popular recent posts
- Follow Live and Let Hike on WordPress.com
Topics
- Appalachian Trail
- arch
- Arizona
- backpacking
- Bay Area
- California
- canyon
- Capitol Reef
- Civil War
- Colorado
- fort
- Front Range
- historic
- lake
- loop hike
- Maryland
- meadow
- Narrows
- Navajo sandstone
- Pacific Ocean
- Potomac River
- Shenandoah
- Sierra Nevada
- slot
- Utah
- Virginia
- waterfall
- West Virginia
- wheelchair-accessible
- Wingate sandstone
Categories
- Acadia National Park
- Adirondack Mountains
- Ansel Adams Wilderness
- Antelope Island State Park
- Arizona
- Arlington County Parks
- Babcock State Park
- Big Sur
- Bosnia & Herzegovina
- Boston
- California
- Canada
- Canyonlands National Park
- Capitol Reef National Park
- Catoctin Mountain Park
- Channel Islands National Park
- Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
- Civil War
- Colonial National Historical Park
- Colorado
- Colorado Springs area
- Colorado State Parks
- Connecticut
- Coronado National Memorial
- Crater Lake National Park
- Craters of the Moon National Monument
- Cunningham Falls State Park
- Daniel Boone National Forest
- Death Valley National Park
- Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
- Dinosaur National Monument
- District of Columbia
- Dolly Sods Wilderness
- Douthat State Park
- East Bay
- Easy Hikes
- Evangola State Park
- Fairfax County Parks
- Fishlake National Forest
- Fort Pulaski National Monument
- Fort Washington Park
- Gambrill State Park
- General
- George Washington Memorial Parkway
- George Washington National Forest
- Georgia
- Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
- Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
- Golden Gate National Recreation Area
- Grand Canyon National Park
- Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
- Grand Teton National Park
- Great Falls Park
- Greenbrier State Forest
- Gunnison National Forest
- Hampton Roads
- Harper's Ferry National Historical Park
- Hudson River Valley
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Indiana Dunes National Park
- International
- Iowa
- Jefferson County Parks
- Jefferson National Forest
- John Muir Wilderness
- Joshua Tree National Park
- Kentucky
- Klamath National Forest
- Kodachrome Basin State Park
- Lake Mead National Recreation Area
- Lassen National Park
- Lava Beds National Monument
- Maine
- Manassas National Battlefield Park
- Marin
- Maryland
- Mason Neck State Park
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Middlesex Fells Reservation
- Minnesota
- Moab area
- Moderate Hikes
- Mojave National Preserve
- Monongahela National Forest
- Mount Shasta area
- Mount Tamalpais State Park
- Natural Bridges National Monument
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New River Gorge National River
- New York
- North Bay
- North Carolina
- North Lake Powell
- North Wash
- Oregon
- Outer Banks
- Pennsylvania
- Pinnacles National Park
- Prince William Forest Park
- Quebec
- Redwood National & State Parks
- Revolutionary War
- Richmond National Battlefield Park
- Riverbend Park
- Rock Creek Park
- Rocky Mountain National Park
- Routt National Forest
- Saguaro National Park
- Samuel H. Boardman State Scenic Corridor
- San Isabel National Forest
- San Juan National Forest
- San Rafael Swell
- Santa Cruz Mountains
- Scenic Byways
- Scott's Run Nature Preserve
- Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks
- Shasta-Trinity National Forest
- Shenandoah National Park
- Shenandoah River State Park
- Sinkyone Wilderness State Park
- Sky Meadows State Park
- Slovenia
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- South Mountain State Park
- Starved Rock State Park
- Strenuous Hikes
- Sugarloaf Mountain
- Susquehanna State Park
- Texas
- Uncategorized
- Uncompahgre National Forest
- Utah
- Valley Forge National Historical Park
- Virginia
- Wasatch Range
- West Virginia
- White River National Forest
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
- Yosemite National Park
