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Mississippi National River & Recreation Area, MN
The Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota are known—perhaps more so to locals than non-natives—for having one of the most extensive park systems in the country, centering largely around the mighty Mississippi River. The National Park Service’s Mississippi … Continue reading
Coastal Trail to Tennessee Point (Golden Gate National Recreation Area, CA)
Named for the SS Tennessee, a commercial steamer that wrecked nearby in 1853, Tennessee Point is one of the best vantage points overlooking the Pacific Ocean in Golden Gate National Recreation Area’s Marin Headlands area. A relatively easy hike leads … Continue reading
Point Bonita Lighthouse Trail (Golden Gate National Recreation Area, CA)
Throughout much of San Francisco’s history, ships seeking to enter the Bay Area flirted with disaster: jagged rocks, shallow beds, dense fog, and nasty waves left hundreds of vessels in the 19th and 20th centuries capsized, torn apart, and buried … Continue reading
Posted in California, Easy Hikes, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Marin, North Bay
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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
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Thomas Hariot Trail (Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, NC)
Now a bustling tourist site on North Carolina’s Outer Banks, Roanoke Island was the site of the first English settlement in the New World, established in 1585. For one of the expeditions to the island, English explorers brought along Thomas … Continue reading
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
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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
Road to First Manassas Driving Tour
– Civil War Series – At the start of the Civil War in 1861, both the Union and the Confederacy foresaw a quick conflict, expecting to be done fighting by summer’s end. Politicians in the North believed the Federal Army … Continue reading
Posted in Civil War, Manassas National Battlefield Park, Scenic Byways, Virginia
Tagged Alexandria, Battle of Blackburn's Ford, Battle of Vienna, Ben Lomond, Blackburn's Ford, Centreville, Civil War, Fairfax, Fairfax Court House, Fairfax Museum, Falls Church, First Battle of Bull Run, First Battle of Manassas, fort, Fort Ward, Fort Ward Park, Freeman Museum, George Washington National Masonic Memorial, Henry Hill, Henry Hill Loop Trail, historic, Manassas, Manassas National Battlefield Park, Marshall House, Matthews Hill, Matthews Hill Loop Trail, Mayfield Fort, McLean Farm, Mitchell's Ford, Old Stone Church, scenic byway, Signal Hill, Stone Bridge, Stone Bridge Loop Trail, Stone House, Sudley Ford, Sudley Loop Trail, Sudley Springs, Taylor's Tavern, Vienna, Virginia
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Morristown National Historical Park, NJ
– Revolutionary War Series – Morristown National Historical Park commemorates the bravery and tenacity of George Washington’s Continental Army as it endured two brutal winters in this New Jersey encampment in 1777 and 1779. Out of these bleak winters emerged … Continue reading
Fort Sumter (Fort Sumter National Monument, SC)
– Civil War Series – On April 12, 1861—after decades of fierce debate over slavery—South Carolina Confederates kicked off the Civil War with a barrage of fire on Union-held Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor. Surrounded, outgunned, and short on supplies, … Continue reading
Posted in Civil War, South Carolina
Tagged Charleston, Civil War, fort, Fort Sumter, Fort Sumter National Monument, historic
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