-
Most recent posts
Archives
- March 2023
- February 2023
- January 2023
- December 2022
- November 2022
- October 2022
- September 2022
- August 2022
- July 2022
- June 2022
- May 2022
- April 2022
- March 2022
- February 2022
- January 2022
- December 2021
- November 2021
- August 2021
- July 2021
- June 2021
- May 2021
- April 2021
- March 2021
- February 2021
- January 2021
- December 2020
- November 2020
- September 2020
- August 2020
- July 2020
- June 2020
- May 2020
- April 2020
- March 2020
- January 2020
- December 2019
- November 2019
- October 2019
- September 2019
- August 2019
- July 2019
- June 2019
- May 2019
- April 2019
- March 2019
- February 2019
- January 2019
- December 2018
- September 2018
- August 2018
- July 2018
- June 2018
- May 2018
- April 2018
- February 2018
- January 2018
- December 2017
- November 2017
- October 2017
- September 2017
- August 2017
- July 2017
- May 2017
- April 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- December 2016
- November 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
- August 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- October 2014
- October 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
Pages
Related Blogs
Category Archives: Civil War
Abraham Lincoln Driving Tour
– Civil War Series – Before becoming the 16th president, Abraham Lincoln spent most of his life in what was then considered the “Northwest Territory” of the United States: the relatively unpopulated states north of the Ohio River Valley. From … Continue reading
Posted in Civil War, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Scenic Byways
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln Birthplace, Civil War, historic, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Knob Creek, Lincoln Boyhood Home, Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial, Lincoln Depot, Lincoln Douglas Debate Museum, Lincoln Home National Historic Site, Lincoln Law Office, Lincoln Log Cabin, Lincoln Museum, Lincoln Presidential Library, Lincoln Presidential Museum, Lincoln State Park, Lincoln Tomb, Lincoln Trail Homestead State Park, Lincoln Trail State Memorial, Lincoln's New Salem, Old State Capitol, scenic byway, Springfield
3 Comments
Lincoln Boyhood Loop (Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial, IN)
– Civil War Series – Well before he rose to prominence as an Illinois politician and 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln spent much of his boyhood on a modest farmstead at Little Pigeon Creek in southern Indiana. … Continue reading
Ball’s Bluff Battlefield Interpretive Trail (Ball’s Bluff Battlefield Regional Park, VA)
– Civil War Series – 1861 was a rough year on the battlefield for Union forces in the Eastern Theater. After the Civil War commenced at Fort Sumter in April, the young Federal Army suffered a significant setback at the … Continue reading
Posted in Civil War, Easy Hikes, Virginia
Tagged Ball's Bluff, Ball's Bluff Battlefield Interpretive Trail, Ball's Bluff Battlefield Regional Park, Ball's Bluff Overlook, Battle of Ball's Bluff, Burt Trail, Civil War, Devens Trail, Featherston Trail, historic, Holmes Trail, Hunton Trail, Jenifer Trail, Leesburg, loop hike, Markoe Trail, Potomac River, Virginia
1 Comment
Fort Circle Park Hiker-Biker Trail (Fort Circle Parks, DC)
– Civil War Series – The Fort Circle Park Hiker-Biker Trail is part of a broader network of trails and bike routes surrounding Washington, DC that provide access to the Civil War Defenses of Washington, a ring of Civil War … Continue reading
Posted in Civil War, District of Columbia, Moderate Hikes
Tagged Anacostia, Anacostia Community Museum, Civil War, Civil War Defenses of Washington, fort, Fort Chaplin, Fort Chaplin Park, Fort Circle Park Hiker-Biker Trail, Fort Circle Parks, Fort Davis, Fort Davis Park, Fort Dupont, Fort Dupont Park, Fort Mahan, Fort Mahan Park, Fort Ricketts, Fort Ricketts Park, Fort Stanton, Fort Stanton Park, historic, Minnesota Avenue, Washington DC
Leave a comment
Freedom Trail (Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, NC)
– Civil War Series – In the early stages of the Civil War in 1862, Union forces quickly seized the Outer Banks of North Carolina during the so-called Burnside Expedition, which led to the creation of a Freedmen’s Colony on … Continue reading
Posted in Civil War, Easy Hikes, North Carolina, Outer Banks
Tagged Albemarle Sound, Battle of Roanoke Island, Burnside Expedition, Civil War, Croatan Sound, Fort Raleigh, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, Freedmen's Colony, Freedom Trail, historic, North Carolina, Outer Banks, Roanoke Island
Leave a comment
Peninsula Campaign Driving Tour – Part 2
– Civil War Series – The 1862 Peninsula Campaign, intended by the Union to put a decisive end to the Civil War by capturing the Confederate capital of Richmond, began with a slow start. Gen. George McClellan, despite setting out … Continue reading
Posted in Civil War, Richmond National Battlefield Park, Scenic Byways, Virginia
Tagged Baltimore Store, Battle of Beaver Dam Creek, Battle of Drewry's Bluff, Battle of Gaines' Mill, Battle of Glendale, Battle of Malvern Hill, Battle of Oak Grove, Battle of Seven Pines, Beaver Dam Creek, Berkeley Plantation, Bethany Church, Charles City, Chickahominy Bluffs, Chickahominy River, Chimborazo Hill, Chimborazo Medical Museum, Civil War, Cold Harbor, Dabbs House, Drewry's Bluff, Fair Oaks, fort, Gaines' Mill, Garnett's Farm, Glendale, Glendale National Cemetery, Golding's Farm, Grapevine Bridge, Hanover Court House, Hanover Tavern, Harrison's Landing, historic, James River, Malvern Hill, Museum of the Confederacy, Oak Grove, Old Church, Parsonage, Peninsula Campaign, Richmond, Richmond National Battlefield Park, Rowland's, Sandston, Savage's Station, scenic byway, Seven Days' Battles, Seven Pines, Seven Pines National Cemetery, Stuart's Ride, Tredegar Iron Works, Trent House, Tunstall's Station, Virginia, Westover Plantation, White House of the Confederacy, White Oak Swamp
2 Comments
Malvern Hill Trail (Richmond National Battlefield Park, VA)
– Civil War Series – Malvern Hill is one of the country’s best-preserved Civil War battlefields and marked the culmination of the Seven Days’ Battles, a series of engagements outside Richmond, Virginia in June-July 1862 that ended Union Gen. George … Continue reading
Posted in Civil War, Easy Hikes, Richmond National Battlefield Park, Uncategorized, Virginia
Tagged Battle of Malvern Hill, Carter's Farm Trail, Civil War, historic, loop hike, Malvern Cliffs, Malvern Hill, Malvern Hill Trail, Parsonage, Peninsula Campaign, Richmond, Richmond National Battlefield Park, Seven Days' Battles, Virginia, West House, Western Run
1 Comment
Gaines’ Mill Trail (Richmond National Battlefield Park, VA)
– Civil War Series – Following General Robert E. Lee’s defeat the day prior at Beaver Dam Creek, the Confederate Army won a decisive but costly victory on June 27, 1862 in the Battle of Gaines’ Mill. Attempting to catch … Continue reading
Posted in Civil War, Easy Hikes, Richmond National Battlefield Park, Virginia
Tagged Boatswain's Creek, Civil War, Gaines' Mill, Gaines' Mill Trail, historic, loop hike, Peninsula Campaign, Richmond, Richmond National Battlefield Park, Seven Days' Battles, Turkey Hill, Virginia, Watt House
3 Comments
Beaver Dam Creek Trail (Richmond National Battlefield Park, VA)
– Civil War Series – The Battle of Beaver Dam Creek—also known as the Battle of Mechanicsville or Ellerson’s Mill—is widely remembered today for being General Robert E. Lee’s debut as commander of the Army of Northern Virginia. With the … Continue reading
Drewry’s Bluff Trail (Richmond National Battlefield Park, VA)
– Civil War Series – As Union gunboats approached Richmond, the Confederate capital, on the morning of May 15, 1862, they were greeted with a hail of heavy artillery fire from what would come to be known as Drewry’s Bluff, … Continue reading
Live and Let Hike 